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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. 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.

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 (), commonly known as Olhanense, is a Portuguese sports club from Olhão, Algarve. Its Association football, football team was founded on 27 April 1912 and currently plays in the Algarve Football Association Portuguese Di ...

and finishing it with

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

neighbours

Louletano D.C. Louletano Desportos Clube is a Portugal, Portuguese club from Loulé, founded on 6 June 1923. The association football team currently play in the Campeonato Nacional de Seniores (Portuguese fourth level), D series. The club plays at the Estádio ...

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 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 ha ...

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 Professional Football Club Beroe Stara Zagora, better known as just Beroe (), is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the Bulgarian First Professional League, First League, the top division o ...

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 () 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 Stadion Hristo Bot ...

. 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 () is a Bulgarian Association football, football club based in Haskovo, which currently competes in the Regional Amateur Football Groups (Bulgaria), A RFG Haskovo, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. Haskovo's home ground is th ...

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

. He signed for

FC Vereya Vereya () 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 through the lev ...

in July 2016, arriving from fellow

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team

PFC Cherno More Varna Cherno More () 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 3 March 1913, as an association football branch ...

. 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

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the following years, representing

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan (, ''Jetisu Taldyqorǵan Futbol Kluby'') is a Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh professional football (soccer), football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League ...

FC Taraz FC Taraz () 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 winners in 2004. History ...

and

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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

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in the

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Personal life

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

Career statistics

Honours

Farense *

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: 2011–12 Beroe *

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Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup () 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 and the holder of the Bulgarian Cup at that time. ...

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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 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen 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 1. Lig players Altay S.K. footballers Kazakhstan Premier League players FC Zhetysu players FC Taraz players FC Astana players FC Atyrau players FC Tobol players Saudi Pro League players Al-Adalah FC 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