Pepe, 41 years of a huge

The protector of Porto Pepe He turns 41 this Monday and, after four World Cups and four European Championships played, his legs still allow him to shine among the elite of European football. His achievements in real Madridwhere he won three Champions Leagues, does not stop him from dreaming of getting rid of the Arsenal and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

His numbers are legendary and since 2007, when he became a Portuguese national, he has accumulated 134 matches with the ‘quinas’ team, the team with which he won the Euro 2016 in France or the 2019 Nations League.

A record achieved by few

In particular, Pepe He is a true football colossus and his career is full of trophies: three Champions Leagues, three Club World Cups, one European Super Cup, seven Leagues (four in Portugal and three in Spain), four Portuguese Cups and three Copas Del Rey.

The captain of Portoborn on February 26, 1983 in Maceió (Brazil), is the oldest player to have scored a goal in the Champions League and played in the knockout phase of this competition.

Trained on Corinthians Alagoanomade the leap to Europe in the summer of 2001, where he led the Maritime (Portugal) until 2004, when he was signed by Portountil he was transferred to real Madrid in 2007. After his white journey, he spent a year and a half in Besiktas Turkish and in January 2019 he returned to Porto, where he continued at the highest level.

In total, 23 football seasons, 745 games with different clubs and 43 goals. “41 years of a colossus”, today’s headline Porto in their social networks, related to the footballer’s birthday.

Contract until June 2024

Kepler Laveran De Lima Ferreira there is a contract with him Porto until June of this year and, so far, nothing has come out about its renewal, especially when before the end of the season there will be an election for the presidency of the club.

However, his ambition continues beyond the Champions League, as he wants to make history with the national team again. Portugal who ruled the Spanish Roberto Martínez.

Pepe wants to be at the next Euro to be held in June in Germany, where Portugal He is one of the favorites for the title.

There it coincides, again, with Cristiano Ronaldowhere he achieved many successes both in real Madrid as in the Portuguese team. Even Pepe could spend more time on his sports career with CR7 If, finally, his signing is closed for Sporting CP in the summer of 2002.

at the time, Pepe He trained for two weeks at the Alcochete facilities, where he kept pace Cristiano Ronaldohe even played a few preparatory matches.

However, the economic pretense of Maritime They prevented the signing of the Lisbon team and in the summer of 2004 he was transferred to Porto.

Since then, his football path began to emerge in Europe, where he continues to be at the top.