Pedro Martins (footballer)

Pedro Martins
Personal information
Full name Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins[1]
Date of birth (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970 (age 54)[1]
Place of birth Feira, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Gharafa (manager)
Youth career
1983–1988 Feirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Feirense 177 (18)
1994–1995 Vitória Guimarães 31 (5)
1995–1998 Sporting CP 77 (2)
1998–1999 Boavista 7 (0)
1999–2000 Santa Clara 19 (0)
2000–2004 Alverca 47 (0)
Total 358 (25)
International career
1988 Portugal U18 1 (0)
1989 Portugal U21 1 (0)
1997 Portugal 1 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 União Lamas
2007–2009 Lusitânia
2009–2010 Espinho
2010 Marítimo B
2010–2014 Marítimo
2014–2016 Rio Ave
2016–2018 Vitória Guimarães
2018–2022 Olympiacos
2022– Al-Gharafa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins (born 17 July 1970) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of Qatari club Al-Gharafa SC.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 matches and nine goals over ten seasons, in representation of Feirense, Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP, Boavista, Santa Clara and Alverca. He added 126 games and eight goals in the Segunda Liga, in a sixteen-year professional career.

Martins started working as a manager in 2006, starting out at União de Lamas and going on to spend four years at Marítimo. He won three Super League Greece titles in charge of Olympiacos, and a double in 2019–20.

  1. ^ a b c d Pedro Martins at WorldFootball.net