| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Alexandre Marques C. Xavier | ||
| Date of birth | January 26, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1979 | Casa Pia | ||
| 1979–1980 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1980–1984 | Estoril | ||
| 1984–1988 | Académica | 108 | (28) |
| 1988–1992 | Estrela Amadora | 73 | (16) |
| 1992–1993 | Campomaiorense | 17 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Barreirense | 32 | (5) |
| 1994–1995 | Olivais Moscavide | ||
| 1995–1998 | South China | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986–1989 | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Pedro Alexandre Marques Caldas Xavier (born 26 January 1962 in Lourenço Marques) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.
An unsuccessful Sporting Clube de Portugal youth graduate, Xavier went on to represent, in his country, G.D. Estoril Praia, Académica de Coimbra, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, S.C. Campomaiorense, F.C. Barreirense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide. He played 15 seasons in the Portuguese top flight, amassing totals of 224 games and 47 goals.
Aged 33, Xavier moved abroad, playing three years in China for South China AA before retiring from professional football. After the 1986 FIFA World Cup - almost the entire squad renounced the national team due to the Saltillo Affair - he gained four caps for Portugal.
Xavier's younger brother, Carlos, was also a professional footballer. A midfielder, he played several seasons with Sporting's first team, also having a three-year abroad spell in Spain, at Real Sociedad.