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Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; (:ˈpedɾu bɐɾˈbɔzɐ)) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 games in the Portuguese first division and scored 59 goals, being a player with above-average skills.〔(Pedro Barbosa: o poeta do futebol (Pedro Barbosa: football's poet) ); Zerozero, 6 January 2012 〕 Barbosa represented Portugal in one World Cup and one European Championship. ==Club career== Born in Gondomar, Porto, Barbosa unsuccessfully graduated from F.C. Porto's academy, making his professional debuts with lowly S.C. Freamunde in the second division. He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his top flight debuts at age 21, and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons.〔(Pedro Barbosa's big day ); UEFA.com, 17 May 2005〕 Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital side's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three). In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals as Sporting ranked in third position. In his last the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the ''Lions'' reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round-of-16.〔〔(Sporting 1–0 M'brough (Agg: 4–2) ); BBC Sport, 17 March 2005〕 Having played in more than 300 official games for the club, Barbosa subsequently became the Lisbon outfit's director of football,〔('Top opponents and interesting trips' ); UEFA.com, 28 August 2009〕 leaving the post in early November 2009 after coach Paulo Bento's resignation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pedro Barbosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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