F.C. Pedras Rubras is a

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club from the town of

Pedras Rubras Pedras Rubras (Portuguese for ''Reddish stones'') is a Portuguese locality and suburb in the Moreira parish, in the Maia Municipality of the Greater Porto subregion. The Porto Airport (OPO) (Sá Carneiro International Airport Francisco Sá Carn ...

, a

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, in the region of

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Brief history

Founded in 1942, the club is seen as a good formation center, and eventually signed protocols with

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (), is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards. It is most well kno ...

and topflight club

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. Normally a mid-table club in the country's third division, it dropped down a level in 2005–06. After a very good year in the following campaign, albeit without promotion, Pederas Rubras were again relegated in 2007–08, to the

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Current squad

Famous players

Grégory Arnolin Grégory Arnolin (born 10 November 1980), known simply as Grégory, is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Born in France, he represented the Martinique national team internationally. Club career Arnolin was born ...

Jorge Madureira Jorge Manuel Catarino Madureira (born 5 February 1976) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Born in Matosinhos, Madureira joined FC Porto's youth system at the age of 10. In the 1993–94 season h ...

* Hernâni *

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* Weslem *

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