Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former

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who played mainly as a

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, currently

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of the Kuwait under-23 team. A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams, he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country,

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and Benfica. Over the course of 14 seasons, Peixe amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and four goals. In 2008, he started working as a manager.

Playing career

Born in Nazaré, Peixe emerged from

's prolific youth ranks, making his first-team debut shortly after another club great,

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. In the summer of 1991, already firmly established in the starting XI, he was essential in helping the Portuguese under-20s to win the

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in Lisbon, where he also received the Golden Ball. After helping Sporting, with Figo, to conquer the 1995

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, Peixe moved abroad to

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, accompanying coach

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. However, grossly unsettled, he left in the immediate winter

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, returning to the ''Lions'' but never regaining his previous form. Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto, with a six-month loan spell with F.C. Alverca in between. He retired in June 2004, after unassuming one-season stints with

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and

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. Also internationally, Peixe earned 12

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with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old. He also helped

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to a fourth-place finish at the

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Coaching career

Peixe returned to the national team in 2008, being charged with coaching the under-16s. In the following years he worked with several of its youth sides, as both head and assistant manager. Both Peixe and

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left the

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set-up in August 2022, to take the helm at Kuwait's Olympic and senior teams, respectively.

Honours

Sporting CP *

: 1994–95 *

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Porto * Primeira Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99 *Taça de Portugal: 1999–00, 2000–01 *Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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Portugal *

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* FIFA U-16 World Cup third place:

* UEFA Under-18 Championship runner-up:

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Individual *FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball:

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peixe, Emilio 1973 births Living people People from Nazaré, Portugal Sportspeople from Leiria District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers FC Porto players F.C. Alverca players S.L. Benfica footballers U.D. Leiria players La Liga players Sevilla FC players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Portugal Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese football managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait