Pedro Miguel Pina Eugénio (born 26 June 1990) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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for Kazakhtani club Atyrau. 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 Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club based in Faro, Portugal, Faro in the Faro District, district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club wi ...

Club career

Eugénio was born in Faro,

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. As a youth player he represented four clubs, starting his development with

S.C. Olhanense Sporting Clube Olhanense () is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese football. It holds home matches at the ...

and finishing it with

S.L. Benfica Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional association football, football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football league system, Portuguese footba ...

. He made his senior debut in 2009 with União Desportiva Messinense in the regional championships, then switched to

neighbours Louletano D.C. in the third division for the following season. In the 2011–12 campaign, Eugénio represented

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

in the fourth tier. On 30 July 2012, after a short trial period, he joined

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n side

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

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 Botev ( bg, Ботев) is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Vratsa, that competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. The club was founded in 1921. Since 1948, Botev have played their home games at St ...

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

FC Haskovo FC Haskovo 1957 ( bg, ФК Хасково 1957) is a Bulgarian football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is the Haskovo Stadium, which has a capaci ...

. 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 CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. He signed for

FC Vereya Vereya ( bg, Верея) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Stara Zagora, which currently competes in the Southeast Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football. Vereya was founded in 2001. The team made a remarkable rise ...

in July 2016, arriving from fellow

First Professional Football League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

team

PFC Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an assoc ...

. Eugénio returned to Beroe on 16 June 2017. This was the most prolific

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of his career, coming third in goalscorers with 16 in 31 games; this included a

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on 17 February in a 4–1 victory at Cherno More. At its conclusion, he moved to the Turkish

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after agreeing to a two-year contract at Altay S.K. for an undisclosed fee. He left by mutual consent and returned to Beroe in January 2019; that July, Altay were put under a transfer embargo by

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until they settled debts of around 1 million

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with Eugénio and Ivan Ivanov. Eugénio competed in the

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

the following years, representing

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the K ...

FC Taraz FC Taraz ( kk, Taraz Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup wi ...

and

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. ...

and being voted player of the 2020 season at the first of those clubs. On 25 January 2023, hours after leaving the latter, the

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joined

Al-Adalah FC Al-Adalah Football Club ( ar, نادي العدالة لكرة القدم, nādī al-ʿadāla l-kurat al-qadam, "Justice F.C."), is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Hulaylah, Al-Ahsa, that plays in the First Division Leagu ...

in the

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Honours

Farense *

Terceira Divisão The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Division'') was a football league in Portugal, situated at the fourth level of the Portuguese football league system. The Third Division was initially the third level of the Portugue ...

: 2011–12 Beroe *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament ...

: 2012–13 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match an ...

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Astana *

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Individual *Kazakhstan Premier League top scorer: 2022

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eugenio, Pedro 1990 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Faro, Portugal Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Louletano D.C. players S.C. Farense players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players FC Haskovo players PFC Cherno More Varna players FC Vereya players TFF First League players Altay S.K. footballers Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Zhetysu players FC Taraz players FC Astana players Saudi Pro League players Al-Adalah FC players FC Atyrau players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia