Emílio Peixe

Emílio Peixe
Personal information
Full name Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe[1]
Date of birth (1973-01-16) 16 January 1973 (age 51)[1]
Place of birth Nazaré, Portugal[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kuwait (under-23)
Youth career
1983–1986 Nazarenos
1986–1991 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1995 Sporting CP 104 (2)
1995 Sevilla 5 (0)
1996–1997 Sporting CP 20 (1)
1997–2002 Porto 37 (1)
2002 → Alverca (loan) 7 (0)
2002–2004 Benfica 2 (0)
2003–2004 → União Leiria (loan) 2 (0)
Total 177 (4)
International career
1988–1989 Portugal U16 16 (1)
1989 Portugal U17 6 (0)
1988–1990 Portugal U18 18 (0)
1990–1991 Portugal U20 11 (0)
1991–1994 Portugal U21 15 (0)
1996 Portugal U23 6 (0)
1991–1993 Portugal 12 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2022 Portugal (youth)
2022– Kuwait U23
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1991 Portugal
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Third place 1989 Scotland
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 1989 Denmark
Runner-up 1988 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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,[2] he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, Sporting CP, Porto and Benfica.[3]

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.

Playing career

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.[4]

After helping Sporting, with Figo, to conquer the 1995 Taça de Portugal,[5] 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.[6]

Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto,[7][8] 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.[9]

Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old.[10] He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[11]

Coaching career

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.[12][13]

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.[14]

Honours

Sporting CP

Porto

Portugal

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d Emílio Peixe at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "30 atletas que jogaram nos dois lados do Clássico" [30 athletes who played on both sides of the Classic] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  5. ^ a b Pereira, Sérgio (16 May 2012). "Taça: o dia em que Iordanov foi herói... e falhou a festa" [Cup: the day Iordanov was hero... and missed the party] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ Roldan, Santiago (24 November 1995). "El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa" [Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ^ Pinto, Vítor (11 May 1999). "Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto" [Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Emílio Peixe: "É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre"" [Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 May 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Rescisões estão difíceis" [Rescisions are difficult]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto" [Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ^ Venâncio, Pedro (25 July 2016). "Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos" [Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Emílio Peixe: "Merecíamos ganhar"" [Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Rui Bento vai ser selecionador do Kuwait e Emílio Peixe fica com equipa olímpica" [Rui Bento will be manager of Kuwait and Emílio Peixe gets the Olympic team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Os «Príncipes» de Octávio em 1994/95" [Octávio's "Princes" in 1994/95]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2023.