Pedro Martins (footballer)

Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins (born 17 July 1970) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and the current manager of Greek club Olympiacos.

Pedro Martins
Personal information
Full name Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins
Date of birth (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970
Place of birth Feira, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos (manager)
Youth career
1983–1988 Feirense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Feirense 177 (18)
1994–1995 Vitória Guimarães 31 (5)
1995–1998 Sporting CP 77 (2)
1998–1999 Boavista 7 (0)
1999–2000 Santa Clara 19 (0)
2000–2004 Alverca 47 (0)
Total 358 (25)
National team
1988 Portugal U18 1 (0)
1989 Portugal U21 1 (0)
1997 Portugal 1 (0)
Teams managed
2006–2007 União Lamas
2007–2009 Lusitânia
2009–2010 Espinho
2010 Marítimo B
2010–2014 Marítimo
2014–2016 Rio Ave
2016–2018 Vitória Guimarães
2018– Olympiacos
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 matches and nine goals during ten seasons, in representation of Feirense, Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting, Boavista, Santa Clara and Alverca. He added 126 games and eight goals in the Segunda Liga, in a sixteen-year professional career.

Martins started working as a manager in 2006, starting out at União de Lamas and going on to spend four years at Marítimo.

Playing career

Club

Born in Feira, Santa Maria da Feira, Martins started out at local C.D. Feirense, achieving promotion to the Primeira Liga at the end of the 1988–89 season. He made his debut in the competition on 19 August 1989 at the age of 19, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against C.F. União; he began his career as an attacking midfielder.[1]

In 1994, Martins signed with Vitória de Guimarães. He scored a career-best five goals in his first and only season, helping to a fourth-place finish and the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup.[1]

Martins joined Sporting CP in summer 1995, alongside teammate and namesake Pedro Barbosa.[2] He was relatively used during his three-year tenure at the Estádio José Alvalade, making his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League on 27 August 1997 by featuring the last 18 minutes of the 3–0 home defeat of Beitar Jerusalem F.C. in the second qualifying round.

In the following four years, Martins continued to compete in Portuguese top division, with Boavista FC, C.D. Santa Clara and F.C. Alverca.[3] He retired at the age of 34 after his stint with the latter side, later having assistant manager spells at Vitória de Setúbal, FC Porto and C.F. Os Belenenses.[4]

International

Martins won one cap for Portugal, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw to Northern Ireland for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 29 March 1997.[5]

Coaching career

Martins' first job as a head coach was with C.F. União de Lamas in 2006, and he continued working in the third level in the following years, with Lusitânia F.C. and S.C. Espinho.[6] For a few months in 2010 he was at the helm of C.S. Marítimo's reserves in the same tier but, in September of that year, he was promoted to the first team in the top flight after the sacking of Mitchell van der Gaag.[7]

Martins led the Madeirans to the fifth position in the 2011–12 campaign, which earned them a place in the Europa League third qualifying round[8] and eventually the group stage.[9][10][11][12][13][14] In April 2014, he announced he would leave his post on 30 June.[15]

Subsequently, Martins was appointed at Rio Ave FC. He managed another Europa League qualification in 2015–16 after ranking sixth and, on 17 May 2016, announced he would not continue with the club.[16]

On 23 May 2016, Martins signed a two-year contract with former side Vitória de Guimarães.[17] They finished the first season in fourth place and automatically qualified for the Europa League group phase after reaching and losing the final of the Taça de Portugal, to S.L. Benfica;[18][19] on 18 February 2018, however, he decided to leave due to poor results.[20][21]

On 9 April 2018, Martins replaced the fired Óscar García at the helm of Olympiacos FC, signing a contract until June 2020.[22][23]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 28 June 2020[24]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLWin %
União Lamas 13 November 2006 19 March 2007 13 3 1 9 023.08 [25]
Lusitânia 1 October 2007 2 June 2009 57 20 14 23 035.09 [25]
Espinho 2 June 2009 18 January 2010 16 6 3 7 037.50 [25]
Marítimo B 23 March 2010 14 September 2010 8 6 2 0 075.00 [25]
Marítimo 14 September 2010 15 May 2014 154 61 43 50 039.61 [25]
Rio Ave 22 May 2014 17 May 2016 101 36 31 34 035.64 [25]
Vitória Guimarães 23 May 2016 18 February 2018 80 36 15 29 045.00 [25]
Olympiacos 7 May 2018 Present 100 69 18 13 069.00 [26]
Total 529 237 127 165 044.80 —

Honours

Player

Sporting

Manager

Rio Ave

  • Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2014

Vitória de Guimarães

Olympiacos

References
  1. "Pedro Martins. "Quando estávamos bem-dispostos, éramos fabulosos"" [Pedro Martins. "When we were in a good mood, we were fabulous"]. i (in Portuguese). 9 May 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. "Pedro Barbosa. Um golo para a história" [Pedro Barbosa. A goal for history]. i (in Portuguese). 20 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Alverca: Veríssimo e Pedro Martins lesionados" [Alverca: Veríssimo and Pedro Martins injured] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 April 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. "Pedro Martins, um treinador apaixonado pela formação" [Pedro Martins, a manager in love with academies] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. White, Clive (30 March 1997). "Irish suffering home discomforts". The Independent. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. Escobar de Lima, Filipe (3 April 2012). "Pedro Martins, o treinador que resistiu a tudo, até a Alberto João" [Pedro Martins, the manager who withstood everything, even Alberto João]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. "Pedro Martins: Vou treinar o Marítimo e a equipa B" [Pedro Martins: I will coach Marítimo and the B team] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  8. "Marítimo estreia-se na Grécia para a Liga Europa" [Marítimo make Europa League debut in Greece] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  9. "Marítimo deny Newcastle winning return". UEFA. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. "Bacca inspires Club Brugge past Marítimo". UEFA. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  11. "Marítimo and Bordeaux share spoils". UEFA. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  12. "Bellion nudges Bordeaux past Marítimo". UEFA. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  13. "Newcastle progress despite draw with Marítimo". UEFA. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  14. "Marítimo clinch maiden win against Club Brugge". UEFA. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  15. "Marítimo: Pedro Martins deixa clube no final da época" [Marítimo: Pedro Martins leaves club at the end of the season] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. Morgado, José (17 May 2016). "Pedro Martins deixa comando técnico" [Pedro Martins no longer in charge]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  17. Oliveira, Vítor Jorge (17 May 2016). "Pedro Martins em Guimarães para assinar por duas épocas" [Pedro Martins in Guimarães to sign for two seasons]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  18. "I Liga/Balanço: Vitória de Guimarães garante Europa, com melhor época da década" [I League/Summary: Vitória de Guimarães confirm Europe, with best season of the decade]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  19. "Benfica-V. Guimarães, 2–1". Record (in Portuguese). 28 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  20. "Pedro Martins deixa Vitória de Guimarães" [Pedro Martins leaves Vitória de Guimarães]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  21. "Pedro Martins demite-se do comando técnico do V. Guimarães" [Pedro Martins quits from Vitória Guimarães] (in Portuguese). Sábado. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  22. Nicolaides, Shaun (9 April 2018). "Pedro Martins signs deal to become next Olympiacos manager". Agona Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  23. "ΘΡΥΛΟΣ! Είμαι πολύ υπερήφανος που θα ανήκω πλέον στον ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟ. Είναι μεγάλη τιμή να εκπροσωπείς ένα τέτοιο καταπληκτικό κλαμπ, με τόσο παθιασμένους φιλάθλους! Καιρός να αρχίσουμε να προετοιμαζόμαστε για το 18/19 με ένα καθαρό σκοπό: Να νικήσουμε! #weareolympiacos" [LEGEND! I am very proud to be an Olympian. It is a great honour to represent such an amazing club, with such passionate fans! Time to start preparing for 18/19 with a clear goal: To defeat! #weareolympiacos] (in Greek). Twitter. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  24. Pedro Martins coach profile at Soccerway
  25. "Pedro Martins". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  26. "Pedro Martins". Sofa Score. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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