Pedro Barbosa

For the 16th century jurist, see Pedro Barbosa (jurist).

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.

Pedro Barbosa

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa
Date of birth	(1970-08-06) 6 August 1970
Place of birth	Gondomar, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1983–1986	CA Rio Tinto
1986–1989	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Freamunde	54	(12)
1991–1995	Vitória Guimarães	108	(20)
1995–2005	Sporting CP	259	(39)
Total		421	(71)
International career
1992–2002	Portugal	22	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpedɾu bɐɾˈbɔzɐ]) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 games in the Portuguese first division and scored 59 goals, being a player with above-average skills.

Barbosa represented Portugal in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Born in Gondomar, Porto, Barbosa unsuccessfully graduated from FC Porto's academy, making his professional debuts with lowly S.C. Freamunde in the second division.

He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his Primeira Liga debuts at age 21, and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons. Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital side's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three).

In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals to help Sporting rank in third position. In his last the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round-of-16.

Having played in more than 300 official games for the club, Barbosa subsequently became the Lisbon club's director of football, leaving the post in early November 2009 after coach Paulo Bento's resignation.

International career

Barbosa won 22 caps for the Portuguese national team and scored five goals, during ten years. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1996 (playing the last 30 minutes of the 3–0 group stage win against Croatia) and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (no matches).

Pedro Barbosa: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 February 1995	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	0–1	0–1	Friendly
2	20 August 1997	Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal, Portugal	Armenia	3–1	3–1	1998 World Cup qualification
3	6 September 1997	Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, Germany	Germany	0–1	1–1	1998 World Cup qualification
4	6 June 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Cyprus	2–0	6–0	2002 World Cup qualification
5	6 June 2001	Estádio José Alvalade (1956), Lisbon, Portugal	Cyprus	3–0	6–0	2002 World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

• Primeira Liga: 1999–2000, 2001–02
• Taça de Portugal: 2001–02; Runner-up 1995–96, 1999–2000
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995, 2000, 2002
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2004–05

Individual

• Primeira Liga: Player of the Month November 2003

External links

• Pedro Barbosa at footballzz.co.uk
• Pedro Barbosa profile at ForaDeJogo
• Pedro Barbosa at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football