Petit (Portuguese footballer)

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Petit
Personal information
Full name Armando Gonçalves Teixeira
Date of birth September 25, 1976
Place of birth Strasbourg, France
Height 178 cm (5'10")
Nickname Petit
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Benfica
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1999–2000
2000–2002
2002–present		 Gil Vicente
Boavista
Benfica		 30 (4)
51 (7)
107 (7)
National team**
2001–present Portugal 45 (4)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of October 11, 2006.

Armando Gonçalves Teixeira, OIH (born September 25, 1976 in Strasbourg, France), known as Hans Petit (pron. IPA: [pɨ'ti]), is a Portuguese football player. He was born to Portuguese parents.

He currently plays as a Defensive Midfielder for SL Benfica and is part of the Portuguese national team. He was nicknamed Petit because of his small frame and the fact he was born in France. He is known as 'the pitbull' by his supporters, because of the fierceness by which he faces every game.

Petit is also known for his direct free kicks in which he scored many most notably in a 7-1 drubbing against Russia.

He was first noticed as a Boavista FC player, where he won the League, in 2001, making his debut in the national team the same year, at 2 June 2001, in a 1-1 draw with Ireland, in Dublin, during the 2002 World Cup qualifying rounds. He played for the national team in the World Cup finals, and moved to Benfica the same year. For Benfica, he won the Cup of Portugal in 2004 and the League, in 2005. He also was a member of the national team that reached the final at Euro 2004, in Portugal.

In the 2006 World Cup, Petit scored an own goal in the 61st minute of the third place playoff against Germany. He was the fourth player in the tournament to score an own goal.

[edit] Club career

Petit first established himself at Gil Vicente FC, where he was a key player. He soon left to play in the Champions League with Boavista FC; the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup at one point, but that year, Boavista's hated rivals, FC Porto, won the competition. He attracted the attention of Benfica, his boyhood favourites, who were able to purchase him. He played a major role in the midfield when Benfica won the Superliga. After impressive showings in Benfica's 2005-06 Champions League campaign, which ended after they were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Barcelona, Manchester United and Lyon were linked with Petit; however, he was reluctant to leave one of his favourite clubs.

[edit] Honours


Portugal Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Portugal

1 Baía | 2 J. Costa | 3 Xavier | 4 Caneira | 5 Couto | 6 Sousa | 7 Figo | 8 Pinto | 9 Pauleta | 10 Rui Costa | 11 Conceição | 12 Viana | 13 Andrade | 14 Barbosa | 15 Nélson | 16 Ricardo | 17 Bento | 18 Frechaut | 19 Capucho | 20 Petit | 21 Nuno Gomes | 22 Beto | 23 Rui Jorge | Coach: Oliveira
Portugal Portugal squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place Portugal

1 Ricardo | 2 Ferreira | 3 Caneira | 4 Costa | 5 Meira | 6 Costinha | 7 Figo | 8 Petit | 9 Pauleta | 10 Viana | 11 Simão | 12 Quim | 13 Miguel | 14 Valente | 15 Boa Morte | 16 Carvalho | 17 Ronaldo | 18 Maniche | 19 Tiago | 20 Deco | 21 Nuno Gomes | 22 Santos | 23 Postiga | Coach: Scolari
SL Benfica - Current Squad

1 Moreira | 2 P. Correia | 3 Anderson | 4 Luisão | 5 Leo | 6 Petit | 7 M. Ferreira | 8 Katsouranis | 9 Mantorras | 10 R. Costa | 11 Miguelito | 12 Quim | 13 Alcides | 14 Diego | 15 P. Jorge | 16 Beto | 17 Kikin | 18 Manu | 19 Karyaka | 20 Simão | 21 N. Gomes | 22 Nelson | 24 B. Costa | 25 N. Assis | 26 Karagounis | 28 J. Coimbra | 30 Miccoli | 31 Moretto | 33 R. Rocha | Manager: F. Santos



Persondata
NAME Teixeira, Armando Gonçalves
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petit
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional football player
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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