Pedro_Eugénio

Pedro Eugénio

Pedro Eugénio

Portuguese footballer


Pedro Miguel Pina Eugénio (born 26 June 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a right-back for Kazakhtani club Atyrau.

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He spent most of his career abroad, making 143 appearances and scoring 31 goals in the Bulgarian top flight for four clubs, including three spells at Beroe. He also played in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, and had a brief stint in his country's second tier with Farense.

Club career

Eugénio was born in Faro, Algarve. As a youth player he represented four clubs, starting his development with S.C. Olhanense and finishing it with S.L. Benfica.[2] He made his senior debut in 2009 with União Desportiva Messinense in the regional championships, then switched to Algarve neighbours Louletano D.C. in the third division for the following season.

In the 2011–12 campaign, Eugénio represented S.C. Farense in the fourth tier.[3] On 30 July 2012, after a short trial period, he joined Bulgarian side PFC Beroe Stara Zagora on a three-year deal. He appeared in his first match as a professional on 11 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home win against POFC Botev Vratsa.

Eugénio returned to his homeland and Farense in January 2014, with the team now in the Segunda Liga.[4] In the summer, he returned to Bulgaria with FC Haskovo.

On 9 November 2014, Eugénio scored after dribbling two opponents in a 90-meter run, but in a 2–4 home loss to PFC CSKA Sofia.[5] He signed for FC Vereya in July 2016, arriving from fellow First Professional Football League team PFC Cherno More Varna.[6]

Eugénio returned to Beroe on 16 June 2017.[7] This was the most prolific season of his career, coming third in goalscorers with 16 in 31 games; this included a hat-trick on 17 February in a 4–1 victory at Cherno More.[8] At its conclusion, he moved to the Turkish TFF First League after agreeing to a two-year contract at Altay S.K. for an undisclosed fee.[9] He left by mutual consent and returned to Beroe in January 2019;[10] that July, Altay were put under a transfer embargo by FIFA until they settled debts of around 1 million Turkish lira with Eugénio and Ivan Ivanov.[11]

Eugénio competed in the Kazakhstan Premier League the following years, representing FC Zhetysu, FC Taraz and FC Astana and being voted player of the 2020 season at the first of those clubs.[12][13] On 25 January 2023, hours after leaving the latter, the free agent joined Al-Adalah FC in the Saudi Professional League.[14][15]

Personal life

Eugénio's father, Rui, was also a footballer and a defender.[16]

Career statistics

As of 21 April 2019[17][18]
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  1. Includes appearances in Cup and League Cup games, where applicable.

Honours

Farense

Beroe

Astana

Individual

  • Kazakhstan Premier League top scorer: 2022[19]

References

  1. "Pedro Eugénio" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. "Pedro Eugénio elogiado por Rui Costa" [Pedro Eugénio praised by Rui Costa]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. "Farense garante defesa Pedro Eugénio" [Farense confirm defender Pedro Eugénio]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. "Pedro Eugénio em estreia para o jogo com o Aves" [Pedro Eugénio in debut for game with Aves]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. "Golaço português na Bulgária: correu 90 metros e fez isto…" [Portuguese wonder goal in Bulgaria: he ran 90 metres and did this…] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. "Петър Златинов и Еуженио парафираха с Верея" [Petar Zlatinov and Eugenio get started at Vereya] (in Bulgarian). Football 24. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. "Педро се присъедини към "Берое"" [Pedro joined Beroe] (in Bulgarian). Beroe Stara Zagora. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. Neves, Hugo (17 February 2018). "Pedro Eugénio faz hat trick na Bulgária" [Pedro Eugénio scores hat-trick in Bulgaria]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. "Ağ kanadımıza portekizli takviye" [Portuguese addition to squad] (in Turkish). Altay S.K. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. "Официално: Педро Еуженио е футболист на Берое" [Official: Pedro Eugénio is a Beroe player] (in Bulgarian). Top Sport. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. "ФИФА санкционира турски клуб заради Иван Иванов и Педро Еуженио" [FIFA sanctiond Turkish club for Ivan Ivanov and Pedro Eugénio] (in Bulgarian). Top Sport. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  12. "Педро Эуженио – лучший игрок "Жетысу" в сезоне" [Pedro Eugenio is Zhetysu player of the season] (in Russian). Pro Sports. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. "Recusou contrato com o Benfica na esperança de ir para Inglaterra: "Ainda hoje sinto muito"" [He rejected a contract with Benfica hoping to move to England: "I'm deeply sorry to this day"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  14. "Спасибо, Педро!" [Thanks, Pedro!] (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  15. "العدالة يتعاقد مع البرتغالي يوجـينيو و السـويدي أنتونـسون" [Al-Adalah sign Portugal's Eugénio and Sweden's Antonsson]. Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  16. Gouveia, Ricardo (9 May 2017). "Eugénio de raça na Bulgária, mas com a alma no São Luís" [Eugénio with heart in Bulgaria, but with soul at the São Luís] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  17. Pedro Eugénio at Soccerway
  18. Pedro Eugénio at WorldFootball.net
  19. "Melhor marcador da Liga do Cazaquistão é português e sagrou-se campeão" [Top scorer in Kazakh League is Portuguese and he was crowned champion]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 November 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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