Pepa (footballer)

Pepa
Pepa in 2021
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe[1]
Date of birth (1980-12-14) 14 December 1980 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Torres Novas, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Sport Recife (head coach)
Youth career
1991–1994 CADE
1994–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Benfica 5 (1)
1999–2002 Benfica B 29 (1)
2000–2001Lierse (loan) 14 (1)
2002–2003 Varzim 50 (10)
2004–2005 Paços Ferreira 1 (0)
2005–2006 Olhanense 12 (3)
Total 111 (16)
International career
1996 Portugal U15 8 (3)
1996 Portugal U16 2 (0)
1998 Portugal U17 3 (0)
1999 Portugal U18 9 (1)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Tondela (assistant)
2011–2013 Benfica (youth)
2013–2015 Sanjoanense
2015–2016 Feirense
2016 Moreirense
2017–2019 Tondela
2019–2021 Paços Ferreira
2021–2022 Vitória Guimarães
2022–2023 Al-Tai
2023 Cruzeiro
2023–2024 Al Ahli
2024– Sport Recife
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe (born 14 December 1980), known as Pepa, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Brazilian club Sport Recife.

Formed at Benfica, where he made seven first-team appearances, he spent most of his career in his country's second tier, with 63 games and 13 goals for three clubs. He also played on loan at Lierse in the Belgian top flight, and earned 22 caps for Portugal at youth level.

Pepa began working as a manager in 2013, leading four Primeira Liga sides.

  1. ^ a b c Pepa at WorldFootball.net