Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 January 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nazaré, Portugal [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Kuwait (under-23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | Nazarenos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1991 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1995 | Sporting CP | 104 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995 | Sevilla | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Sporting CP | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Porto | 37 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002 | → Alverca (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Benfica | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | → União Leiria (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 177 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Portugal U16 | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | Portugal U18 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Portugal U20 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1994 | Portugal U21 | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Portugal U23 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Portugal | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2022 | Portugal (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Kuwait U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe (born 16 January 1973) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of the Kuwait under-23 team.
A member of the dubbed Golden Generation who hailed from the Portugal youth teams, [2] he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, Sporting CP, Porto and Benfica. [3]
Over the course of 14 seasons, Peixe amassed Primeira Liga totals of 172 games and four goals. In 2008, he started working as a manager.
Born in Nazaré, Peixe emerged from Sporting CP's prolific youth ranks, making his first-team debut shortly after another club great, Luís Figo. In the summer of 1991, already firmly established in the starting XI, he was essential in helping the Portuguese under-20s to win the FIFA World Cup in Lisbon, where he also received the Golden Ball. [4]
After helping Sporting, with Figo, to conquer the 1995 Taça de Portugal, [5] Peixe moved abroad to Sevilla FC, accompanying coach Toni. However, grossly unsettled, he left in the immediate winter transfer window, returning to the Lions but never regaining his previous form. [6]
Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto, [7] [8] with a six-month loan spell with F.C. Alverca in between. He retired in June 2004, after unassuming one-season stints with S.L. Benfica and U.D. Leiria. [9]
Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old. [10] He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [11]
Peixe returned to the national team in 2008, being charged with coaching the under-16s. In the following years he worked with several of its youth sides, as both head and assistant manager. [12] [13]
Both Peixe and Rui Bento left the Portuguese Football Federation set-up in August 2022, to take the helm at Kuwait's Olympic and senior teams, respectively. [14]
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