Pedro Espinha

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Pedro Espinha
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Espinha Ferreira
Date of birth (1965-09-25) 25 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Mafra, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Benfica Corvense
1982–1984 Belenenses
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1985 Cova Piedade 20 (0)
1985–1986 Torreense 29 (0)
1986–1987 Académica 1 (0)
1987–1989 Sacavenense 64 (0)
1989–1994 Belenenses 85 (0)
1994–1997 Salgueiros 82 (0)
1997–2000 Vitória Guimarães 97 (0)
2000–2002 Porto 1 (0)
2002 Porto B 1 (0)
2002–2003 Vitória Setúbal 17 (0)
Total397(0)
International career
1998–2000 Portugal 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

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