Emílio Peixe

{{short description|Portuguese football manager and former player (born 1973)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emílio Peixe

| image =

| fullname = Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe{{WorldFootball.net|emilio-peixe}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nazaré, Portugal

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Kuwait (under-23)

| youthyears1 = 1983–1986

| youthyears2 = 1986–1991

| youthclubs1 = Nazarenos

| youthclubs2 = Sporting CP

| years1 = 1991–1995

| years2 = 1995

| years3 = 1996–1997

| years4 = 1997–2002

| years5 = 2002

| years6 = 2002–2004

| years7 = 2003–2004

| clubs1 = Sporting CP

| clubs2 = Sevilla

| clubs3 = Sporting CP

| clubs4 = Porto

| clubs5 = → Alverca (loan)

| clubs6 = Benfica

| clubs7 = → União Leiria (loan)

| caps1 = 104

| caps2 = 5

| caps3 = 20

| caps4 = 37

| caps5 = 7

| caps6 = 2

| caps7 = 2

| totalcaps = 177

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| totalgoals = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989

| nationalyears2 = 1989

| nationalyears3 = 1988–1990

| nationalyears4 = 1990–1991

| nationalyears5 = 1991–1994

| nationalyears6 = 1996

| nationalyears7 = 1991–1993

| nationalteam1 = Portugal U16

| nationalteam2 = Portugal U17

| nationalteam3 = Portugal U18

| nationalteam4 = Portugal U20

| nationalteam5 = Portugal U21

| nationalteam6 = Portugal U23

| nationalteam7 = Portugal

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalcaps3 = 18

| nationalcaps4 = 11

| nationalcaps5 = 15

| nationalcaps6 = 6

| nationalcaps7 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| nationalgoals6 = 0

| nationalgoals7 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2008–2022

| manageryears2 = 2022–

| managerclubs1 = Portugal (youth)

| managerclubs2 = Kuwait U23

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

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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,{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/seleccao/interior/geracao-de-ouro-faz-20-anos-1956505.html|title=Geração de ouro faz 20 anos|trans-title=Golden generation celebrates 20th birthday|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|first=Ireneu|last=Ribeiro|language=pt|date=20 August 2011|access-date=3 August 2016}} he was one of the few to have represented all three major clubs in the country, Sporting CP, Porto and Benfica.{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/dossier/dossier/30-atletas-que-jogaram-nos-dois-lados-do-classico/5f89aff10cf27c93db9d51dc|title=30 atletas que jogaram nos dois lados do Clássico|trans-title=30 athletes who played on both sides of the Classic|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=24 January 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191232/overview.html|title=Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts|publisher=FIFA|access-date=8 February 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825170014/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D104/edition%3D191232/overview.html|archive-date=25 August 2012}}

After helping Sporting, with Figo, to conquer the 1995 Taça de Portugal,{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/taca-o-dia-em-que-iordanov-foi-heroi-e-falhou-a-festa|title=Taça: o dia em que Iordanov foi herói... e falhou a festa|trans-title=Cup: the day Iordanov was hero... and missed the party|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Sérgio|last=Pereira|language=pt|date=16 May 2012|access-date=24 January 2023}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1995/11/24/deportes/817167605_850215.html|title=El Sevilla devuelve a Peixe al Sporting de Lisboa|trans-title=Sevilla return Peixe to Sporting Lisbon|newspaper=El País|first=Santiago|last=Roldan|language=es|date=24 November 1995|access-date=11 March 2020}}

Peixe then played five seasons at FC Porto,{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/emilio-peixe-renasceu-para-o-futebol-no-fc-porto|title=Emílio Peixe renasceu para o futebol no FC Porto|trans-title=Emílio Peixe was born for football again at FC Porto|newspaper=Record|first=Vítor|last=Pinto|language=pt|date=11 May 1999|access-date=11 March 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/fc-porto/detalhe/emilio-peixe-e-uma-das-frases-que-vou-guardar-para-sempre|title=Emílio Peixe: "É uma das frases que vou guardar para sempre"|trans-title=Emílio Peixe: "That's one of the sentences that will remain with me forever"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=10 May 2001|access-date=11 March 2020}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/benfica/detalhe/rescisoes-estao-dificeis|title=Rescisões estão difíceis|trans-title=Rescisions are difficult|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=4 June 2004|access-date=24 January 2023}}

Also internationally, Peixe earned 12 caps with the full side, all between 18 and 20 years old.{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/lista-completa-dos-internacionais-portugueses|title=Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses|trans-title=Complete list of Portuguese internationals|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=18 February 2004|access-date=24 January 2023}} He also helped Portugal to a fourth-place finish at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/geral/selecao/portugal-brasil-o-pesadelo-das-olimpiadas-de-96-segundo-ronaldo-e-bebeto|title=Portugal-Brasil: o pesadelo das Olimpíadas de 96 segundo Ronaldo e Bebeto|trans-title=Portugal-Brazil: the nightmare of the 96 Olympics according to Ronaldo and Bebeto|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=27 March 2003|access-date=24 January 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/olimpiadas/futebol/noticia/2016/07/danca-das-cadeiras-base-da-cbf-teve-16-treinadores-nos-ultimos-sete-anos.html|title=Dança das cadeiras: base da CBF teve 16 treinadores nos últimos sete anos|trans-title=Musical chairs: BFC system has had 16 managers in the last seven years|publisher=Globo Esporte|first=Pedro|last=Venâncio|language=pt|date=25 July 2016|access-date=11 March 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/internacional/competicoes-de-selecoes/mundial-sub20/mundial-sub20-2017/detalhe/emilio-peixe-mereciamos-ganhar|title=Emílio Peixe: "Merecíamos ganhar"|trans-title=Emílio Peixe: "We deserved to win"|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=24 May 2017|access-date=11 March 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/artigos/rui-bento-vai-ser-selecionador-do-kuwait-e-emilio-peixe-fica-com-equipa-olimpica|title=Rui Bento vai ser selecionador do Kuwait e Emílio Peixe fica com equipa olímpica|trans-title=Rui Bento will be manager of Kuwait and Emílio Peixe gets the Olympic team|publisher=SAPO|language=pt|date=2 August 2022|access-date=24 January 2023}}

Honours

Sporting CP

Taça de Portugal: 1994–95
Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1995{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/fc-porto/detalhe/os-principes-de-octavio-em-199495|title=Os «Príncipes» de Octávio em 1994/95|trans-title=Octávio's "Princes" in 1994/95|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=31 January 2001|access-date=24 January 2023}}

Porto