Emílio Peixe | |
Fullname: | Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe |
Birth Date: | 16 January 1973 |
Birth Place: | Nazaré, Portugal |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Position: | Defensive midfielder |
Currentclub: | Kuwait (under-23) |
Youthyears1: | 1983–1986 |
Youthyears2: | 1986–1991 |
Youthclubs1: | Nazarenos |
Youthclubs2: | Sporting CP |
Years1: | 1991–1995 |
Years2: | 1995 |
Years3: | 1996–1997 |
Years4: | 1997–2002 |
Years5: | 2002 |
Years6: | 2002–2004 |
Years7: | 2003–2004 |
Clubs1: | Sporting CP |
Clubs2: | Sevilla |
Clubs3: | Sporting CP |
Clubs4: | Porto |
Clubs5: | → Alverca (loan) |
Clubs6: | Benfica |
Clubs7: | → União Leiria (loan) |
Caps1: | 104 |
Caps2: | 5 |
Caps3: | 20 |
Caps4: | 37 |
Caps5: | 7 |
Caps6: | 2 |
Caps7: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 177 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Totalgoals: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 1988–1989 |
Nationalyears2: | 1989 |
Nationalyears3: | 1988–1990 |
Nationalyears4: | 1990–1991 |
Nationalyears5: | 1991–1994 |
Nationalyears6: | 1996 |
Nationalyears7: | 1991–1993 |
Nationalteam1: | Portugal U16 |
Nationalteam2: | Portugal U17 |
Nationalteam3: | Portugal U18 |
Nationalteam4: | Portugal U20 |
Nationalteam5: | Portugal U21 |
Nationalteam6: | Portugal U23 |
Nationalteam7: | Portugal |
Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalcaps3: | 18 |
Nationalcaps4: | 11 |
Nationalcaps5: | 15 |
Nationalcaps6: | 6 |
Nationalcaps7: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
Nationalgoals7: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2008–2022 |
Manageryears2: | 2022– |
Managerclubs1: | Portugal (youth) |
Managerclubs2: | Kuwait U23 |
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of the Kuwait under-23 team.
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 CP, Porto and Benfica.[2]
Over the course of 14 seasons, Peixe amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and four goals. In 2008, he started working as a manager.
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 to win the FIFA World Cup in Lisbon, where he also received the Golden Ball.[3]
After helping Sporting, with Figo, to conquer the 1995 Taça de Portugal,[4] 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.[5]
Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto,[6] [7] 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.[8]
Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old.[9] He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[10]
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.[11] [12]
Both Peixe and Rui Bento left the Portuguese Football Federation set-up in August 2022, to take the helm at Kuwait's Olympic and senior teams, respectively.[13]
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