Pepe (soccer player, 1983)

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Pepe
Pepe 2018.jpg
Pepe at the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
Surname Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira
birthday February 26, 1983
place of birth Maceió ,  Brazil
size 188 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
0000-2001 SC Corinthians Alagoano
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2004 Marítimo Funchal 63 0(3)
2004-2007 FC Porto 64 0(6)
2007-2017 real Madrid 229 (13)
2017-2018 Beşiktaş Istanbul 33 0(5)
2019– FC Porto 38 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007– Portugal 108 0(7)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 As of October 14, 2019

Pepe [ pɛp (ɯ) ] (born February 26, 1983 in Maceió , Brazil ; real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira ) is a Portuguese soccer player . The central defender has been under contract with FC Porto since the beginning of January 2019 and is active for the Portuguese national team . As a player, he is known for his sometimes aggressive style of play.

Career

societies

Pepe began his career in his hometown of Maceió with SC Corinthians Alagoano . At the age of 18, he left Alagoas on his own and went to Portugal, where he played for various clubs before he was signed by the Portuguese first division club Marítimo Funchal . There he quickly conquered a regular position in central defense alongside Mitchell van der Gaag . In July 2002 he trained with Sporting Lisbon for two weeks , but a contract was not concluded for financial reasons.

After a three-year stay, he finally came to FC Porto in 2004 for around two million euros . With this Pepe celebrated numerous successes. In 2004 he won the World Cup , in 2006 he achieved the double of championship and cup victory as well as victory in the Supercup. In the 2006/07 season they won the championship again. He was naturalized in Portugal in 2007 and has played for the Portuguese national soccer team ever since .

In the summer of the same year he moved to Spanish record champions Real Madrid for a sum of around 30 million euros . In his first season he won the Spanish championship.

On April 21, 2009, Pepe lost control in the Madrid league game against Getafe FC after a foul on his opponent Casquero in the penalty area. In his opinion, the Getafe player had deliberately dropped. After the referee's whistle, he kicked the player who was lying on the ground several times, pushed him to the ground and hit Juan Albín in the face. Pepe was sent off with the red card and cursed the referees when leaving the field. After the game he was suspended for ten league games.

In the following years, Pepe was repeatedly noticed by excessive fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct. For example, in the first leg of the Spanish Cup quarter-finals in January 2012, he apparently deliberately stepped on the hand of Lionel Messi, who was lying on the ground . In the media he came under heavy criticism for his behavior several times. In total, Pepe was sent off six times for Real Madrid.

In the 2009/10 season , Pepe fell out due to injury and only played ten league games. After his recovery, he fought his way back into the team with his headball strength and established himself as a regular player and one of the world's best central defenders. In July 2011, he extended his expiring contract at Real Madrid for another five years until 2016. In the 2011/12 season , he made 29 appearances to win the championship. Two years later, he won the Champions League with Real Madrid and was selected by UEFA for his team of the season.

After two further Champions League titles (2016, 2017), another championship ( 2017 ) and two successes each in the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup , Pepe announced at the end of the 2016/17 season after ten years of club membership and expiration his contract his departure from Real Madrid. The club management had only offered him a contract extension for another year. Pepe had refused this.

For the 2017/18 season , Pepe signed a two-year contract with Beşiktaş Istanbul . In mid-December 2018, after mutual agreement with the club's management, Pepe prematurely terminated his contract and left the club.

In early January 2019, Pepe returned to FC Porto . He received a contract with a term until June 30, 2021.

National team

Pepe for the Portuguese national team with number "3"

After the Brazilian-born Pepe received Portuguese citizenship in August 2007, he made his national team debut on November 21, 2007 in a game against Finland . He then took part in the 2010 , 2014 and 2018 World Championships and the 2008 , 2012 and 2016 European Championships . His greatest success was winning the European Championship in 2016, after the final of which Pepe was named Man of the Match . He was also elected to the team of the tournament at all three European championships. On September 6, 2018, he played his 100th international match as the sixth Portuguese.

Achievements and titles

FC Porto

real Madrid

National team

Individual awards

Web links

Commons : Pepe  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ spiegel.de Brazil A versus Brazil B , June 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ uefa.com: Madrid pick up Pepe from Porto , July 10, 2007.
  4. ↑ youtube.com: Video recording of the incident
  5. ↑ kicker online: Draconian punishment for Pepe , April 24, 2009.
  6. ↑ youtube.com: Video recording of the incident
  7. ↑ Warrior Pepe, the greatest disgust in world football , Welt Online, January 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ realmadrid.com: Official Announcement ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 12, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.realmadrid.com
  9. ↑ uefa.com: UEFA Champions League squad of the season , June 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ Marca.com: Pepe: "Las formas del Real Madrid no han sido las correctas" , June 6th 2017.
  11. ↑ bjk.com: Pepe puts pen to a two-year contract with Beşiktaş , July 5, 2017.
  12. ↑ Pepe regressa ao FC Porto , fcporto.pt, January 8, 2019, accessed January 8, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Pepe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lima Ferreira, Képler Laveran (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Maceió , Brazil