| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-07-17)17 July 1970 (age 55)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Feira, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Gharafa (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1988 | Feirense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Feirense | 177 | (18) |
| 1994–1995 | Vitória Guimarães | 31 | (5) |
| 1995–1998 | Sporting CP | 77 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Boavista | 7 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Santa Clara | 19 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Alverca | 47 | (0) |
| Total | 358 | (25) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988 | Portugal U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 1989 | Portugal U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Portugal | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | União Lamas | ||
| 2007–2009 | Lusitânia | ||
| 2009–2010 | Espinho | ||
| 2010 | Marítimo B | ||
| 2010–2014 | Marítimo | ||
| 2014–2016 | Rio Ave | ||
| 2016–2018 | Vitória Guimarães | ||
| 2018–2022 | Olympiacos | ||
| 2022– | Al-Gharafa | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins (born 17 July 1970) is a Portuguese former professionalfootballer who played as adefensive midfielder, currentlymanager ofQatar Stars League clubAl-Gharafa.
He amassedPrimeira Liga totals of 197 matches and nine goals over ten seasons, in representation ofFeirense,Vitória de Guimarães,Sporting CP,Boavista,Santa Clara andAlverca. He added 126 games and eight goals in theSegunda Liga, in a sixteen-year professional career.
Martins started working as a manager in 2006, starting out atUnião de Lamas and going on to spend four years atMarítimo. He won threeSuper League Greece titles in charge ofOlympiacos, and adouble in2019–20.
Born inFeira,Santa Maria da Feira, Martins started out at localC.D. Feirense, achieving promotion to thePrimeira Liga at the end of the1988–89 season. He made his debut in the competition on 19 August 1989 at the age of 19, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win againstC.F. União; he began his career as anattacking midfielder.[2]
In 1994, Martins signed withVitória de Guimarães. He scored a career-best five goals in hisonly season, helping to a fourth-place finish and the subsequentqualification for theUEFA Cup.[2]
Martins joinedSporting CP in summer 1995, alongside teammate and namesakePedro Barbosa.[3] He was relatively used during his three-year tenure at theEstádio José Alvalade, making his first appearance in theUEFA Champions League on 27 August 1997 by featuring the last 18 minutes of the 3–0 home defeat ofBeitar Jerusalem F.C. in thesecond qualifying round.
In the following four years, Martins continued to compete inPortuguese top division, withBoavista FC,C.D. Santa Clara andF.C. Alverca.[4] He retired at the age of 34 after his stint with the latter side, later having assistant manager spells atVitória de Setúbal,FC Porto andC.F. Os Belenenses.[5]
Martins won onecap forPortugal, coming on as a 60th-minutesubstitute forOceano in a 0–0 away draw withNorthern Ireland for the1998 FIFA World Cupqualifiers, on 29 March 1997.[6]
Martins' first job as a head coach was withC.F. União de Lamas in 2006, and he continued working in thethird tier the following years, withLusitânia F.C. andS.C. Espinho.[7] For a few months in 2010 he was at the helm ofC.S. Marítimo'sreserves in the same tier but, in September of that year, he was promoted to the first team in the top flight after the sacking ofMitchell van der Gaag.[8]
Martins led theMadeirans to the fifth position in the2011–12 campaign, which earned them a place in theEuropa League third qualifying round[9] and eventually the group stage.[10][11][12][13][14][15] In April 2014, he announced he would leave his post on 30 June.[16]
Subsequently, Martins was appointed atRio Ave FC. He managed anotherEuropa League qualification in2015–16 after ranking sixth and, on 17 May 2016, announced he would not continue with the club.[17]
Martins signed a two-year contract with former side Vitória de Guimarães on 23 May 2016.[18] They finished thefirst season in fourth place and automatically qualified for theEuropa League group phase afterreaching and losing the final of theTaça de Portugal, toS.L. Benfica.[19][20] On 18 February 2018, however, he decided to leave due to poor results.[21][22]
On 9 April 2018, Martins replaced the firedÓscar García at the helm ofOlympiacos FC, signing a contract until June 2020.[23] In hissecond full season, he won the club's 45thSuper League Greece title,[24] and renewed his deal until 2022.[25] On 12 September 2020, his sidewon thecup by a single goal againstAEK Athens F.C. to secure adouble.[26]
On 21 October 2020, after a 1–0 home win againstOlympique de Marseille in theChampions League group stage, Martins won his 15th match with the Reds in all European competitions, surpassing the record previously held byDušan Bajević.[27] The following 11 April, after a 3–1 victory overPanathinaikos FC, the teamrenewed their domestic supremacy.[28]
Martins committed himself to two more years at thePiraeus-based club on 27 January 2022.[29] On 4 May, his team won their third consecutive title with four games to spare, by winning 2–1 at second-placedPAOK FC.[30]
Martins was relieved of his duties on 1 August 2022, due to a poor streak culminating in a 0–4 home defeat toMaccabi Haifa F.C. which led to the Reds being knocked out of theChampions League's second qualifying round.[31] When he departed, he was the longest-serving manager in the history of Olympiacos in a single tenure, having been in charge for just under 52 months,[32] with Bajević standing at 40;[33] he also held the all-time record for games managed, with 221 to Bajević's 208, while finishing his tenure with 143 victories, just one shy of the Bosnian's.[31][33]
In November 2022, Martins signed as manager ofAl-Gharafa SC in theQatar Stars League.[34]
Martins was the youngest of three boys. His father and one brother died in the mid-2000s from heart problems and he was prescribed medication to control his own condition. His father owned a garage and his mother had a general store; he set up his own gift shop at aged 18 with his girlfriend Lina, whom he married and had two children.[35]
In June 2006, Martins was held in prison by Spanish authorities for 35 days on suspicion of falsifying documents, before posting bail of €30,000. He had gone toJerez de la Frontera to open a bank account on behalf of two business contacts.[36]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| União Lamas |  | 13 November 2006 | 19 March 2007 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 023.08 | [38] |
| Lusitânia | | 1 October 2007 | 2 June 2009 | 57 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 65 | 78 | −13 | 035.09 | [38] |
| Espinho | | 2 June 2009 | 18 January 2010 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 037.50 | [38] |
| Marítimo B | | 23 March 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 075.00 | [38] |
| Marítimo | | 14 September 2010 | 15 May 2014 | 154 | 61 | 43 | 50 | 194 | 193 | +1 | 039.61 | [38] |
| Rio Ave | | 22 May 2014 | 17 May 2016 | 101 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 118 | 118 | +0 | 035.64 | [38] |
| Vitória Guimarães | | 23 May 2016 | 18 February 2018 | 80 | 36 | 15 | 29 | 113 | 120 | −7 | 045.00 | [38] |
| Olympiacos |  | 7 May 2018 | 1 August 2022 | 221 | 143 | 42 | 36 | 413 | 173 | +240 | 064.71 | [39] |
| Al-Gharafa |  | 5 November 2022 | Present | 107 | 49 | 21 | 37 | 188 | 184 | +4 | 045.79 | [40] |
| Total | 757 | 360 | 172 | 225 | 1,137 | 916 | +221 | 047.56 | — | |||
Sporting CP
Rio Ave
Vitória de Guimarães
Olympiacos
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