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Pepe (footballer, born 1983)

Portuguese association football player

Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira ComM (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
Pepe with Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Kepler Laverán de Lima Ferreira[1]
Date of birth (1983-02-26) 26 February 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Maceió, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) 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)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2016 France
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland–Ukraine
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2019 Portugal
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2017 Russia
* 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

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6]
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
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Copa del Rey, Turkish Cup
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  6. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Supercopa de España, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  8. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Appearance(s) in Taça da Liga
  10. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Two appearances in Taça da Liga, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  12. ↑ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
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.

List of international goals scored by Pepe
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

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Porto[8]

Real Madrid[8]

Beşiktaş[8]

Portugal[8]

Individual

Orders

References

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ UEFA.com (2016-07-10). "Portugal spoil France's party with extra-time win | UEFA EURO". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Pepe". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pepe". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Pepe at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Pepe". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Portugal regressa ao topo da Europa. Liga das Nações fica em casa" [Portugal returns to the top of Europe. Nations League stays home]. Sapo. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Spain dominate Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ten Spain players in Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament revealed". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Every Man of the Match at EURO 2016". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "La Liga Team of the Season 2010–11". Goal. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  16. ↑ "Turquia: Pepe e Quaresma distinguidos na Gala Anual" [Turkey: Pepe and Quaresma distinguished at the Annual Gala] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "Pepe named "Defender of the Year" in Turkish league". Diario AS. 12 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Liga: Todos os premiados da época 2019/20" [League: All winners of the 2019/20 season] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "Liga NOS Team of the Year". Liga Portugal. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  20. ↑ "Liga Nos Team of the season". A Bola. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "11 do Ano fechado com avançado do SC Braga (fotogaleria) (Liga)". A Bola (in Portuguese). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "Melhores de setembro/outubro: Pepe eleito o Defesa do Mês na Liga NOS" [Best of September/October: Pepe elected Defender of the Month in Liga NOS] (in Portuguese). Liga Portugal. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  23. ↑ "Pepe wins Defender of the Month in Liga Portugal bwin". Liga Portugal. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  24. ↑ "Quinas de Ouro: Ronaldo, Pepe, Jesus e Conceição distinguidos" [Quinas de Ouro: Ronaldo, Pepe, Jesus and Conceição distinguished] (in Portuguese). MaisFutebol. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  25. ↑ "Pepe é o Jogador do Mês" [Pepe is the Player of the Month] (in Portuguese). Record. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  26. ↑ "Seleção recebe insígnias de Marcelo no Porto" [National team receives insignia from Marcelo in Porto] (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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