Pedro (footballer, born 1987)

Pedro
Pedro lining up for Barcelona in 2014
Personal information
Full name Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma[1]
Date of birth (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Lazio
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2004 San Isidro
2004–2005 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Barcelona C 71 (11)
2007–2009 Barcelona B 51 (16)
2008–2015 Barcelona 204 (58)
2015–2020 Chelsea 137 (29)
2020–2021 Roma 27 (5)
2021– Lazio 102 (14)
International career
2008 Spain U21 2 (0)
2010–2017 Spain 65 (17)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2012 Poland–Ukraine
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2013 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:37, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (born 28 July 1987), known as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Lazio.

Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 2008 to 2015. During the 2009–10 season, he became the first player in history to score in every official club competition in a single season and in a single calendar year. He joined Chelsea in 2015 where he scored 43 goals in 206 appearances and helped the club win the Premier League in 2017, the FA Cup in 2018 and the UEFA Europa League in 2019. He joined Serie A club Roma in 2020, before moving to their city rivals Lazio in the following year.

Pedro represented Spain in two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships, winning the former in 2010 and the latter in 2012.

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Spain" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
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