Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho

Rui Pedro
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho
Date of birth July 2, 1988 (1988-07-02) (age 23)
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club CFR Cluj
Number 30
Youth career
2000–2001 Leverense
2001–2007 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Porto 0 (0)
2008 Estrela Amadora (loan) 4 (0)
2008–2009 Portimonense (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2010 Gil Vicente (loan) 29 (8)
2010–2011 Leixões (loan) 35 (8)
2011– CFR Cluj 3 (0)
National team
2003-2004 Portugal U16 3 (2)
2004–2005 Portugal U17 14 (3)
2005–2006 Portugal U18 7 (2)
2006–2007 Portugal U19 6 (2)
2008–2010 Portugal U21 19 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho (born 2 July 1988 in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto), known as Rui Pedro, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for CFR Cluj in Romania, as a forward.

Football career

Rui Pedro joined F.C. Porto's youth system in 2001, at the age of 13. He was promoted to the main squad in 2007–08, but his input would consist of 45 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against C.D. Fátima, for the season's Portuguese League Cup; he finished the season on loan, appearing rarely for fellow top division side C.F. Estrela da Amadora.

Pedro spent the following three years in the same predicament, appearing for three second level clubs, playing and scoring regularly for the last two, Gil Vicente F.C. and Leixões SC. In the 2011 summer, he was released by Porto and signed for CFR Cluj in Romania, joining a host of compatriots at the Liga I team, including manager Jorge Costa.

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