Pedro Xavier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Alexandre Marques Caldas Xavier | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Lourenço Marques, Mozambique | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1979 | Casa Pia | ||
| 1979–1980 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1984 | Estoril | 67 | (9) |
| 1984–1988 | Académica | 108 | (28) |
| 1988–1992 | Estrela Amadora | 73 | (17) |
| 1992–1993 | Campomaiorense | 17 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Barreirense | 32 | (5) |
| 1994–1995 | Olivais Moscavide | 17 | (8) |
| 1995–1998 | South China | ||
| Total | 314 | (69) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Portugal U21 | 7 | (1) |
| 1985–1989 | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Alexandre Marques Caldas Xavier (born 26 January 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Xavier was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique. An unsuccessful Sporting CP youth graduate, he went on to represent in his country G.D. Estoril Praia, Académica de Coimbra, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, S.C. Campomaiorense, F.C. Barreirense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide. He spent ten seasons in the Primeira Liga, amassing totals of 224 matches and 48 goals.
Aged 33, Xavier moved abroad, playing three years in Hong Kong for South China AA before retiring from professional football.[1]
International career
[edit | edit source]After the 1986 FIFA World Cup – almost the entire squad renounced the national team due to the Saltillo Affair – Xavier won the better part of his four caps for Portugal.[2]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Xavier's twin brother, Carlos, was also a professional footballer. A midfielder, he played several seasons with Sporting's first team.[3]
References
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External links
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- Pedro Xavier national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
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- Pedro Xavier at EU-Football.info
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Portuguese twins
- 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Footballers from Maputo
- Men's association football forwards
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players
- G.D. Estoril Praia players
- Académica de Coimbra (football) players
- C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
- S.C. Campomaiorense players
- F.C. Barreirense players
- C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- South China AA players
- Portugal men's under-21 international footballers
- Portugal men's international footballers
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong