Pedro Pelé
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| Pedro Pelé | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Miguel Cardoso Monteiro | |
| Date of birth | May 2, 1978 (age 28) | |
| Place of birth | Albufeira, Portugal | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Southampton | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Imortal | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-2005 2005-2006 2006- |
Desportivo Feirense Belenenses Southampton |
210 (12) 32 (0) 30 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Cape Verde | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Pedro Miguel Cardoso Monteiro (born May 2, 1978) is a footballer from Portugal.
He is more commonly known as "Pedro Pelé", or simply "Pelé" (not to be confused with the Brazilian footballer Pelé or Ghanaian international Abédi Pelé).
He currently plays for the English Championship team Southampton He made the move to the Saints from Belenenses for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £900,000, on July 19, 2006. He had attracted the attention of the Premiership sides West Ham United and Portsmouth, Southampton's closest rivals, but Pelé decided to opt for the potential of the Football League side where he is likely to get more games. On 30 December 2006 he scored his first competitive goal for the club against Leicester City. He generally plays in central defence though has been used as a central defensive midfielder recently at Southampton.
Pelé has recently accepted an invitation to play for Cape Verde in the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifiers. He had turned down similar invitations in the past. But Portugal's decision not to call him up for their national team may have swayed him to finally accept Cape Verde's call.
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| Southampton F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Davis | 2 Östlund | 3 Pelé | 4 Saganowski | 5 Lundekvam | 6 Powell | 7 Skácel | 8 Wright-Phillips | 9 Rasiak | 10 Wright | 11 Svensson | 12 Lička | 15 Jones | 17 Belmadi | 18 Dyer | 19 Makin | 21 Baird | 22 Bale | 23 Viáfara | 24 Guthrie | 25 Poke | 26 Miller | 27 Best | 28 Białkowski | 29 Surman | 34 James | 41 Lallana | Manager: Burley |
