Pepe (footballer, born 1983)
Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (pt-BR, pt-pt), is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation.[3]
 Pepe with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kepler Laverán de Lima Ferreira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1983[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Maceió, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2001 | Corinthians Alagoano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Marítimo B | 14 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Marítimo | 63 | (3) |
| 2004–2007 | Porto | 64 | (6) |
| 2007–2017 | Real Madrid | 290 | (13) |
| 2017–2018 | Beşiktaş | 33 | (5) |
| 2019–2024 | Porto | 132 | (7) |
| Total | 535 | (35) | |
| National team | |||
| 2007–2024 | Portugal | 141 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
During his professional career, Pepe has played for C.S. Marítimo, FC Porto, Real Madrid, and Beşiktaş, with most success in Porto and Madrid. With Real Madrid, he has played 334 games, winning three La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League titles and two Copa del Rey titles. He has also won four Primeira Liga titles and three Taça de Portugal titles with Porto.
Born and raised in Brazil, Pepe chose to play for the Portugal national team, and has earned 134 caps since 2007. He played at four FIFA World Cups and four UEFA European Championships. He was part of the team that won Euro 2016, also reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2012. Pepe was man of the match in the Euro 2016 final.[4]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Marítimo | 2001–02 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2003–04 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 64 | 3 | ||||
| Porto | 2004–05 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2005–06 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5[b] | 2 | — | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2006–07 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 34 | 4 | ||
| Total | 64 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 8 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2007–08 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[b] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 11[b] | 0 | — | 48 | 5 | |||
| 2014–15 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 4[f] | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Total | 229 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 334 | 15 | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7[h] | 2 | — | 17 | 5 | |||
| Total | 33 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 7 | ||
| Porto | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 2[i] | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9[j] | 0 | 1[i] | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 3[k] | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9[l] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 3[k] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7[b] | 2 | 1[d] | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||
| Total | 132 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 201 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 521 | 34 | 56 | 1 | 140 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 742 | 42 | ||
- ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Turkish Cup
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Two appearances in Taça da Liga, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 141 | 8 | |
Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2008 | Stade de Genève, Geneve, Switzerland |  Turkey |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 2 | 9 September 2009 | Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 13 June 2012 | Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine |  Denmark |
1–0 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 |
| 4 | 1 September 2016 | Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal |  Gibraltar |
5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 2 July 2017 | Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow, Russia |  Mexico |
1–1 | 2–1 (aet) | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 6 | 30 June 2018 | Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia |  Uruguay |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 7 | 6 September 2018 | Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal |  Croatia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 6 December 2022 | Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail, Qatar |  Switzerland |
2–0 | 6–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Porto[8]
- Primeira Liga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2019–20, 2021–22
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Taça da Liga: 2022–23
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006, 2020, 2022
- Intercontinental Cup: 2004
Real Madrid[8]
- La Liga: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
- UEFA Super Cup: 2014
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016
Beşiktaş[8]
- Turkish Super Cup runner-up: 2017
Portugal[8]
Individual
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008,[10] 2012,[11] 2016[12]
- UEFA Euro 2016 Final: Man of the Match[13]
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14[14]
- ESM Team of the Season: 2013–14
- CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2014
- Goal La Liga Team of the Season: 2010–11[15]
- Süper Lig Team of the Season: 2017–18[16]
- Süper Lig Defender of the Season: 2017–18[17]
- Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2019–20,[18] 2020–21,[19] 2021–22,[20] 2022–23[21]
- Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: September/October 2020,[22] April 2023[23]
- Quinas de Ouro Awards – Best Portuguese Player Playing in Portugal: 2020[24]
- SJPF Player of the Month: April 2006[25]
Orders
Commander of the Order of Merit[26]
Pepe (footballer, Born 1983) Media
Pepe playing for Porto in 2006
Pepe chasing down Sergio Agüero of Atlético Madrid in 2010
Pepe warming up for Real Madrid in 2012
Pepe warming up for Real Madrid in 2016
Pepe playing for Porto in 2019
Pepe (number 3) with Portugal during a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Denmark in 2008
Pepe training with Portugal at Euro 2012
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑
- Pepe named as world's best defender of 2016. 10 November 2016. https://www.goal.com/en/news/2466/goal-50/2016/11/10/28456642/pepe-named-as-worlds-best-defender-of-2016.
- "7 Best Centre-Backs of the Decade". HITC. 26 December 2019.
- Pepe: The Most Underrated Defender Of All Time?. https://the18.com/en/soccer-entertainment/is-pepe-most-underrated-defender-ever.
- ↑ UEFA.com (2016-07-10). "Portugal spoil France's party with extra-time win | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ↑ "Pepe". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ↑ "Pepe". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ↑ Pepe (footballer, born 1983) at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Pepe". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Portugal regressa ao topo da Europa. Liga das Nações fica em casa. Sapo. 9 June 2019. https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/liga-das-nacoes/artigos/portugal-regressa-ao-topo-da-europa-liga-das-nacoes-fica-em-casa. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ↑ Spain dominate Team of the Tournament. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2008. https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=729372.html. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2012. https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=1838279.html. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament revealed. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2016. https://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=2389933.html. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Every Man of the Match at EURO 2016. Union of European Football Associations. 10 July 2016. https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/0253-0d81cf9cd013-15dfdd8c1776-1000--every-man-of-the-match/. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ UEFA Champions League squad of the season. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2014. https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2111959.html. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ La Liga Team of the Season 2010–11. Goal. https://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2011/05/24/2499841/la-liga-team-of-the-season-2010-11. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ (in pt) Turquia: Pepe e Quaresma distinguidos na Gala Anual. TVI 24. 12 September 2018. https://tvi24.iol.pt/made-in/internacional/turquia-pepe-e-quaresma-distinguidos-na-gala-anual. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ Pepe named "Defender of the Year" in Turkish league. Diario AS. 12 September 2018. https://en.as.com/en/2018/09/12/football/1536786597_874653.html. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ (in pt) Liga: Todos os premiados da época 2019/20. TVI 24. 28 August 2020. https://tvi24.iol.pt/fc-porto/conceicao/liga-todos-os-premiados-da-epoca-2019-20. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ Liga NOS Team of the Year. Liga Portugal. 9 June 2021. https://www.ligaportugal.pt/en/epocas/20202021/noticias/geral/liga-nos/eis-o-onze-do-ano-da-liga-nos?bck=L2VuL2hvbWVwYWdlLw. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "Liga Nos Team of the season". A Bola. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ↑ "11 do Ano fechado com avançado do SC Braga (fotogaleria) (Liga)". A Bola (in português). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ↑ (in pt) Melhores de setembro/outubro: Pepe eleito o Defesa do Mês na Liga NOS. Liga Portugal. 9 November 2020. https://www.ligaportugal.pt/pt/epocas/20202021/noticias/geral/premios/setembrooutubro/melhores-de-setembrooutubro-pepe-eleito-o-defesa-do-mes-na-liga-nos/. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "Pepe wins Defender of the Month in Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ↑ (in pt) Quinas de Ouro: Ronaldo, Pepe, Jesus e Conceição distinguidos. MaisFutebol. 4 November 2020. https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/fpf/quinas-do-ouro/quinas-de-ouro-ronaldo-pepe-jesus-e-conceicao-distinguidos. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ (in pt) Pepe é o Jogador do Mês. Record. 2 May 2006. https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/pepe-e-o-jogador-do-mes. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ (in pt) Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto. Diário de Notícias. 25 August 2016. https://www.dn.pt/desporto/euro-2016/interior/selecao-recebe-insignias-de-marcelo-no-porto-5356115.html. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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