Pedro Moutinho

Pedro Moutinho
Personal information
Full name Pedro da Silva Moutinho
Date of birth (1979-09-09) 9 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
1991–1996 Tirsense
1996–1998 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Rio Maior
1999–2002 Marítimo B 58 (11)
2000–2004 Marítimo 2 (0)
2002 → Famalicão (loan) 21 (6)
2002–2004 → Penafiel (loan) 31 (5)
2004–2008 Falkirk 105 (16)
2008–2009 Marítimo 3 (0)
2008–2009 Marítimo B 6 (3)
2009 → Rio Ave (loan) 11 (0)
2009–2010 Falkirk 25 (5)
2010 AEP 3 (1)
2011 Falkirk 10 (0)
2011–2012 Brașov 30 (7)
2012–2013 Atlético Baleares 6 (0)
2015 Stenhousemuir 2 (0)
2016–2017 Caniçal 30 (4)
Total 343 (58)
International career
2000 Portugal U20 3 (1)
2000 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro da Silva Moutinho (born 9 September 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a centre-forward.

He spent most of his professional career in Scotland with Falkirk (three spells, 161 overall appearances and 23 goals). Other than in his own country, he also competed in Cyprus and Romania.

Club career

Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Moutinho moved to C.S. Marítimo from amateurs U.D. Rio Maior, but spent the better part of his early years with the former's reserves.[1][2] He also served two loans whilst under contract, including a two-year spell at F.C. Penafiel of the Segunda Liga.[3]

In summer 2004, Moutinho signed a one-year contract with Falkirk in Scotland.[4] He scored 19 competitive goals in his first four seasons at the club, including a memorable one against Rangers for the equaliser in a 2–2 draw in 2005,[5] but a knee injury kept him out of the second half of his team's Scottish First Division championship-winning side in 2004–05.[6]

Moutinho was close to sealing a transfer to Kayserispor, but the deal was not concluded before the closure of the Turkish January transfer window. On 21 May 2008, he left Falkirk and returned to his country by rejoining Marítimo;[7] he remarked "I am going to keep the house I have in Falkirk and hopefully I’ll be back. I feel now is the right move for me with a two-year contract but after that I will be a free agent again and who knows".[8]

Rarely used during his second stint in Madeira, Moutinho finished the campaign on loan to Rio Ave F.C. also of the Primeira Liga.[9] He also did not manage to find the net here.

In October 2009, Moutinho was released by Marítimo and returned to Falkirk.[10] On 8 November, he started and scored during their 3–3 home draw with Celtic[11] and, in January of the following year, his contract was extended until the end of 2009–10.[12]

Moutinho left the Falkirk Stadium on 13 May 2010,[13] signing with AEP Paphos FC from Cyprus.[14] In late January 2011, however, following a trial at fellow Scottish Premier League side Motherwell,[15] he re-signed with Falkirk for a third time,[16] being released at the end of the season.[17]

In early August 2011, the 32-year-old Moutinho changed teams and countries again, joining FC Brașov in Romania.[18] Subsequently, he agreed to a one-year deal at CD Atlético Baleares of the Spanish Segunda División B.[19]

On 31 March 2015, after nearly two years out of football, Moutinho moved to Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir until June.[20] At the end of the campaign, he was released.[21]

After one season in the Portuguese lower leagues, being relegated with C.F. Caniçal, Moutinho retired at 37 and became a football consultant in Madeira.[22]

References

  1. ^ Vasconcelos, Gonçalo (1 April 2000). "Pedro Moutinho (Marítimo B) quer regressar à selecção nacional" [Pedro Moutinho (Marítimo B) wants to return to the national team]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ Caetano, Filipe (6 July 2001). "Marítimo empresta Pedro Moutinho ao Moreirense" [Marítimo loan Pedro Moutinho to Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Júnior emprestado ao Penafiel" [Júnior loaned to Penafiel]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Falkirk bring in Moutinho". BBC Sport. 28 July 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Rangers 2–2 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Bairns sign Moutinho and keepers". BBC Sport. 3 June 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Moutinho makes Maritimo switch". BBC Sport. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  8. ^ "Moutinho returns to Falkirk". STV News. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Pedro Moutinho: «Esta equipa tem muito potencial»" [Pedro Moutinho: "This team has lots of potential"]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 January 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Moutinho returns to Falkirk". STV News. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  11. ^ Moffat, Colin (8 November 2009). "Falkirk 3–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  12. ^ "Falkirk offer Moutinho extension". BBC Sport. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Falkirk release eight players after relegation". BBC Sport. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  14. ^ Η ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ… [Return...] (in Greek). AEP Paphos. June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.[dead link‍]
  15. ^ "Motherwell trial for Moutinho". Evening Times. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  16. ^ "Pedro comes home". Falkirk F.C. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  17. ^ "Thursday's Scottish gossip". BBC Sport. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Jose Murcia Gonzalez, prezentat oficial" [Jose Murcia Gonzalez, official presentation] (in Romanian). FC Braşov. 9 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  19. ^ Vallès, Jaume (22 August 2012). "Pedro Moutinho: 'Soy técnicamente muy bueno'" [Pedro Moutinho: 'I am very good skillwise']. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  20. ^ Bulloch, Terry (31 March 2015). "Player news". Stenhousemuir F.C. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  21. ^ "An update on players and staff movements – Complete list – Updated". Stenhousemuir F.C. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  22. ^ Collin, Iain (11 March 2017). "'Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers right to be puzzled over new Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha as even some fans in Portugal won't know him'". Deadline News. Retrieved 9 December 2019.