Pedro Barbosa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Gondomar, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | CA Rio Tinto | ||
| 1986–1989 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Freamunde | 54 | (12) |
| 1991–1995 | Vitória Guimarães | 108 | (20) |
| 1995–2005 | Sporting CP | 259 | (39) |
| Total | 421 | (71) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2002 | Portugal | 22 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpedɾu bɐɾˈbɔzɐ]) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 games in the Primeira Liga and scored 59 goals, being a player with above-average skills.
Barbosa represented Portugal in one World Cup and one European Championship.
Born in Gondomar, Porto, Barbosa unsuccessfully graduated from FC Porto's academy, making his professional debuts with lowly S.C. Freamunde in the second division.
He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his Primeira Liga debuts at age 21, and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons. Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital side's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three).
In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals to help Sporting rank in third position. In his last the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round-of-16.
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