Pedro Espinha Explained

Pedro Espinha
Fullname:Pedro Manuel Espinha Ferreira
Birth Date:25 September 1965
Birth Place:Mafra, Portugal
Youthyears2:1982–1984
Youthclubs1:Benfica Corvense
Youthclubs2:Belenenses
Years1:1984–1985
Years2:1985–1986
Years3:1986–1987
Years4:1987–1989
Years5:1989–1994
Years6:1994–1997
Years7:1997–2000
Years8:2000–2002
Years9:2002
Years10:2002–2003
Clubs2:Torreense
Clubs4:Sacavenense
Clubs8:Porto
Clubs9:Porto B
Clubs10:Vitória Setúbal
Caps1:20
Caps2:29
Caps3:1
Caps4:64
Caps5:85
Caps6:82
Caps7:97
Caps8:1
Caps9:1
Caps10:17
Totalcaps:397
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:1998–2000
Nationalteam1:Portugal
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:0

Pedro Manuel Ferreira Espinha (born 25 September 1965) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Espinha was born in Mafra, Lisbon. During his career he played for C.D. Cova da Piedade, S.C.U. Torreense, Académica de Coimbra, S.G. Sacavenense, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Salgueiros, Vitória de Guimarães, FC Porto[1] – arriving at the Primeira Liga club aged 35 and backing up legendary Vítor Baía during his two-year spell[2] – and Vitória de Setúbal.

Espinha retired in June 2003, with a total of 249 Portuguese top-flight games to his credit.

International career

Espinha earned six caps for Portugal, including one at UEFA Euro 2000 against Germany in the group stage, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win as the nation was already qualified and rested practically all its starting XI.[3] [4] From 2007 onwards, he worked as a goalkeeper coach with several youth categories of the national team.[5]

Honours

Porto

2000–01

2001

Notes and References

  1. https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/pedro-espinha-no-porto-nos-proximos-tres-anos Pedro Espinha no Porto nos próximos três anos (Pedro Espinha in Porto for the next three years)
  2. https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/sp-braga/pedro-espinha-aguarda-solucao-de-emprestimo Pedro Espinha aguarda solução de empréstimo (Pedro Espinha waits for loan option)
  3. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2000/matches/round=1458/match=64850/postmatch/report/index.html Conceição hat-trick ousts holders Germany
  4. https://www.futebol365.pt/artigo/61512-euro-2000-os-89-minutos-mais-marcantes-da-carreira-de-pedro-espinha/ Euro 2000: Os 89 minutos mais marcantes da carreira de Pedro Espinha (Euro 2000: The most important 89 minutes in Pedro Espinha's career)
  5. https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/07-07-2017/europeu-sub-19-pedro-espinha-reforca-vontade-de-vencer-da-selecao Europeu Sub-19: Pedro Espinha reforça vontade de vencer da seleção (Under-19 Euro: Pedro Espinha highlights national team's will to win)