Pedro Miguel das Neves Correia (born 22 November 1974), known simply as Pedro, is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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. He played solely for

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

in his professional career.

Club career

Pedro was born in

. Joining hometown's F.C. Paços de Ferreira when he was just 10 years old, he was given his

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

debut by

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José Mota in a 1993 match against S.C. Salgueiros, and went on to make 325 competitive appearances for the club. In 2002–03, as a starter, Pedro helped Paços to achieve a sixth place in the league, a feat repeated in the 2006–07 season, this time good enough for

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for the

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, although he was a backup during the latter campaign. Pedro retired from football in June 2009 aged 34, but stayed connected with his only professional club, working as goalkeeper coach under several managers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedro Correia 1974 births Living people 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Paços de Ferreira Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Association football goalkeeping coaches F.C. Paços de Ferreira non-playing staff Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Gabon Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Romania

Club career

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