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DeutschZé Pedro (footballer, born June 1997)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Pedro da Silva Figueiredo Freitas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Guimarães, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2][1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Porto | ||
| Number | 97 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2010–2013 | Sandinenses | ||
| 2013–2015 | Vizela | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Vizela | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Torcatense (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Fafe | 29 | (1) |
| 2018–2020 | Braga B | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Estrela Amadora | 28 | (3) |
| 2021– | Porto B | 75 | (5) |
| 2021– | Porto | 20 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:18, 28 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
José Pedro da Silva Figueiredo Freitas (born 6 June 1997), known as Zé Pedro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Porto.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Zé Pedro was born in Guimarães. He started playing football with local Vitória de Guimarães at the age of nine, and finished his youth career at Vizela.[3]
Zé Pedro spent his first six seasons as a senior in the Portuguese third division, with Vizela, Torcatense, Fafe, Braga B and Estrela da Amadora. He helped the latter club to promote to the Liga Portugal 2 in 2020–21 by contributing 28 games and five goals,[4][5] adding a further five appearances at it reached the round of 16 in the Taça de Portugal.[6]
Porto
[edit]On 21 July 2021, Zé Pedro signed a three-year contract with Porto for €250,000 and 80% of his sporting rights, being assigned to the reserve side in the second division.[7][5] He made his debut as a professional on 7 August in a 2–2 home draw against Trofense,[8] scoring his first league goal the following month to help the hosts defeat Mafra 3–1.[9]
Zé Pedro made his competitive debut for the first team on 15 December 2021, playing the entire 1–0 win over Rio Ave in the group stage of the Taça da Liga as they were already eliminated.[10][3] On 7 August 2023, he extended his link until 2026,[11] and his Primeira Liga bow took place on 29 September in a 1–0 loss at Benfica; habitual starters Iván Marcano and Pepe were injured, and he came on as a 25th-minute substitute for Romário Baró after Fábio Cardoso was sent off.[12][3] He scored his first goal in the top tier on 9 December, in a 3–1 home victory against Casa Pia.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 18 May 2024[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vizela | 2015–16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Torcatense (loan) | 2016–17 | Campeonato de Portugal | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Fafe | 2017–18 | Campeonato de Portugal | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Braga B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Campeonato de Portugal | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Estrela Amadora | 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| Porto B | 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 28 | 3 | — | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Liga Portugal 2 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 5 | — | — | — | 75 | 5 | |||||
| Porto | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 170 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 181 | 12 | ||
Honours
[edit]Porto
Individual
- Liga Portugal 2 Defender of the Month: October/November 2023[17]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Zé Pedro" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Zé Pedro" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Fernandes, Mariana (29 September 2023). "Formação no V. Guimarães, subida com o Estrela e um jogo na Taça da Liga: Zé Pedro, o plano C que se estreou na Liga na Luz" [Development at V. Guimarães, promotion with Estrela and one game in the League Cup: Zé Pedro, the C plan who made League debut at the Luz]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Cabral, Mariana (2 December 2020). "Um(a) Estrela ascendente: o histórico da Amadora está de volta" [A rising Star (pun on club's name): historic from Amadora is back]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ a b Pires, Sérgio (21 July 2021). "FC Porto: Zé Pedro deixa Estrela para reforçar equipa B" [FC Porto: Zé Pedro leaves Estrela to bolster B team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Estrela da Amadora-Benfica, 0–4". Record (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "FC Porto contrata central Zé Pedro ao Estrela da Amadora" [FC Porto sign stopper Zé Pedro from Estrela da Amadora]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 22 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Varela marca no empate caseiro do FC Porto B diante do Trofense" [Varela scores in FC Porto B home draw against Trofense] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "II Liga: FC Porto B vence com três golos de reforços" [II League: FC Porto B win with three goals from new signings] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Taça da Liga: FC Porto, já eliminado e em poupanças, recebe Rio Ave que procura ainda chegar à 'Final Four'" [League Cup: FC Porto, already out and in saving mode, host Rio Ave who are still trying to reach the Final Four] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "FC Porto B: Zé Pedro renova até 2026" [FC Porto B: Zé Pedro renews until 2026] (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Tavares da Silva, Hugo (12 October 2023). "Zé Pedro e a inevitabilidade de um acaso: como se construiu o central do FC Porto que fez Conceição ligar para um programa de TV" [Zé Pedro and an hazard's inevitability: how the FC Porto stopper that made Conceição call a TV show came to be]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Pedrosa Costa, Eduardo (9 December 2023). "F. C. Porto vence Casa Pia e iguala o Sporting na liderança da Liga" [F. C. Porto beat Casa Pia and catch Sporting atop the League]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Zé Pedro at Soccerway
- ^ "Taça de Portugal. Sérgio Conceição é o terceiro treinador a vencer quatro finais" [Portuguese Cup. Sérgio Conceição is the third manager to win four finals] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Ribeiro, Patrick (4 August 2024). "Porto pull off stunning comeback to beat Sporting in seven-goal Super Taça thriller". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Zé Pedro eleito Defesa do Mês da Liga Portugal SABSEG em outubro/novembro" [Zé Pedro chosen as Liga Portugal SABSEG's Defender of the Month in October/November] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Porto official profile (in Portuguese)
- Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)