Pedro Pacheco (soccer, born 1984)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Salgadinho and the second or paternal family name is Pacheco de Melo.

Pedro Pacheco
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Salgadinho Pacheco de Melo[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-27) 27 June 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Ponta Delgada, Portugal[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–2001 Santa Clara
2002 Vitória Pico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Vitória Pico 23 (4)
2003–2004 Santa Clara 2 (0)
2004–2005 Lusitânia 35 (3)
2005–2007 Operário 47 (5)
2007–2009 Santa Clara 44 (1)
2009–2010 Nacional 5 (0)
2010–2019 Santa Clara 274 (18)
2019–2020 Ideal 23 (3)
2020–2021 Rabo de Peixe 19 (0)
2021–2023 Micaelense 26 (4)
Total 498 (38)
International career
2010–2014 Canada 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Miguel Salgadinho Pacheco de Melo (born 27 June 1984), known as Pacheco, is a former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder.

He played 312 games in the Segunda Liga over 11 seasons, mainly at the service of Santa Clara (19 goals). In the Primeira Liga, he appeared for that club as well as Nacional.

Born in Portugal, Pacheco was a Canadian international, earning 18 caps in four years.

Club career

Born in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores to Portuguese parents, Pacheco began his senior career in the regional leagues, playing with Vitória Pico da Pedra. In the following year he moved to arguably the biggest club in the territory, C.D. Santa Clara, but appeared in only two Segunda Liga matches in the 2003–04 campaign.

After three seasons in the third division with two sides from his native region (S.C. Lusitânia and CD Operário), Pacheco returned to Santa Clara who still competed in the second tier, and began featuring regularly for the first team, starting a total of 26 games over the course of two seasons.

In the last minute of the 2009 August transfer window, Pacheco moved to the island of Madeira, signing with C.D. Nacional. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 5 October, playing one minute in the 2–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães,[2] but could only make eight competitive appearances in his first year (two in the Taça da Liga and one in the UEFA Europa League – 15 minutes of the 5–1 home victory over FK Austria Wien in the group stage).[3]

Pacheco returned to Santa Clara in the summer of 2010, being immediately appointed captain by manager Bruno Moura.[4] In early June 2013, after finishing the division two campaign with four goals in 37 games, he signed a contract extension with the club.[5]

In August 2019, after nine years at the Estádio de São Miguel, the 35-year-old Pacheco left and joined S.C. Ideal of the Portuguese third tier.[6]

International career

Pacheco opted to represent Canada internationally, as he lived there as a child. On 14 May 2010, he was picked for the friendlies against Argentina and Venezuela;[7] after playing six minutes from the bench in the first game (a 5–0 loss),[8] he started on the 1–1 draw on the 29th.[9][10]

On 27 June 2013, Pacheco was listed as part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup, making it his second consecutive tournament.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "P. Pacheco" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' G.P., 26' G.P.)" [Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' P.K., 26' P.K.)]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Nacional blow lightweight Austria away". UEFA. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Pedro Pacheco é o capitão" [Pedro Pacheco is the captain]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 August 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. ^ Day, Gavin (11 June 2013). "Canadian exports: Will ex-Houston Dynamo defender Andre Hainault extend his stay in Scotland?". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Histórico do Santa Clara deixa o clube" [Santa Clara historic leaves the club] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "La sélection de joueurs pour les matchs en Amérique du Sud voit le grand jour" [Player selection for matches in South America finally unveiled] (in French). Canadian Soccer Association. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Argentina 5 Canadá 0" [Argentina 5 Canada 0]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Canada claims point with last-minute goal in South America". Canadian Soccer Association. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. ^ Mateus, Acácio (1 June 2010). "Pacheco concretiza sonho e convence crítica" [Pacheco fulfills dream and convinces critics] (in Portuguese). RTP Açores. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Canada finalizes roster for Gold Cup, announces friendly". Canadian Soccer Association. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.