Pedro Manuel Ferreira Espinha (born 25 September 1965) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Espinha was born in

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, Lisbon. During his career he played for

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, S.C.U. Torreense, Académica de Coimbra, S.G. Sacavenense, C.F. Os Belenenses, S.C. Salgueiros,

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, FC Porto– arriving at the Primeira Liga club aged 35 and backing up legendary

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during his two-year spell– and

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. Espinha retired in June 2003, with a total of 249 Portuguese top-flight games to his credit.

International career

Espinha earned six

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for

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, including one at

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against

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in the group stage, keeping a clean sheet in the 3–0 win as the nation was already qualified and rested practically all its starting XI. From 2007 onwards, he worked as a goalkeeper coach with several youth categories of the national team.Europeu Sub-19: Pedro Espinha reforça vontade de vencer da seleção (Under-19 Euro: Pedro Espinha highlights national team's will to win)
Mais Futebol, 7 July 2017 (in Portuguese)

Honours

Porto *

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: 2000–01 *

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: 2001

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Espinha, Pedro 1965 births Living people People from Mafra, Portugal Portuguese footballers Association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.D. Cova da Piedade players S.C.U. Torreense players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Salgueiros players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto players FC Porto B players Vitória F.C. players Portugal international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players Sportspeople from Lisbon District