Pedro Moutinho

Pedro Moutinho
Personal information
Full name Pedro da Silva Moutinho
Date of birth (1979-09-09) 9 September 1979
Place of birth Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre forward
Youth career
1991–1996 Tirsense
1996–1998 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–1999 Rio Maior
1999–2002 Marítimo B 58 (11)
2000–2004 Marítimo 2 (0)
2002 → Famalicão (loan) 21 (6)
2002–2004 → Penafiel (loan) 31 (5)
2004–2008 Falkirk 105 (16)
2008–2009 Marítimo 3 (0)
2008–2009 Marítimo B 6 (3)
2009 → Rio Ave (loan) 11 (0)
2009–2010 Falkirk 25 (5)
2010 AEP 4 (1)
2011 Falkirk 10 (0)
2011–2012 Braşov 30 (7)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 6 (0)
2015 Stenhousemuir 2 (0)
National team
2001 Portugal U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:56, 4 July 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Pedro da Silva Moutinho (born 9 September 1979) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre forward.

Club career

Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Moutinho moved to C.S. Marítimo from amateurs União Desportiva de Rio Maior, but spent the better part of his early years with the former's reserves. He also served two loans whilst under contract, including a two-year spell at F.C. Penafiel in the second division.

In the summer of 2004 Moutinho signed with Falkirk in Scotland, initially on a one-year deal.[1] He scored 19 goals overall in his first four seasons at the club, including a memorable goal against Rangers for the equaliser in a 2–2 draw in 2005, but a knee injury kept him out of the second half of his team's Scottish First Division championship-winning side in the 2004–05 campaign.

Moutinho was close to sealing a transfer to Kayserispor, but the deal was not concluded before the closure of the Turkish transfer window in early 2008. On 21 May he eventually left Falkirk and signed a return to his country, as he re-joined Marítimo.[2] He remarked "I am going to keep the house I have in Falkirk and hopefully I’ll be back. I feel now is the right move for me with a two-year contract but after that I will be a free agent again and who knows"[3]– signalling his intent to return to the Bairns in the future.

Rarely used during his second spell in Madeira, Moutinho finished the season on loan, to fellow top division side Rio Ave FC.[4] He also did not manage to find the net here.

In October 2009 Moutinho was released from his contract with Marítimo, rejoining Falkirk.[5] On 8 November he started and scored during the club's 3–3 home draw against Celtic and, in January of the following year, his contract was extended until the end of 2009–10.

On 18 June 2010 Moutinho left Falkirk, signing with AEP Paphos F.C. from Cyprus.[6] In the final days of the following transfer window, however, following a trial with fellow Scottish Premier League club Motherwell,[7] he re-signed for Falkirk for a third time,[8] being released at the end of the season.

In early August 2011, 32-year-old Moutinho changed teams and countries again, joining FC Braşov in Romania.[9] The following year he signed a one-year contract with Spain's CD Atlético Baleares, in the third level.

On 31 March 2015, after nearly two years out of football, Moutinho signed for Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir until June.[10] At the end of the season, he was released by the Warriors.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Falkirk bring in Moutinho". BBC Sport. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Moutinho makes Maritimo switch". BBC Sport. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "Moutinho returns to Falkirk". STV. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Moutinho to Rio Ave". Transfermarket Web. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Moutinho returns to Falkirk". STV. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Η ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ… (in Greek). AEP Paphos. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Motherwell trial for Moutinho". Evening Times. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Pedro comes home". Falkirk F.C. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Jose Murcia Gonzalez, prezentat oficial" [Jose Murcia Gonzalez, official presentation] (in Romanian). FC Braşov. 9 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  10. ↑ Bulloch, Terry (31 March 2015). "Player news". Stenhousemuir F.C. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "An update on players and staff movements – Complete list – Updated". Stenhousemuir F.C. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

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