Pedro Miguel Salgadinho Pacheco de Melo (born 27 June 1984), known as Pacheco, is a professional soccer player who plays for CU Micaelense as a

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. He played 312 games in the Segunda Liga over 11 seasons, mainly at the service of Santa Clara (19 goals). In the Primeira Liga, he appeared for that club as well as Nacional. Born in Portugal, Pacheco was a Canadian international, earning 18

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in four years.

Club career

Born in

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parents, Pacheco began his senior career in the regional leagues, playing with Vitória Pico da Pedra. In the following year he moved to arguably the biggest club in the territory, C.D. Santa Clara, but appeared in only two Segunda Liga matches in the 2003–04 campaign. After three seasons in the third division with two sides from his native region (

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and

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), Pacheco returned to Santa Clara who still competed in the second tier, and began featuring regularly for the first team, starting a total of 26 games over the course of two seasons. In the last minute of the 2009 August

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, Pacheco moved to the island of Madeira, signing with C.D. Nacional. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 5 October, playing one minute in the 2–0 home win against

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, but could only make eight competitive appearances in his

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(two in the Taça da Liga and one in the

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– 15 minutes of the 5–1 home victory over

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in the group stage). Pacheco returned to Santa Clara in the summer of 2010, being immediately appointed captain by manager Bruno Moura. In early June 2013, after finishing the division two campaign with four goals in 37 games, he signed a contract extension with the club. In August 2019, after nine years at the '' Estádio de São Miguel'', the 35-year-old Pacheco left and joined

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of the Portuguese third tier.

International career

Pacheco opted to represent

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internationally, as he lived there as a child. On 14 May 2010, he was picked for the friendlies against

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and

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; after playing six minutes from the bench in the first game (a 5–0 loss), he started on the 1–1 draw on the 29th. On 27 June 2013, Pacheco was listed as part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for that year's

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, making it his second consecutive tournament.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacheco, Pedro 1984 births Living people People from Ponta Delgada Canadian people of Azorean descent Portuguese men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players C.D. Santa Clara players S.C. Lusitânia players CD Operário players C.D. Nacional players CU Micaelense players Canada men's international soccer players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players