Pedro Pacheco

Pedro Miguel Salgadinho Pacheco de Melo (born 27 June 1984), known as Pacheco, is a Canadian professional footballer who plays for C.D. Rabo de Peixe as a defensive midfielder.

Pedro Pacheco
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Salgadinho Pacheco de Melo[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-27) 27 June 1984[1]
Place of birth Ponta Delgada, Portugal[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rabo de Peixe
Youth career
1995–2001 Santa Clara
2002 Vitória Pico
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Vitória Pico 23 (4)
2003–2004 Santa Clara 2 (0)
2004–2005 Lusitânia 35 (3)
2005–2007 Operário 47 (5)
2007–2009 Santa Clara 44 (1)
2009–2010 Nacional 5 (0)
2010–2019 Santa Clara 274 (18)
2019–2020 Ideal 23 (3)
2020– Rabo de Peixe 9 (0)
National team
2010–2014 Canada 18 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2021

He played 312 games in the Segunda Liga over 11 seasons, mainly at the service of Santa Clara (19 goals). In the Primeira Liga, he appeared for that club as well as Nacional.

Pacheco was a Canadian international, earning 18 caps in four years.

Club career

Born in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, Azores to Portuguese parents, Pacheco began his senior career in the regional leagues, playing with Vitória Clube do Pico da Pedra. In the following year he moved to arguably the biggest club in the territory, C.D. Santa Clara, but appeared in only two Segunda Liga matches in the 2003–04 campaign.

After three seasons in the third division with two sides from his native region (S.C. Lusitânia and CD Operário), Pacheco returned to Santa Clara who still competed in the second level, and began featuring regularly for the first team, starting a total of 26 games over the course of two seasons.

In the last minute of the 2009 August transfer window, Pacheco moved to the island of Madeira, signing with C.D. Nacional. He made his Primeira Liga debut on 5 October, playing one minute in the 2–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães,[3] but could only appear in eight competitive matches during his first year (two in the domestic league cup and one in the UEFA Europa League – 15 minutes of the 5–1 home rout of FK Austria Wien in the group stage).[4]

Pacheco returned to Santa Clara in the summer of 2010, being immediately appointed captain by manager Bruno Moura.[5] In early June 2013, after finishing the division two campaign with four goals in 37 appearances, he signed a contract extension with the club.[6]

In August 2019, after nine years at the Estádio de São Miguel, the 35-year-old Pacheco left and joined Sporting Clube Ideal of the Portuguese third tier.[7]

International career

Pacheco opted to represent Canada internationally, as he lived there as a child. On 14 May 2010, he was picked for the friendlies against Argentina and Venezuela;[8] after playing six minutes from the bench in the first game (a 0–5 loss),[9] he started on the 1–1 draw on the 29th.[10][11]

On 27 June 2013, Pacheco was listed as part of the confirmed 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup, making it his second consecutive tournament.[12]

References
  1. "P. Pacheco" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. "Pedro Pacheco". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' G.P., 26' G.P.)" [Nacional-Guimarães, 2–0 (Edgar 9' P.K., 26' P.K.)]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. "Nacional blow lightweight Austria away". UEFA. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. "Pedro Pacheco é o capitão" [Pedro Pacheco is the captain]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 August 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. Day, Gavin (11 June 2013). "Canadian exports: Will ex-Houston Dynamo defender Andre Hainault extend his stay in Scotland?". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  7. "Histórico do Santa Clara deixa o clube" [Santa Clara historic leaves the club] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. "Canada announces rosters for South American trip". Canada Soccer. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  9. "Argentina 5 Canadá 0" [Argentina 5 Canada 0]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. "Canada claims point with last-minute goal in South America". Canada Soccer. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. Mateus, Acácio (1 June 2010). "Pacheco concretiza sonho e convence crítica" [Pacheco fulfills dream and convinces critics] (in Portuguese). RTP Açores. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. "Canada finalizes roster for Gold Cup, announces friendly". Canada Soccer. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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