Pepa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe | ||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Torres Novas, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | CADE | ||
| 1995–1999 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999–2002 | Benfica | 5 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Benfica B | 29 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | → Lierse (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Varzim | 50 | (10) |
| 2004–2005 | Paços de Ferreira | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Olhanense | 12 | (3) |
| Total | 111 | (16) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Portugal U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 | Portugal U18 | 9 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2013 | Benfica (Academy Manager) | ||
| 2013– | Sanjoanense | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe (born 14 December 1980 in Torres Novas), known as Pepa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
Career
A youth product of S.L. Benfica, which made his professional debut for the first team on 23 January 1999, aged 18, also scoring his first goal.[1] After that, he was hailed as promiss and spent the next year in the reserve team. In March 2000, he went on loan for Lierse in Belgium,[2] having difficulty adjust to the language.[3]
In 2002, he terminated his contract with Benfica, than ran for a further four years and signed with Varzim, following Jorge Ribeiro and Rui Baião, a decision he later claimed as the worst mistake in his life.[4]
He ended his career prematurely in 2006, aged 26, due to several knee injuries.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Day 19 Benfica 3 - 1 Rio Ave". foradejogo.net.
- ↑ "Pepa cedido ao Lierse por uma época e meia". Record. 13 March 2000.
- ↑ "Pepa: "Quero voltar ao Benfica"". Record. 15 March 2000. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Pepa em retrospectiva: "Sair do Benfica foi o meu maior erro"". Maisfutebol. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Pepa em entrevista: de promessa do Benfica à "reforma" aos 26 anos". Maisfutebol.com. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ "Pepa, dez anos depois". eternobenfica.blogspot.pt. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
External links
- Pepa profile at ForaDeJogo
- Zerozero Profile