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Pedro Filipe Figueiredo Rodrigues (born 20 May 1997), also known as Pêpê, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Filipe Figueiredo Rodrigues[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Sátão, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pafos | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ferreira de Aves | ||
| 2007–2008 | Académico Viseu | ||
| 2008–2009 | Casa do Benfica Viseu | ||
| 2009–2016 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Benfica B | 53 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | → Estoril (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Vitória Guimarães | 31 | (3) |
| 2020–2024 | Olympiacos | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Famalicão (loan) | 50 | (5) |
| 2022–2023 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Cartagena (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Pafos (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2024– | Pafos | 3 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Portugal U16 | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | Portugal U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2014 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Portugal U19 | 23 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U20 | 15 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:58, 19 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Benfica
Born in Sátão, Viseu District, Rodrigues joined S.L. Benfica's youth system at the age of 12 from local Associação Social Cultural e Recreativa e Desportista da Casa do Benfica de Viseu. On 26 August 2015, still a junior, he made his professional debut with the former's reserves, playing the entire 1–0 home win against U.D. Oliveirense in the Segunda Liga.[2]
Rodrigues scored his first goal in the competition on 13 February 2016, in a 2–2 away draw with Académico Viseu FC.[3] In the 2016–17 season, he netted four times (all from penalties) from 38 appearances to help the side finish in fourth position.[4]
On 21 August 2017, Rodrigues joined G.D. Estoril Praia on a loan deal.[5][6] He made his Primeira Liga debut with the club six days later, coming on as a late substitute in the 2–1 away loss to Sporting CP.[7]
Rodrigues scored his first goal in the Portuguese top division on 30 January 2018, helping the hosts defeat C.D. Tondela 3–0 with an early long-range shot.[8]
Vitória Guimarães
Ahead of the 2018–19 campaign, Rodrigues was loaned to Vitória de Guimarães.[9] On 16 July 2019, he agreed to a permanent five-year contract.[10]
Rodrigues scored five competitive goals during his spell at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques. His first arrived on 8 August 2019 in the 3–0 away victory over FK Ventspils in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League,[11] and he repeated the feat in the second leg (6–0).[12]
Olympiacos
On 7 September 2020, Olympiacos F.C. announced the signing of Rodrigues on a five-year deal, for a transfer fee in the range of €4 million.[13] In the following transfer window, he was loaned to F.C. Famalicão until 30 June;[14] the move was extended for the entire 2021–22.[15]
Rodrigues split the 2022–23 season also on loan, starting it at MKE Ankaragücü (Turkish Süper Lig)[16] and finishing it with FC Cartagena (Spanish Segunda División).[17]
Pafos
On 21 August 2023, still owned by Olympiacos, Rodrigues joined Cypriot First Division club Pafos FC for one year.[18] In July 2024, he agreed to a permanent contract.[19]
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All youth levels comprised, Rodrigues won 78 caps for Portugal. His first for the under-21s occurred on 11 October 2016 at the age of 19, replacing Daniel Podence at the hour mark of the 7–1 away demolition of Liechtenstein for the 2017 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[20]
Additionally, Rodrigues represented the nation at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.[21]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Benfica B | 2015–16 | LigaPro | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 38 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 52 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 52 | 6 | ||||||
| Estoril (loan) | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||
| Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 2018–19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Vitória Guimarães | 2019–20 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 46 | 5 | ||
| Total | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | 66 | 5 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Famalicão (loan) | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 55 | 5 | ||||
| Ankaragücü (loan) | 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Cartagena (loan) | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Pafos (loan) | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 26 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 231 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 19 | ||
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