Pedro Manuel Ferreira Espinha (born 25 September 1965) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| Full name | Pedro Manuel Espinha Ferreira | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mafra, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Benfica Corvense | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Cova Piedade | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Torreense | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Académica | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Sacavenense | 64 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Belenenses | 85 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Salgueiros | 82 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Vitória Guimarães | 97 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Porto | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Porto B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Vitória Setúbal | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 397 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Portugal | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editEspinha was born in Mafra, Lisbon. During his career he played for C.D. Cova da Piedade, S.C.U. Torreense, Académica de Coimbra, S.G. Sacavenense, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Salgueiros, Vitória de Guimarães, FC Porto[1]– arriving at the Primeira Liga club aged 35 and backing up legendary Vítor Baía during his two-year spell[2]– and Vitória de Setúbal.
Espinha retired in June 2003, with a total of 249 Portuguese top-flight games to his credit.
International career
editEspinha earned six caps for Portugal, including one at UEFA Euro 2000 against Germany in the group stage, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win as the nation was already qualified and rested practically all its starting XI.[3][4] From 2007 onwards, he worked as a goalkeeper coach with several youth categories of the national team.[5]
Honours
editPorto
References
edit- ^ Pedro Espinha no Porto nos próximos três anos (Pedro Espinha in Porto for the next three years); Record, 10 June 2000 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Pedro Espinha aguarda solução de empréstimo (Pedro Espinha waits for loan option); Mais Futebol, 9 January 2002 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Conceição hat-trick ousts holders Germany; UEFA, 6 October 2003
- ^ Euro 2000: Os 89 minutos mais marcantes da carreira de Pedro Espinha (Euro 2000: The most important 89 minutes in Pedro Espinha's career); Futebol 365, 23 May 2012 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Europeu Sub-19: Pedro Espinha reforça vontade de vencer da seleção (Under-19 Euro: Pedro Espinha highlights national team's will to win); Mais Futebol, 7 July 2017 (in Portuguese)
External links
edit- Pedro Espinha at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Pedro Espinha at National-Football-Teams.com
