Pedro Barbosa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa | ||
Date of birth | 6 August 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Gondomar, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1986 | CA Rio Tinto | ||
1986–1989 | Porto | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1991 | Freamunde | 55 | (13) |
1991–1995 | Vitória Guimarães | 108 | (20) |
1995–2005 | Sporting CP | 259 | (41) |
Total | 422 | (74) | |
National team | |||
1992–2002 | Portugal | 22 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpedɾu bɐɾˈbɔzɐ]) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 matches in the Primeira Liga and scored 61 goals, being a player with above-average skills.[1][2]
Barbosa represented Portugal in one World Cup and one European Championship.
Club career[]
Born in Gondomar, Porto District, Barbosa unsuccessfully graduated from FC Porto's academy, making his professional debut with lowly S.C. Freamunde in the second division.[3]
He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his Primeira Liga debut at age 21, and joined Sporting CP in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons.[4] Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital team's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three).
In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals to help Sporting rank in third position. In his last, the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round of 16.[4][5]
Having played in more than 300 official games for the Lisbon club,[6] Barbosa subsequently became its director of football,[7] leaving the post in early November 2009 after coach Paulo Bento's resignation.[8]
International career[]
Barbosa won 22 caps for the Portugal national team and scored five goals, over a period of ten years. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1996 (playing the last 30 minutes of the 3–0 group stage win against Croatia)[9][10] and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (no appearances).
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition[11] |
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1 | 22 February 1995 | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | Friendly |
2 | 20 August 1997 | Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal | ![]() |
3–1 | 3–1 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
3 | 6 September 1997 | Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1998 World Cup qualification |
4 | 6 June 2001 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() |
2–0 | 6–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
5 | 6 June 2001 | Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() |
3–0 | 6–0 | 2002 World Cup qualification |
Honours[]
Club[]
Sporting[3]
- Primeira Liga: 1999–2000, 2001–02
- Taça de Portugal: 2001–02; Runner-up 1995–96, 1999–2000
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995, 2000, 2002
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 2004–05
Individual[]
- Primeira Liga Player of the Month: November 2003
References[]
- ^ "Pedro Barbosa. Um golo para a história" [Pedro Barbosa. A goal for history]. i (in Portuguese). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ Casanova, Rogério (18 July 2017). "Balakov, Barbosa, err... Hanuch e Ghilas: as melhores contratações da história, enfim, recente do Sporting (por Rogério Casanova)" [Balakov, Barbosa, ehem... Hanuch and Ghilas: the best signings in Sporting's, let's say, recent history (by Rogério Casanova)]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Futebol – Pedro Barbosa é o patrono do Tejo Cup 2018" [Football – Pedro Barbosa is Tejo Cup 2018's patron] (in Portuguese). O Ribatejo. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b Pietra, Hugo (17 May 2005). "Pedro Barbosa's big day". UEFA. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Sporting 1–0 M'brough (Agg: 4–2)". BBC Sport. 17 March 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ^ "Pedro Barbosa: «Foram 21 anos de paixão e dedicação a uma profissão fantástica»" [Pedro Barbosa: «It was 21 years of passion and dedication to an amazing job»] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "'Top opponents and interesting trips'". UEFA. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Pedro Barbosa saiu do Sporting porque "é o melhor" para o clube" [Pedro Barbosa left Sporting because "it's the best" for the club]. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). 7 November 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Hodgson, Guy (1 June 1996). "The rising force in Europe counting on their foreign legion; CHAMPIONSHIP COUNTDOWN: No 9 Portugal". The Independent. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Portugal progress as Group D winners". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Pedro Barbosa". European Football. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
External links[]
- Pedro Barbosa at ForaDeJogo
- National team data (in Portuguese)
- Pedro Barbosa at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Gondomar, Portugal
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- S.C. Freamunde players
- Vitória S.C. players
- Sporting CP footballers
- Portugal youth international footballers
- Portugal under-21 international footballers
- Portugal international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players