Pepa (footballer)

Pepa
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe
Date of birth (1980-12-14) 14 December 1980
Place of birth Torres Novas, Portugal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1991–1994 CADE
1995–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1999–2002 Benfica 5 (1)
1999–2002 Benfica B 29 (1)
2000–2001 → Lierse (loan) 14 (1)
2002–2003 Varzim 50 (10)
2004–2005 Paços Ferreira 1 (0)
2005–2006 Olhanense 12 (3)
Total 111 (16)
National team
2002–2003 Portugal U16 2 (0)
2005 Portugal U17 3 (0)
2006 Portugal U18 9 (1)
Teams managed
2010–2011 Tondela (assistant)
2011–2013 Benfica (academy)
2013–2015 Sanjoanense
2015–2016 Feirense

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

† Appearances (goals)

Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe (born 14 December 1980), known as Pepa, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward, and a current coach.

Club career

Born in Torres Novas, Santarém District, Pepa joined S.L. Benfica's youth system in 1995, aged 14. He made his competitive debut with the main squad on 23 January 1999, scoring in a Primeira Liga 3–1 home win against Rio Ave FC. After being touted as an early promise, he went on to appear mainly for the reserve team,[1] also being loaned in March 2000 to Lierse S.K. in Belgium[2] where he struggled to adjust to the language.[3]

In 2002, Pepa terminated his contract with Benfica which was only due to expire four years later, following in the footsteps of fellow youth graduates Rui Baião and Jorge Ribeiro and signing with Varzim SC, a decision he later claimed as the worst mistake in his life.[4] He ended his career in late 2007 at only 26, due to several knee injuries.[5][6]

In the 2013 summer, after two years working with Benfica's youth sides, Pepa had his first head coaching experience, being appointed at A.D. Sanjoanense in the regional leagues[7] and helping the club promote to the third division at the first attempt.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Equipas B: «Laboratório» ou «armazém»?" [B-teams: «Laboratory» or «warehouse»?] (in Portuguese). Record. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pepa cedido ao Lierse por uma época e meia" [Pepa loaned to Lierse for one 1/2 seasons] (in Portuguese). Record. 13 March 2000. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pepa: "Quero voltar ao Benfica"" [Pepa: "I want to return to Benfica"] (in Portuguese). Record. 15 March 2000. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pepa em retrospectiva: "Sair do Benfica foi o meu maior erro"" [Pepa in hindsight: "To leave Benfica was my biggest mistake"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pepa em entrevista: de promessa do Benfica à "reforma" aos 26 anos" [Pepa in interview: from Benfica promise to "retirement" at the age of 26] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pepa, dez anos depois" [Pepa, ten years later] (in Portuguese). Eterno Benfica. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Pepa: «Estou obcecado por começar a trabalhar»" [Pepa: «I am obsessed with starting to work»] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Todos os plantéis da edição 2014/15" [All the squads of the 2014/15 edition] (in Portuguese). Record. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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