Pedro Nuno Fernandes Ferreira (born 13 January 1995), known as Pedro Nuno, is a Portuguese professional
footballer who plays as an
attacking midfielder for
Sabail in
Azerbaijan Premier League
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.
Club career
Born in
Buarcos,
Figueira da Foz, Pedro Nuno finished his youth spell with local
Académica de Coimbra, joining the club at the age of 17. On 16 August 2014, he made his first-team – and
Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
– debut, coming on as a 90th-minute
substitute for
Richard Ofori in a 1–1 home draw against
Sporting CP. He scored his first goal the following 23 May 2015 in
the last matchday, a 2–4 loss to
Vitória S.C. also at the
Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.
Pedro Nuno netted four times in only 12 games in the
2015–16 season, but his team returned to the
Segunda Liga after a 14-year stay. On 28 November 2016 he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with defending champions
S.L. Benfica, moving to
C.D. Tondela
Clube Desportivo de Tondela () is a Portuguese professional football club that plays in Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football. They are based in the town of Tondela, located in Viseu District, and play in the Estádio João Cardoso ...
on loan nine days later.
On 9 July 2018, Pedro Nuno cut ties with the
Estádio da Luz-based club and joined
Moreirense F.C.
Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...
for three seasons. He scored five goals in his
debut campaign, helping the side to finish sixth and narrowly miss out on
qualification for the
UEFA Europa League.
Pedro Nuno spent the vast majority of
2020–21 on the sidelines, after rupturing the
ligament
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* Peritoneal li ...
s in his right knee. In June 2021, he agreed to a three-year deal at
B-SAD.
On 23 June 2022, Pedro Nuno was due to sign for
Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C.
Maccabi Bnei Reineh ( ar, مكابي ابناء الرينة, he, מכבי בני ריינה) is an Israeli football club based in Reineh. The club played its home matches at the Municipal Stadium. They were promoted to play with Bnei Sakhnin F.C ...
in the
Israeli Premier League, but he was released one month later. In August, he moved to the Turkish
TFF First League
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on a one-year contract at
Adanaspor.
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
People from Figueira da Foz
Footballers from Coimbra District
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Associação Naval 1º de Maio players
S.L. Benfica footballers
Académica de Coimbra (football) players
C.D. Tondela players
Moreirense F.C. players
B-SAD players
TFF First League players
Adanaspor footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey