Pedro Emanuel

Pedro Emanuel

Pedro Emanuel in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva
Date of birth	(1975-02-11) 11 February 1975
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Apollon Limassol (coach)
Youth career
1986–1993	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Marco	28	(2)
1994–1995	Ovarense	31	(2)
1995–1996	Penafiel	28	(2)
1996–2002	Boavista	154	(2)
2002–2009	Porto	120	(1)
Total		361	(9)
National team
1995–1996	Portugal U21	4	(0)
Teams managed
2010–2011	Porto (assistant)
2011–2013	Académica
2013–2015	Arouca
2015–	Apollon Limassol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva (born 11 February 1975), known as Pedro Emanuel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender, and the current coach of Cypriot club Apollon Limassol.

In his 16-year professional career he was closely associated with the two biggest teams in Porto, Boavista – he helped it win its first and only Primeira Liga title in 2001 – and FC Porto, being team captain of both.

Over the course of 12 seasons Pedro Emanuel amassed top division totals of 268 games and two goals, and won 14 major titles between both his main clubs combined. He subsequently became a manager.

Club career

Pedro Emanuel was born in Luanda, Portuguese Angola. After three seasons as a professional in Portugal's secondary leagues, with F.C. Marco, A.D. Ovarense and F.C. Penafiel, his performances caught the eye of scouts from Porto club Boavista FC, where he had already played as a youth. During his six-year stay in the team he played a large part in the defensive wall – with fellow stopper Litos, fullbacks Nuno Frechaut and Erivan and goalkeeper Ricardo – that led them to the historical Primeira Liga title in 2001; after Litos left for Málaga CF he captained the team for one season, but a move to a larger club was close.

Prior to the start of the 2002–03 campaign, S.L. Benfica seemed closer to clinching a deal, but it was FC Porto, under the guidance of José Mourinho, who signed Pedro Emanuel. Part of a strong defense that included Jorge Costa, Ricardo Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira and Nuno Valente, his always effective style earned him the confidence of his manager, and he played in both the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League finals won between 2003 and 2004.

In the season following the departure of Mourinho, Pedro Emanuel still managed to appear in the spotlight, as in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup win against Once Caldas, where he scored the decisive penalty, becoming the last player to touch the ball in the competition's history.^[1]

In 2005–06, following the decision of Dutch coach Co Adriaanse not wanting a goalkeeper captain (Vítor Baía) and sidelining Costa, Pedro Emanuel was chosen as new captain. He missed the entire following season due to injury,^[2] but returned to the starting lineups the following campaign, helping with 19 league appearances as Porto were crowned back-to-back champions.

After only five matches in 2008–09, in a fourth consecutive league accolade, Pedro Emanuel retired on 16 June 2009, immediately becoming Porto's under-17 head coach^[3] and guiding it to the national championship, after defeating Sporting Clube de Portugal.^[4]

In July 2010, Pedro Emanuel returned to Porto's main squad, being named newly signed André Villas-Boas assistant manager.^[5] In June of the following year he had his first head coach experience, being appointed at Villas Boas' previous team Académica de Coimbra.

In his first season with the Students, Pedro Emanuel narrowly avoided top flight relegation, and also led the team to their first domestic cup since 1939, notably defeating former club Porto 3–0 at home in the fourth round^[6] and Sporting in the final (1–0).^[7]

On 6 June 2013, Pedro Emanuel took over at recently promoted F.C. Arouca.^[8] After helping them evade top flight relegation by five points, he left the club on 25 May 2015.^[9]

On 10 June 2015, Pedro Emanuel moved abroad for the first time in his career, taking over at Apollon Limassol of the Cypriot First Division; his team already included three compatriots.^[10]

International career

Although Angolan-born, Pedro Emanuel never represented its national team internationally. This was viewed as a desire to keep alive the possibility of playing for Portugal, the nation he represented at junior levels.

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Pedro Emanuel accepted a call-up from Angola, but FIFA confirmed that he and Carlos Chaínho could not represent other teams than Portugal, because of a new law set-up in 2004 which considered playing for junior sides at international level.^[11]

Honours

Player

Boavista

• Primeira Liga: 2000–01
• Taça de Portugal: 1996–97

Porto

• Primeira Liga: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
• Taça de Portugal: 2002–03, 2005–06, 2008–09
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2003
• UEFA Cup: 2002–03
• UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
• Intercontinental Cup: 2004

Manager

Académica

• Taça de Portugal: 2011–12
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: Runner-up 2012

Apollon

• Cypriot Cup: 2015–16

References

External links

• Pedro Emanuel at thefinalball.com
  
• Pedro Emanuel profile at ForaDeJogo