Emílio Peixe

Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Emílio Peixe
Personal information
Full name Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe
Date of birth (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973
Place of birth Nazaré, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Portugal (youth)
Youth career
1983–1986 Nazarenos
1986–1991 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Sporting CP 104 (2)
1995 Sevilla 5 (0)
1996–1997 Sporting CP 20 (1)
1997–2002 Porto 37 (1)
2002 → Alverca (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2004 Benfica 2 (0)
2003–2004 → União Leiria (loan) 2 (0)
Total 177 (4)
National team
1988–1989 Portugal U16 16 (1)
1989 Portugal U17 6 (0)
1988–1990 Portugal U18 18 (0)
1990–1991 Portugal U20 11 (0)
1991–1994 Portugal U21 15 (0)
1996 Portugal U23 6 (0)
1991–1993 Portugal 12 (0)
Teams managed
2008– Portugal (youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams,[1] he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, Sporting, Porto and Benfica.

Over the course of 14 seasons, Peixe amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and four goals.

Playing career

Born in Nazaré, Peixe emerged from Sporting CP's prolific youth ranks, making his first-team debut shortly after another club great, Luís Figo. In the summer of 1991, already firmly established in the starting XI, he was essential in helping the Portuguese under-20s win the FIFA World Cup in Lisbon, where he also received the Golden Ball.[2]

After helping Sporting, with Figo, to the 1995 Taça de Portugal, Peixe moved abroad to Sevilla FC, accompanying coach Toni. However, grossly unsettled, he left in the immediate winter transfer window, returning to the Lions but never regaining his previous form.[3]

Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto,[4][5] with a six-month loan spell with F.C. Alverca in between. He retired in June 2004, after unassuming one-season stints with S.L. Benfica and U.D. Leiria.[6]

Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18–20 years old.[7] He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[8]

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.[9][10]

Honours

Club

Sporting

Porto

International

Portugal

Individual

References
  1. Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine; at FIFA
  3. Roldan, Santiago (24 November 1995). "El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa" [Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. "Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto" [Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 1999. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. "Emílio Peixe: «É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre»" [Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 May 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. "Rescisões estão difíceis" [Rescisions are difficult]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. Top internacionalizações (International caps top) Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine; at SAPO (in Portuguese)
  8. Emílio Peixe – FIFA competition record
  9. Venâncio, Pedro (25 July 2016). "Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos" [Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. "Emílio Peixe: «Merecíamos ganhar»" [Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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