Pedro Almeida (footballer, born 1993)

Pedro Miguel Baltazar Almeida (born 5 April 1993) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for C.F. Benfica as a right back.

Pedro Almeida
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Baltazar Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Porto Salvo, Portugal
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Futebol Benfica
Youth career
2001–2011 Benfica
2011–2012 União Leiria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 União Leiria 3 (0)
2012–2013 Anorthosis 0 (0)
2013–2014 Torreense 25 (0)
2014–2016 Atlético 53 (0)
2016–2017 Mafra 26 (0)
2017–2018 Moura 26 (0)
2018–2019 Loures 2 (0)
2019–2020 Torreense 11 (0)
2020 Ponterrolense 3 (0)
2020–2021 Negrais 14 (0)
2021– Futebol Benfica
International career
2008–2009 Portugal U16 9 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U17 16 (0)
2010–2011 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U19 11 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2021

Club career edit

Born in Porto Salvo, Oeiras, Almeida played youth football with S.L. Benfica from 2001 to 2011. Subsequently, he joined U.D. Leiria for his last year as a junior.[2]

Almeida made his Primeira Liga debut on 29 April 2012, being one of only eight players fielded by Leiria – immerse in a deep financial crisis – in a 0–4 home loss against C.D. Feirense.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Pedro Almeida" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ^ Guerra, Marina (29 September 2011). "Pedro Almeida, júnior da União de Leiria, chamado à selecção sub-19" [Pedro Almeida, junior of União Leiria, called to the under-19 national team]. Região de Leiria (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Feirense ganha por 4–0 frente a oito jogadores da U. Leiria" [Feirense win 4–0 against eight U. Leiria players]. Público (in Portuguese). 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Situação leiriense correu o Mundo" [Leiriense plight talked abroad]. Record (in Portuguese). 30 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.

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