Pedro Valido

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Valido and the second or paternal family name is Franco.
Pedro Valido
Personal information
Full name Pedro Manuel Valido Franco
Date of birth (1970-03-13) 13 March 1970
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Youth career
1981–1984 Domingos Sávio
1984–1987 Atlético CP
1987–1988 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Benfica 1 (0)
1988–1989 → Estoril-Praia (loan) 28 (3)
1989–1990 → Feirense (loan) 19 (0)
1990–1991 → Gil Vicente (loan) 38 (0)
1992–1994 Marítimo 42 (1)
1994–1995 Estrela Amadora 8 (0)
1995–1996 Tirsense 15 (0)
1996–1997 Belenenses 13 (0)
1997–1998 Felgueiras 23 (0)
1998–1999 Alverca 14 (0)
1999 Amora 4 (1)
1999–2000 Operário 13 (0)
2000–2002 Atlético CP 63 (2)
2002–2003 Seixal 26 (0)
2003–2005 Beira-Mar Monte Gordo
Total 307 (7)
National team
1988 Portugal U18 8 (3)
1989 Portugal U20 6 (0)
1990–1991 Portugal U21 12 (1)
Teams managed
2002–2003 Seixal
2004–2005 Beira-Mar Monte Gordo
2005–2007 Atlético Cacém
2007– Benfica (youth)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Pedro Manuel Valido Franco (born 13 March 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a centre-back.

Developed at Benfica, he amassed 150 Primeira Liga appearances with one goal, with the biggest impact, being two seasons he spent at Marítimo in the early 1990s.

Valido earned 26 caps for Portugal from under–18 to under–21 level, winning the 1989 World Championship with the under–20 side.

Football career

Born in Lisbon, Valido started at Domingos Sávio, but left for Atlético CP in 1984, ending his youth years at Benfica.[1] In 1988, he joined Estoril-Praia on a loan deal, at the time competing in the second tier. He assumed regular starter role and amassed 28 appearances with three goals, earning a call-up for the under-20 national team that would play the 1989 FIFA World Cup U-20.[2] Alongside several of his former colleagues at Benfica, like Brassard, Abel Silva, Paulo Sousa and Paulo Madeira, he played the entire tournament as Portugal won its first title.[3][4]

The win helped him gain notability, and at 20 years-old, he moved to the top tier, to play for Feirense, and later Gil Vicente on consecutive loans.[5] After playing all of the games in the 1990–91 season for the Barcelos-side, he was recalled by Benfica in 1991. Faced with stiff competition from Paulo Madeira, Wiliam and Rui Bento, he only made four appearances in the entire season, but was a regular presence at the bench.[1]

In 1992, he moved to Marítimo on a permanent deal, and was part of the team that made the club's first qualification for a European competition, the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. Together with João Luis, Humberto or both, Valido helped them finish fifth in two consecutive seasons, in 1992–93 and 1993–94. He left Marítimo in 1994 and became a journeyman, appearing for four other sides in the first division, before dropping down to the third tier in 1999 and the fourth in 2003.

He retired in 2005 and started a managerial career, eventually returning to Benfica in 2007, assisting in several youth sides, while also becoming a sports pundit at Benfica TV in 2012.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "1991/92 - Pedro Valido - 4J 0G". Flops Benfiquistas (in Portuguese). 23 March 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Portugal Statistics". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Final Tournament Standings". FIFA. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pedro Valido e Abel Silva recordam título Mundial de Sub-20" [Pedro Valido and Abel Silva remember the 25 years of the World U-20 title]. SL Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 March 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 João Prates (28 May 2010). "Entrevista a Pedro Valido, um dos Campeões do Mundo de Riade em 1989" [Interview to Pedro Valido, one of the world champions of 1989 Riade]. joaopratestreinadorfutebol.blogspot.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Os 15 novos MEO comentadores da Benfica TV" [The 15 new commentators at Benfica TV]. Blog Meo (in Portuguese). 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
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