Emílio Peixe
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder and Portugal youth coach since 2008, currently on Kuwait Under 20.
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| Full name | Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nazaré, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Kuwait (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Nazarenos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1991 | Sporting CP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Sporting CP | 104 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Sevilla | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Sporting CP | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Porto | 37 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | → Alverca (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Benfica | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → União Leiria (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 177 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Portugal U16 | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Portugal U18 | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Portugal U20 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1994 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Portugal U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Portugal | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2022 | Portugal (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Kuwait (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams,[1] he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, Sporting, Porto and Benfica.
Over the course of 14 seasons, Peixe amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and four goals.
Playing career
Born in Nazaré, Peixe emerged from Sporting CP's prolific youth ranks, making his first-team debut shortly after another club great, Luís Figo. In the summer of 1991, already firmly established in the starting XI, he was essential in helping the Portuguese under-20s win the FIFA World Cup in Lisbon, where he also received the Golden Ball.[2]
After helping Sporting, with Figo, to the 1995 Taça de Portugal, Peixe moved abroad to Sevilla FC, accompanying coach Toni. However, grossly unsettled, he left in the immediate winter transfer window, returning to the Lions but never regaining his previous form.[3]
Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto,[4][5] with a six-month loan spell with F.C. Alverca in between. He retired in June 2004, after unassuming one-season stints with S.L. Benfica and U.D. Leiria.[6]
Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old.[7] He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[8]
Coaching career
Peixe returned to the national team in 2008, being charged with coaching the under-16s. In the following years he worked with several of its youth sides, as both head and assistant manager.[9][10]
He managed the under-19 team into the UEFA European Championship U19 final, lost to Spain in 2019.
Honours
Club
Sporting
Porto
- Primeira Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Taça de Portugal: 1999–00, 2000–01
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1999
International
Portugal
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991
- UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1989
- FIFA U-16 World Cup third place: 1989
- UEFA Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1990
Individual
- FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 1991
References
- ^ Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at FIFA
- ^ Roldan, Santiago (24 November 1995). "El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa" [Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto" [Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 1999. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Emílio Peixe: "É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre"" [Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 May 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Rescisões estão difíceis" [Rescisions are difficult]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Top internacionalizações (International caps top) 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; at SAPO (in Portuguese)
- ^ – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Venâncio, Pedro (25 July 2016). "Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos" [Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Emílio Peixe: "Merecíamos ganhar"" [Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
External links
- at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Emílio Peixe at BDFutbol
- Emílio Peixe national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Emílio Peixe at National-Football-Teams.com
- Emílio Peixe at FootballDatabase.eu