Pedro Amaral

Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral (born 25 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Rio Ave as a full-back.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Gaspar and the second or paternal family name is Amaral.
Pedro Amaral
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Gaspar Amaral
Date of birth (1997-08-25) 25 August 1997
Place of birth Sintra, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Rio Ave
Number 24
Youth career
2006–2007 Lourel
2007–2017 Benfica
2014 → Casa Pia (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Benfica B 59 (1)
2019 → Panetolikos (loan) 16 (0)
2019– Rio Ave 1 (0)
National team‡
Portugal U15 2 (0)
Portugal U16 2 (0)
2014 Portugal U17 3 (0)
2015 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2016 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2016–2017 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2017– Portugal U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2019

Club career

Born in Sintra, Amaral started his career at local club Lourel before joining S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2017. He debuted professionally for the latter's reserve team as a substitute in a 2–1 home win against Académico de Viseu in LigaPro, on 11 September 2016.[1]

On 9 January 2019, Amaral joined Panetolikos in Greece on a six-month loan deal, with an option for an additional year.[2][3] He returned to Portugal in July 2019 to permanently join Rio Ave in Primeira Liga.[4]

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References
  1. Liga Portugal LPFP (in Portuguese)
  2. Pedro Amaral e Guga rumam à Grécia A Bola (in Portuguese)
  3. Παναιτωλικός: Ανακοινώθηκαν οι Αμαράλ και Γκούγκα ως δανεικοί από τη Μπενφίκα (in Greek). SPORT24. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. "Pedro Amaral cedido em definitivo" [Pedro Amaral permanently transferred]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.


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