Emílio Peixe

Emílio Peixe
Personal information
Full name	Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe
Date of birth	16 January 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Nazaré, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kuwait (under-23)
Youth career
1983–1986	Nazarenos
1986–1991	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1995	Sporting CP
1995	Sevilla
1996–1997	Sporting CP
1997–2002	Porto
2002	→ Alverca (loan)
2002–2004	Benfica
2003–2004	→ União Leiria (loan)
Total
International career
1988–1989	Portugal U16
1989	Portugal U17
1988–1990	Portugal U18
1990–1991	Portugal U20
1991–1994	Portugal U21
1996	Portugal U23
1991–1993	Portugal
Managerial career
2008–2022	Portugal (youth)
2022–	Kuwait U23
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
	*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.

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Honours

Sporting CP

Porto

Primeira Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99^[3]
Taça de Portugal: 1999–00, 2000–01
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1999

Portugal

FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1991^[2]
UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1989
FIFA U-16 World Cup third place: 1989
UEFA Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1990

Individual

FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Ball: 1991^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Emílio Peixe at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "30 atletas que jogaram nos dois lados do Clássico" [30 athletes who played on both sides of the Classic] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b Pereira, Sérgio (16 May 2012). "Taça: o dia em que Iordanov foi herói... e falhou a festa" [Cup: the day Iordanov was hero... and missed the party] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Roldan, Santiago (24 November 1995). "El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa" [Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ Pinto, Vítor (11 May 1999). "Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto" [Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Emílio Peixe: "É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre"" [Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 May 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Rescisões estão difíceis" [Rescisions are difficult]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto" [Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ Venâncio, Pedro (25 July 2016). "Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos" [Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Emílio Peixe: "Merecíamos ganhar"" [Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Rui Bento vai ser selecionador do Kuwait e Emílio Peixe fica com equipa olímpica" [Rui Bento will be manager of Kuwait and Emílio Peixe gets the Olympic team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Os «Príncipes» de Octávio em 1994/95" [Octávio's "Princes" in 1994/95]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

External links

Emílio Peixe at ForaDeJogo (archived)
Emílio Peixe at BDFutbol
Emílio Peixe national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
Emílio Peixe at National-Football-Teams.com
Emílio Peixe – FIFA competition record (archived)

[Profile-1] Emílio Peixe at WorldFootball.net

[GG-2] Ribeiro, Ireneu (20 August 2011). "Geração de ouro faz 20 anos" [Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 August 2016.

[BT-3] "30 atletas que jogaram nos dois lados do Clássico" [30 athletes who played on both sides of the Classic] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[MVP-4] "Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2008.

[MF-5] Pereira, Sérgio (16 May 2012). "Taça: o dia em que Iordanov foi herói... e falhou a festa" [Cup: the day Iordanov was hero... and missed the party] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[6] Roldan, Santiago (24 November 1995). "El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa" [Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[7] Pinto, Vítor (11 May 1999). "Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto" [Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[8] "Emílio Peixe: "É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre"" [Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 May 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[9] "Rescisões estão difíceis" [Rescisions are difficult]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 June 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[10] "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[11] "Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto" [Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[12] Venâncio, Pedro (25 July 2016). "Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos" [Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[13] "Emílio Peixe: "Merecíamos ganhar"" [Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[14] "Rui Bento vai ser selecionador do Kuwait e Emílio Peixe fica com equipa olímpica" [Rui Bento will be manager of Kuwait and Emílio Peixe gets the Olympic team] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

[15] "Os «Príncipes» de Octávio em 1994/95" [Octávio's "Princes" in 1994/95]. Record (in Portuguese). 31 January 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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