Rui Pedro (footballer, born 1998)

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Rui Pedro
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro da Silva e Sousa[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Castelo de Paiva, Portugal[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Penafiel
Number 14
Youth career
2009–2012 Sporting Paivense
2012–2017 Porto
2013–2014 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Porto B 24 (5)
2016–2020 Porto 9 (2)
2017–2018 → Boavista (loan) 19 (1)
2019 → Varzim (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 → Granada B (loan) 14 (2)
2020 → Leixões (loan) 2 (0)
2020–2021 Leixões 13 (1)
2021– Penafiel 30 (4)
National team
2013 Portugal U15 2 (1)
2013–2014 Portugal U16 15 (3)
2014–2015 Portugal U17 11 (4)
2015–2016 Portugal U18 5 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U19 11 (5)
2017 Portugal U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:57, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Rui Pedro da Silva e Sousa (born 20 March 1998), known as Rui Pedro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Penafiel as a striker.

Club career[]

Born in Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro District, Rui Pedro joined FC Porto's youth system in 2012, aged 14. On 24 January 2015, two months shy of his 17th birthday, he made his professional debut with their B team, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense in the Segunda Liga.[2]

On 3 December 2016, whilst still a junior, Rui Pedro first appeared in the Primeira Liga with the main squad; after replacing Óliver Torres 15 minutes from the end of the home fixture against S.C. Braga, he scored the only goal in injury time, ending the club's negative run of 520 minutes without finding the net.[3] Four days later, also from the bench, he played his first match in the UEFA Champions League, as the hosts defeated already qualified Leicester City 5–0 to also reach the knockout stage;[4] late in the year, UEFA.com selected him as their "weekly wonderkid".[5]

Rui Pedro went on to serve three loans during his spell at the Estádio do Dragão, starting out at Boavista FC (top division)[6] then moving to Varzim SC (second tier)[7] and Club Recreativo Granada (Spanish Segunda División B).[8]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 12 August 2017[9]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Porto B 2014–15 3 0 – – – – – – 3 0
2015–16 1 0 – – – – – – 1 0
2016–17 17 5 – – – – – – 17 5
Total 21 5 – – – – – – 21 5
Porto 2016–17 9 2 0 0 3 0 1[a] 0 13 2
Boavista (loan) 2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 9 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 13 2
Career total 30 7 0 0 3 0 1 0 34 7
  1. ^ Appearance in the Champions League

Honours[]

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Rui Pedro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Oliveirense-FC Porto B, 1–0: Golo de Rui Lima vale liderança" [Oliveirense-FC Porto B, 1–0: Rui Lima goal equals first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 January 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Rui Pedro acordou o Dragão, 520 minutos depois" [Rui Pedro awoke the Dragon, 520 minutes later]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Porto punish Leicester to reach round of 16". UEFA. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Rui Pedro". UEFA. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ "FC Porto empresta Rui Pedro ao Boavista" [FC Porto loan Rui Pedro to Boavista] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Avançado Rui Pedro emprestado ao Varzim pelo FC Porto" [Forward Rui Pedro loaned to Varzim by FC Porto]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ^ Pereira, Sérgio; Maia, Vítor (16 August 2019). "FC Porto: Rui Pedro emprestado... ao Granada B" [FC Porto: Rui Pedro loaned... to Granada B] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. ^ Rui Pedro at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Technical report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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