Pepa (footballer)

Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe (born 14 December 1980), known as Pepa, is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli.

Pepa
Pepa in 2021
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe[1]
Date of birth (1980-12-14) 14 December 1980[1]
Place of birth Torres Novas, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahli (manager)
Youth career
1991–1994 CADE
1994–1999 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Benfica 5 (1)
1999–2002 Benfica B 29 (1)
2000–2001 → Lierse (loan) 14 (1)
2002–2003 Varzim 50 (10)
2004–2005 Paços Ferreira 1 (0)
2005–2006 Olhanense 12 (3)
Total 111 (16)
International career
1996 Portugal U15 8 (3)
1996 Portugal U16 2 (0)
1998 Portugal U17 3 (0)
1999 Portugal U18 9 (1)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Tondela (assistant)
2011–2013 Benfica (youth)
2013–2015 Sanjoanense
2015–2016 Feirense
2016 Moreirense
2017–2019 Tondela
2019–2021 Paços Ferreira
2021–2022 Vitória Guimarães
2022–2023 Al-Tai
2023 Cruzeiro
2023– Al Ahli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Formed at Benfica, where he made seven first-team appearances, he spent most of his career in his country's second tier, with 63 games and 13 goals for three clubs. He also played on loan at Lierse in the Belgian top flight, and earned 22 caps for Portugal at youth level.

Pepa began working as a manager in 2013, leading four Primeira Liga sides.

Playing career

Club

Born in Torres Novas, Santarém District, Pepa joined S.L. Benfica's youth system in 1994, aged 13.[2] He made his competitive debut with the main squad on 23 January 1999, scoring in a Primeira Liga 3–1 home win against Rio Ave FC.[3] After being touted as an early promise, he went on to appear mainly for the reserve team,[4] also being loaned in March 2000 to Lierse S.K. in Belgium[5] for a fee of 50 million Portuguese escudos.[6]

In 2002, Pepa terminated his contract with Benfica which had four years remaining, following in the footsteps of fellow youth graduates Rui Baião and Jorge Ribeiro and signing with Varzim SC, a decision he later claimed as the worst mistake in his life.[7] He ended his career in late 2007 at only 26, due to several knee injuries.[8][9]

International

Pepa represented Portugal at under-15, under-16, under-17 and under-18 levels. He helped the last of those age groups to win the UEFA European Championship in 1999.[10]

Coaching career

In summer 2013, after two years working with Benfica's youth sides,[11] Pepa had his first head coaching experience, being appointed at A.D. Sanjoanense in the regional leagues[12] and helping the club to promote to the third division at the first attempt.[13] In 2015–16 he achieved the same feat with C.D. Feirense of the LigaPro, even though he did not finished the season after being replaced by José Mota for the final two months.[14]

Pepa continued to work in the Portuguese top tier in the following years, with Moreirense F.C.[15][16] and C.D. Tondela.[17] During his two-year stint at the latter he successfully avoided relegation, but was not retained.[18]

Having started the 2019–20 campaign without a club, Pepa replaced Filó at the helm of F.C. Paços de Ferreira after the fourth matchday, with the team last in the standings.[19] In May 2021, after having led them to fifth place and qualification for the inaugural edition of the UEFA Europa Conference League, he left the Estádio da Mata Real.[20][21]

Days after leaving Paços, Pepa signed a three-year contract to manage Vitória de Guimarães.[22] He finished sixth in his only season, but he and his coaching staff were dismissed on 12 July 2022, days before the new campaign was due to open against Puskás Akadémia FC in the Conference League.[23]

On 19 July 2022, Pepa was handed his first foreign management job, at Al-Tai FC in the Saudi Professional League.[24] In January 2023, following a 1–0 defeat to Al Wehda FC, he was relieved of his duties.[25]

Pepa switched countries again on 20 March 2023, after being announced as head coach of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.[26] He was sacked on 29 August, due to poor results.[27]

On 3 October 2023, Pepa was appointed as manager of Qatar Stars League club Al Ahli SC, on a one-year deal.[28]

Career statistics

[29][30]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benfica 1998–99 Primeira Liga 2100——21
1999–2000 0020——20
2000–01 0000——00
2001–02 3000——30
Subtotal 5120——71
Benfica B 1999–2000 Segunda Divisão 120———120
2000–01 00———00
2001–02 171———171
Subtotal 291———291
Lierse (loan) 2000–01 Belgian First Division 141———141
Varzim 2002–03 Segunda Liga 29510——305
2003–04 21511——226
Subtotal 501021——5211
Paços de Ferreira 2004–05 Segunda Liga 10———10
Olhanense 2005–06 Liga de Honra 11320——133
2006–07 10———10
Subtotal 12320——143
Career total 1111661000011717

Managerial statistics
As of match played 15 October 2023[31][30]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Sanjoanense Portugal 28 June 2013 25 May 2015 71 40 16 15 122 68 +54 056.34
Feirense Portugal 1 July 2015 24 March 2016 46 22 13 11 53 39 +14 047.83
Moreirense Portugal 20 May 2016 21 November 2016 12 3 2 7 9 15 −6 025.00
Tondela Portugal 10 January 2017 24 May 2019 95 29 22 44 116 140 −24 030.53
Paços Ferreira Portugal 2 September 2019 19 May 2021 74 31 14 29 90 98 −8 041.89
Vitória Guimarães Portugal 21 May 2021 12 July 2022 40 17 10 13 63 48 +15 042.50
Al-Tai Saudi Arabia 19 July 2022 22 January 2023 15 6 1 8 20 22 −2 040.00
Cruzeiro Brazil 20 March 2023 29 August 2023 25 7 8 10 23 23 +0 028.00
Al Ahli Qatar 3 October 2023 Present 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
Total 380 156 87 137 499 455 +44 041.05

References
  1. Pepa at WorldFootball.net
  2. Faria, João (16 March 2017). "Pepa admite "excessos" na juventude e diz ter sido vítima de racismo" [Pepa admits to "excesses" in youth and says he was a victim of racism]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. "Pepa marcou golo na estreia" [Pepa scored goal in debut]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 March 2002. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. "Equipas B: "Laboratório" ou "armazém"?" [B teams: "Laboratory" or "warehouse"?]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 November 2001. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. "Pepa cedido ao Lierse por uma época e meia" [Pepa loaned to Lierse for one and a half seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 March 2000. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "Pepa: "Quero voltar ao Benfica"" [Pepa: "I want to return to Benfica"]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 March 2000. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. Travassos, Nuno (31 December 2007). "Pepa em retrospectiva: "Sair do Benfica foi o meu maior erro"" [Pepa in hindsight: "To leave Benfica was my biggest mistake"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. Travassos, Nuno (31 December 2007). "Pepa em entrevista: de promessa do Benfica à "reforma" aos 26 anos" [Pepa in interview: from Benfica promise to "retirement" at the age of 26] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. "Pepa, dez anos depois" [Pepa, ten years later] (in Portuguese). Eterno Benfica. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  10. Marques, David (17 July 2014). "Portugal no Euro sub-19: Pepa, do título de 99 ao deslumbramento" [Portugal at the under-19 Euro: Pepa, from the 99 title to thinking he had it made] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  11. ""Bruno Lage ficou com um carro com muitos cavalos e tem mãos para ele"" [Bruno Lage was given a car with a lot of horsepower and he can handle it] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  12. "Pepa: "Estou obcecado por começar a trabalhar"" [Pepa: "I am obsessed with starting to work"]. Record (in Portuguese). 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  13. "Todos os plantéis da edição 2014/15" [All the squads of the 2014/15 edition]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  14. "Pepa e a subida do Feirense: "Correm-me as lágrimas por não estar a festejar"" [Pepa and Feirense's promotion: "Tears are running down my face as I am not celebrating"] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  15. "Pepa é o novo treinador" [Pepa is the new manager]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  16. "Pepa já não é treinador do Moreirense" [Pepa is no longer the Moreirense manager] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  17. "Pepa é o novo treinador do Tondela" [Pepa is the new manager of Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  18. "Pepa deixa de ser treinador do Tondela" [Pepa is no longer manager of Tondela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  19. "Pepa é o novo treinador do Paços de Ferreira" [Pepa is the new Paços de Ferreira manager]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  20. Santos, José (9 May 2021). "Presidente do Paços de Ferreira confirma saída de Pepa no final da época" [Paços de Ferreira president confirms Pepa departure at the end of the season]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. "Paços de Ferreira garante o quinto lugar no campeonato e reage desta forma curiosa" [Paços de Ferreira confirm fifth place in league and have this funny reaction]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  22. "Pepa confirmado como novo treinador do V. Guimarães" [Pepa confirmed as new manager of V. Guimarães] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  23. "V. Guimarães despede Pepa e anuncia Moreno" [V. Guimarães dismiss Pepa and announce Moreno]. Público (in Portuguese). 12 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  24. "Pepa ruma ao Al-Tai da Arábia Saudita e treina pela primeira vez no estrangeiro" [Pepa heads to Saudi Arabia's Al-Tai and manages abroad for the first time]. Observador (in Portuguese). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  25. "الطائي ينهي تعاقده مع بيبا ويعلن التوقيع مع الروماني ميريل رادوي لتدريب الفريق الأول" [Al-Tai terminate contract with Pepa and announce signing of Romania's Mirel Radoi to coach first team]. Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  26. "Pepa é o novo técnico do Cruzeiro" [Pepa is the new head coach of Cruzeiro] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  27. "Pepa não é mais o técnico do Cruzeiro" [Pepa is no longer head coach of Cruzeiro] (in Portuguese). Cruzeiro EC. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  28. "البرتغالي بيدر ميغيل مدربا رسميا للعميد" [Portugal's Pedro Miguel is officially coach of the Dean] (in Arabic). Al Ahli SC. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  29. Pepa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
  30. Pepa at FootballDatabase.eu
  31. Pepa coach profile at Soccerway
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