Pedro Eugénio

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pina and the second or paternal family name is Eugenio.
Pedro Eugénio
Eugénio playing for Beroe in 2012
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Pina Eugénio[1]
Date of birth (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Faro, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Tobol
Number 99
Youth career
1999–2000 Olhanense
2001–2004 Farense
2004–2005 Sporting CP
2005–2006 Farense
2006–2009 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Messinense
2010–2011 Louletano 30 (4)
2011–2012 Farense 29 (1)
2012–2013 Beroe 21 (3)
2014 Farense 12 (0)
2014–2015 Haskovo 14 (1)
2015–2016 Cherno More 17 (1)
2016–2017 Vereya 31 (3)
2017–2018 Beroe 31 (16)
2018 Altay 13 (1)
2019–2020 Beroe 29 (7)
2020 Zhetysu 18 (5)
2021 Taraz 18 (7)
2021–2023 Astana 29 (18)
2023 Al-Adalah 14 (4)
2024 Atyrau 8 (2)
2024– Tobol 6 (0)
International career
2006–2007 Portugal U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024

Pedro Miguel Pina Eugénio (born 26 June 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a right-back for Kazakhstan Premier League club Tobol.

He spent most of his career abroad, making 143 appearances and scoring 31 goals in the Bulgarian top flight for four clubs, including three spells at Beroe. He also played in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, and had a brief stint in his country's second tier with Farense.

Club career

Eugénio was born in Faro, Algarve. As a youth player he represented four clubs, starting his development with S.C. Olhanense and finishing it with S.L. Benfica.[2] He made his senior debut in 2009 with União Desportiva Messinense in the regional championships, then switched to Algarve neighbours Louletano D.C. in the third division for the following season.

In the 2011–12 campaign, Eugénio represented S.C. Farense in the fourth tier.[3] On 30 July 2012, after a short trial period, he joined Bulgarian side PFC Beroe Stara Zagora on a three-year deal. He appeared in his first match as a professional on 11 August, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 home win against POFC Botev Vratsa.

Eugénio returned to his homeland and Farense in January 2014, with the team now in the Segunda Liga.[4] In the summer, he returned to Bulgaria with FC Haskovo.

On 9 November 2014, Eugénio scored after dribbling two opponents in a 90-meter run, but in a 2–4 home loss to PFC CSKA Sofia.[5] He signed for FC Vereya in July 2016, arriving from fellow First Professional Football League team PFC Cherno More Varna.[6]

Eugénio returned to Beroe on 16 June 2017.[7] This was the most prolific season of his career, coming third in goalscorers with 16 in 31 games; this included a hat-trick on 17 February in a 4–1 victory at Cherno More.[8] At its conclusion, he moved to the Turkish TFF First League after agreeing to a two-year contract at Altay S.K. for an undisclosed fee.[9] He left by mutual consent and returned to Beroe in January 2019;[10] that July, Altay were put under a transfer embargo by FIFA until they settled debts of around 1 million Turkish lira with Eugénio and Ivan Ivanov.[11]

Eugénio competed in the Kazakhstan Premier League the following years, representing FC Zhetysu, FC Taraz and FC Astana and being voted player of the 2020 season at the first of those clubs.[12][13] On 25 January 2023, hours after leaving the latter, the free agent joined Al-Adalah FC in the Saudi Professional League.[14][15]

Personal life

Eugénio's father, Rui, was also a footballer and a defender.[16]

Career statistics

As of 21 April 2019[17][18]
Club Season League Domestic Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Louletano 2010–11 Segunda Divisão 30 4 3 2 – – – – 33 6
Farense 2011–12 Terceira Divisão 29 1 0 0 – – – – 29 1
Beroe 2012–13 A Group 21 3 1 0 – – – – 22 3
Farense 2013–14 Segunda Liga 12 0 0 0 – – – – 12 0
Haskovo 2014–15 A Group 14 1 3 0 – – – – 17 1
Cherno More 2015–16 17 1 2 0 0 0 – – 19 1
Vereya 2016–17 31 3 5 2 – – – – 36 5
Beroe 2017–18 31 16 1 0 – – – – 32 16
Altay 2018–19 First League 13 1 3 2 – – – – 16 3
Beroe 2018–19 A Group 10 2 0 0 – – – – 10 2
Career totals 208 32 18 6 0 0 0 0 226 38
  1. ^ Includes appearances in Cup and League Cup games, where applicable.

Honours

Farense

Beroe

Astana

Individual

  • Kazakhstan Premier League top scorer: 2022[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Pedro Eugénio" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Pedro Eugénio elogiado por Rui Costa" [Pedro Eugénio praised by Rui Costa]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Farense garante defesa Pedro Eugénio" [Farense confirm defender Pedro Eugénio]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Pedro Eugénio em estreia para o jogo com o Aves" [Pedro Eugénio in debut for game with Aves]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Golaço português na Bulgária: correu 90 metros e fez isto…" [Portuguese wonder goal in Bulgaria: he ran 90 metres and did this…] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Петър Златинов и Еуженио парафираха с Верея" [Petar Zlatinov and Eugenio get started at Vereya] (in Bulgarian). Football 24. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Педро се присъедини към "Берое"" [Pedro joined Beroe] (in Bulgarian). Beroe Stara Zagora. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ^ Neves, Hugo (17 February 2018). "Pedro Eugénio faz hat trick na Bulgária" [Pedro Eugénio scores hat-trick in Bulgaria]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Ağ kanadımıza portekizli takviye" [Portuguese addition to squad] (in Turkish). Altay S.K. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Официално: Педро Еуженио е футболист на Берое" [Official: Pedro Eugénio is a Beroe player] (in Bulgarian). Top Sport. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  11. ^ "ФИФА санкционира турски клуб заради Иван Иванов и Педро Еуженио" [FIFA sanctiond Turkish club for Ivan Ivanov and Pedro Eugénio] (in Bulgarian). Top Sport. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Педро Эуженио – лучший игрок "Жетысу" в сезоне" [Pedro Eugenio is Zhetysu player of the season] (in Russian). Pro Sports. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Recusou contrato com o Benfica na esperança de ir para Inglaterra: "Ainda hoje sinto muito"" [He rejected a contract with Benfica hoping to move to England: "I'm deeply sorry to this day"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Спасибо, Педро!" [Thanks, Pedro!] (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  15. ^ "العدالة يتعاقد مع البرتغالي يوجـينيو و السـويدي أنتونـسون" [Al-Adalah sign Portugal's Eugénio and Sweden's Antonsson]. Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  16. ^ Gouveia, Ricardo (9 May 2017). "Eugénio de raça na Bulgária, mas com a alma no São Luís" [Eugénio with heart in Bulgaria, but with soul at the São Luís] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  17. ^ a b c Pedro Eugénio at Soccerway
  18. ^ Pedro Eugénio at WorldFootball.net
  19. ^ a b "Melhor marcador da Liga do Cazaquistão é português e sagrou-se campeão" [Top scorer in Kazakh League is Portuguese and he was crowned champion]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 6 November 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.