Pedro Miguel Ferreira Silva Torrão (born 12 March 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Miguel Ferreira Silva Torrão | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1995 | Vilafranquense | ||
| 1995–1996 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Lourinhanense | 16 | (3) |
| 1998 | Salgueiros | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | União Lamas | 30 | (4) |
| 1999–2001 | Campomaiorense | 61 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Alverca | 86 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | União Leiria | 19 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Beira-Mar | 36 | (1) |
| 2007 | Omonia | 12 | (0) |
| 2008 | Nea Salamina | 9 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | AEL Limassol | 38 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Torreense | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Vilafranquense | ||
| Total | 312 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Portugal U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 1999 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Born in Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon District, Torrão made his professional debut with S.C. Salgueiros in January 1998 after unsuccessfully emerging through local U.D. Vilafranquense's youth ranks and having a one-and-a-half-year spell with the farm team of Sporting CP. In the following seasons he played in the two major divisions in Portuguese football, with relative impact; successively, he represented C.F. União de Lamas, S.C. Campomaiorense, F.C. Alverca (which he helped promote from the second division in 2003),[1] U.D. Leiria and S.C. Beira-Mar.[2]
In late January 2007, at nearly 30, Torrão left the Aveiro side and joined AC Omonia, but only lasted there a few months, moving clubs in the country in the summer after signing with Nea Salamis Famagusta FC.[2]
After again failing to impress, he joined a third side in Cyprus, AEL Limassol, in the 2008 off-season, where he firmly established as first-choice in the playmaker position, rejoining former teammate – in Sporting's academy, Alverca and Leiria – Miguel Vargas; also, he suffered a severe hip injury which sidelined him for several months.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Alverca desfalcado frente ao Sporting" [Alverca undermanned against Sporting]. Público (in Portuguese). 26 October 2003. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ a b c ""Fico triste por ver o Alverca e o Vilafranquense em divisões tão baixas"" [“It makes me sad to see Alverca and Vilafranquense in such lower divisions”]. O Mirante (in Portuguese). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
External links edit
- Pedro Torrão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Pedro Torrão national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Pedro Torrão at Soccerway
