Pedro Venâncio

Pedro Venâncio
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Regateiro Venâncio
Date of birth (1963-11-21) 21 November 1963
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1978–1981 Vitória Setúbal
1981–1982 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1982–1992 Sporting CP 209 (9)
1992–1994 Boavista 24 (0)
Total 233 (9)
National team
1985–1991 Portugal 21 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Pedro Manuel Regateiro Venâncio (born 21 November 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

During his career Venâncio represented two clubs in the Portuguese first division, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Boavista FC, amassing more than 250 official appearances for the former albeit without no silverware won during his ten-year spell. He retired at only 30, in a career downed with constant injuries; during his stint at Sporting, he formed a pair of youth graduate stoppers alongside António Morato.

Venâncio won 21 caps for Portugal from 1985 to 1991. He was selected for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, but had to quit before the tournament in Mexico started due to an injury.

Honours

Personal life

Venâncio's son, Frederico, was also a footballer and a central defender. He too was brought up at Vitória.

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