Pedro Empis

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Carvalhosa and the second or paternal family name is Empis.

Pedro Carvalhosa Empis (born 1 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Marítimo.

Pedro Empis

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Carvalhosa Empis[1]
Date of birth	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Marítimo
Number	14
Youth career
2007–2011	Estoril
2011–2016	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Sporting CP B	29	(0)
2017–2018	→ Académica (loan)	11	(0)
2018–2019	Sporting U23	22	(0)
2019–2021	Estoril	3	(0)
2021–2022	Cultural Leonesa	22	(0)
2022–2024	União Leiria	48	(3)
2024–	Marítimo	5	(0)
International career
2013–2014	Portugal U17	10	(0)
2015–2016	Portugal U19	13	(1)
2016–2017	Portugal U20	5	(0)
2016	Portugal U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:58, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Empis joined local Sporting CP's youth system at the age of 14, from neighbouring G.D. Estoril Praia. On 6 August 2016 he made his senior debut with the former's B team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against Portimonense S.C. in the Segunda Liga.^[2]

For the 2017–18 season, Empis was loaned to Académica de Coimbra of the same league.^[3] After cutting ties with Sporting, he returned to Estoril.^[4]

Empis signed a two-year contract with Spanish Primera División RFEF club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on 23 June 2021.^[5]

International career

Empis won his only cap for Portugal at under-21 level on 11 October 2016 at the age of 19, as a second-half substitute for Ricardo Horta in the 7–1 away rout of Liechtenstein in the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.^[6]

References

1. "Pedro Empis" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
2. "Sporting B-Portimonense, 1–2: Pires bisa na reviravolta algarvia" [Sporting B-Portimonense, 1–2: Pires grabs brace in Algarvean comeback]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
3. "Académica contrata três jogadores ao Sporting" [Académica sign three players from Sporting]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
4. "Pedro Empis é reforço para Tiago Fernandes" [Pedro Empis is an addition for Tiago Fernandes]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
5. Fraguas, Ángel (23 June 2021). "La Cultural ficha a Empis y a Obolskii y echa a Araújo" [Cultural sign Empis and Obolskii and release Araújo]. Diario de León (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
6. "Sub-21: Liechtenstein-Portugal, 1–7 (crónica)" [Under-21: Liechtenstein-Portugal, 1–7 (match report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

• Pedro Empis at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Portuguese League profile (in Portuguese)
• Pedro Empis national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
• Pedro Empis at Soccerway