Pedro Xavier

Pedro Xavier
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Alexandre Marques Caldas Xavier
Date of birth	26 January 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1976–1979	Casa Pia
1979–1980	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1984	Estoril
1984–1988	Académica
1988–1992	Estrela Amadora
1992–1993	Campomaiorense
1993–1994	Barreirense
1994–1995	Olivais Moscavide
1995–1998	South China
Total
International career
1982–1986	Portugal U21
1985–1989	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Alexandre Marques Caldas Xavier (born 26 January 1962 in Lourenço Marques) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

An unsuccessful Sporting CP youth graduate, Xavier went on to represent, in his country, G.D. Estoril Praia, Académica de Coimbra, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, S.C. Campomaiorense, F.C. Barreirense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide. He played ten seasons in the Primeira Liga, amassing totals of 224 matches and 48 goals.

Aged 33, Xavier moved abroad, playing three years in Hong Kong for South China AA before retiring from professional football. After the 1986 FIFA World Cup – almost the entire squad renounced the national team due to the Saltillo Affair – he won the better part of his four caps for Portugal.

Personal life

Xavier's twin brother, Carlos, was also a professional footballer. A midfielder, he played several seasons with Sporting's first team.^[1]

References

^ "Gémeos com carreiras lideradas pelo futebol" [Twins with careers led by football]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 September 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

External links

Pedro Xavier at ForaDeJogo (archived)
National team data (in Portuguese)
Pedro Xavier at National-Football-Teams.com
Portugal stats at Eu-Football

[1] "Gémeos com carreiras lideradas pelo futebol" [Twins with careers led by football]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 September 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

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