José Pedro

Not to be confused with Zé Pedro.
José Pedro
Personal information
Full nameJosé Pedro Alves Salazar
Date of birth18 October 1978
Place of birthMontijo, Portugal
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Retired
Youth career
1988–1991Pelezinhos
1991–1994Benfica
1994–1996Montijo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997Montijo24(2)
1997–2002Barreirense148(23)
2002Boavista2(0)
2003Ovarense16(2)
2003–2004Vitória Setúbal30(8)
2004–2010Belenenses162(29)
2010–2013Vitória Setúbal46(3)
2013–2014Alcochetense27(5)
Total455(72)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Pedro Alves Salazar, known as José Pedro (born 18 October 1978), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 210 games and 32 goals over the course of ten seasons, mainly with Belenenses and Vitória de Setúbal. He also represented in the competition Boavista, in a 17-year professional career.

Football career

Born in Montijo, Setúbal, José Pedro started playing professional football for his hometown club C.D. Montijo in 1996, then moved to F.C. Barreirense where he would remain for the following five seasons, all spent in the third division. He split duties in 2002–03 between Boavista F.C. and A.D. Ovarense.

Pedro was influential in Vitória Futebol Clube's 2003–04 campaign, as the Setúbal-based club earned a top flight return. He subsequently joined C.F. Os Belenenses, where he was immediately cast into the starting XI.

In 2006–07 Pedro scored eight league goals for a Belenenses final fifth-place in the league (with qualification to the UEFA Cup), while the team was also runner-up in the domestic cup. He repeated the individual feat in the following season, and remained an automatic first-choice until the 2009–10 campaign, when he dealt with many injuries and the Lisbon side was also relegated as second from bottom.

In July 2010, at nearly 32 years of age, Pedro returned to Vitória Setúbal after a six-year absence. He left at the end of the 2012–13 season, with the club always in the main category.

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