Pedro Ribeiro Lima

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ribeiroand the second or paternal family name is Lima.

Pedro Ribeiro Lima

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Ribeiro de Lima
Date of birth	(1948-07-21) 21 July 1948 (age 75)
Place of birth	Araruna, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2014	Perilima		(1)
2007	Leonel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023

Pedro Ribeiro Lima (born 21 July 1948), also known as Seu Pedro and Pedro da Sorda, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is considered the oldest professional player to play a professional match, and the oldest to score a goal in Brazilian football. ^[1]

Personal life

Businessman in a branch of typical Paraíba biscuits called "Sorda", Pedro founded the Associação Desportiva Perilima, to satisfy his desire to become a football player, counting on the factory's own employees and his sons as players to complete the team. ^[2]

Career

Pedro played for several years in the Campeonato Paraibano and Campeonato Paraibano Second Division, almost always suffering defeats and defeats in Perilima games, which, due to the lack of other professional clubs in Paraíba at the time, always completed the editions regardless of the poor results obtained.

His greatest achievement as a player came in 2007, when after a penalty conceded by friend and player Nêgo Pai, he had the opportunity to become the oldest Brazilian player to score a goal in professional football, at 58 years of age, in the match against Campinense. The goalkeeper Jailson, who years later would be champion and stand out with Palmeiras, was the one who conceded the goal, his only one in professional football. ^{[3] [4]} Still in 2007, he also played for Leonel, another precarious football club in Campina Grande.

In 2014, his last performance, he became the oldest player to participate in a professional football match in Brazil, at 66 years old. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Football records and statistics in Brazil

References

1. "Pedro da Sorda: mais que empresário, um ícone do futebol paraibano". Coletivo F8 (in Portuguese). 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
2. "Estudante de CG produz filme sobre a história da Perilima e de 'Seu Pedro'". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
3. "Ele fez primeiro gol profissional aos 58 anos. E o goleiro era Jailson". UOL (in Portuguese). 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
4. "Aconteceu no Paraibano #1: em 2007, aos 58 anos, Seu Pedro marcou seu único gol na carreira". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 4 February 2023. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. "Aos 66, ele quer o Guinness Book, mas família não deixa: a história de Seu Pedro e a Perilima". ESPN (in Portuguese). 26 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
6. "Perilima está de volta. Com uniforme novo". Verminosos por Futebol (in Portuguese). 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

External links

• Pedro Ribeiro at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)