Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Couto and the second or paternal family name is Ramalho.
Rui Pedro
Personal information
Full name Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho
Date of birth (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988
Place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 21
Youth career
2000–2001 Leverense
2001–2007 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Porto 0 (0)
2008 → Estrela Amadora (loan) 4 (0)
2008–2009 → Portimonense (loan) 22 (0)
2009–2010 → Gil Vicente (loan) 29 (8)
2010–2011 → Leixões (loan) 27 (8)
2011–2014 CFR Cluj 62 (10)
2014–2016 Académica 50 (8)
2016– CSKA Sofia 9 (1)
National team
2004 Portugal U16 3 (2)
2004–2005 Portugal U17 14 (3)
2005–2006 Portugal U18 7 (2)
2006–2007 Portugal U19 14 (5)
2008 Portugal U20 9 (3)
2008–2010 Portugal U21 19 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2016.


Rui Pedro Couto Ramalho (born 2 July 1988), known as Rui Pedro, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia as a forward.

Club career

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Rui Pedro joined FC Porto's youth system in 2001, at the age of 13. He was promoted to the main squad for 2007–08, but his input would consist of 45 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against C.D. Fátima for the Portuguese League Cup; he finished the season on loan, appearing rarely for fellow Primeira Liga side C.F. Estrela da Amadora.

Pedro spent the following three years in the same predicament, appearing for three second level clubs and playing and scoring regularly for the last two, Gil Vicente F.C. and Leixões SC. In the 2011 summer he left Porto by mutual agreement and signed for three years with CFR Cluj in Romania, joining a host of compatriots at the Liga I team, including manager Jorge Costa.[1] On 20 November of the following year he netted the first hat-trick of his professional career, scoring all three goals in a 3–1 home win against S.C. Braga for the campaign's UEFA Champions League group stage.[2]

On 8 July 2014 Rui Pedro returned to Portugal, joining Académica de Coimbra on a two-year deal.[3]

International career

All youth categories comprised, Rui Pedro gained 64 caps for Portugal, scoring 20 goals. On 25 March 2009 he, alongside teammate Bruno Pereirinha, was suspended by under-21 coach Carlos Queiroz after both attempted an unsuccessful backpass penalty during a match against Cape Verde for the Madeira International Tournament (the score was then at 2–0 for the hosts).[4]

Club statistics

As of 29 May 2013[5]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Estrela Amadora
2007–08 40000040
Portimonense
2008–09 2203000250
Gil Vicente
2009–10 29853003411
Leixões
2010–11 2787000348
Total 8216153009719
CFR Cluj
2011–12 1301000140
2012–13 24740733510
Total 37750734910
Career total 119232037314629

Honours

[6]

CFR Cluj

References

  1. ↑ Rui Pedro, atacantul lui Porto, a semnat pe trei ani cu CFR Cluj. Mureşan: "Jorge Costa l-a vrut" (Rui Pedro, Porto forward, signed for three years with CFR Cluj. Mureşan: "Jorge Costa wanted him"); Gazeta Sporturilor, 31 August 2011 (Romanian)
  2. ↑ Rui Pedro hat-trick ends Braga's hopes at CFR; UEFA.com, 20 November 2012
  3. ↑ "Rui Pedro e Aderlan reforçam Académica" [Rui Pedro and Aderlan strengthen Académica] (in Portuguese). Académica de Coimbra. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Pereirinha e Rui Pedro suspensos por Queiroz (Pereirinha and Rui Pedro suspended by Queiroz); Record, 25 March 2009 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ "Rui Pedro". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Rui Pedro – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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