Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Académica | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| 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) | 27 | (8) |
| 2011–2014 | CFR Cluj | 62 | (10) |
| 2014– | Académica | 21 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Portugal U16 | 3 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Portugal U17 | 14 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Portugal U19 | 14 | (5) |
| 2008 | Portugal U20 | 9 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Portugal U21 | 19 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho (born 2 July 1988), known as Rui Pedro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a forward.
Club career
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Rui Pedro joined F.C. Porto's youth system in 2001, at the age of 13. He was promoted to the main squad for 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 campaign 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 and playing and scoring regularly for the last two, Gil Vicente F.C. and Leixões SC.
In the 2011 summer he left Porto by mutual agreement and signed for three years with CFR Cluj in Romania, joining a host of compatriots at the Liga I team, including manager Jorge Costa.[1] On 20 November of the following year he netted the first hat-trick of his professional career, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 home win against S.C. Braga for the season's UEFA Champions League group stage.[2]
International career
All youth categories comprised, Rui Pedro gained 64 caps for Portugal, scoring 20 goals. On 25 March 2009 he, alongside teammate Bruno Pereirinha, was suspended by U-21 coach Carlos Queiroz after both attempted an unsuccessful backpass penalty during a match against Cape Verde for the Madeira International Tournament (the score was then at 2–0 for the hosts).[3]
Honours
- CFR Cluj
Club statistics
- As of 29 May 2013[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Estrela Amadora | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Portimonense | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Gil Vicente | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11 | |
| Leixões | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | |
| Total | 82 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 19 | |
| CFR Cluj | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 10 | |
| Total | 37 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 10 | |
| Career total | 119 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 146 | 29 | |
References
- ↑ Rui Pedro, atacantul lui Porto, a semnat pe trei ani cu CFR Cluj. Mureşan: "Jorge Costa l-a vrut" (Rui Pedro, Porto forward, signed for three years with CFR Cluj. Mureşan: "Jorge Costa wanted him"); GSP, 31 August 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ Rui Pedro hat-trick ends Braga's hopes at CFR; UEFA.com, 20 November 2012
- ↑ Pereirinha e Rui Pedro suspensos por Queiroz (Pereirinha and Rui Pedro suspended by Queiroz); Record, 25 March 2009 (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Rui Pedro". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- Rui Pedro profile at ForaDeJogo
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