Pedro Sá

{{short description|Portuguese footballer (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Portuguese name|Cunha|Sá}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pedro Sá

| image =

| fullname = Pedro Miguel da Cunha e Sá{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/jogador/pedro-sa/18661|title=Pedro Sá|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=Portuguese|accessdate=10 June 2020}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = Vyškov

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2003–2012 | youthclubs1 = Varzim

| years1 = 2012–2016 | clubs1 = Varzim | caps1 = 111 | goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Varzim B | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2023 | clubs3 = Portimonense | caps3 = 172 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Estrela Amadora | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2024–2025 | clubs5 = Sfaxien | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Vyškov | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0

| club-update = 26 January 2025

}}

Pedro Miguel da Cunha e Sá (born 1 December 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vyškov.

Club career

Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Sá joined hometown club Varzim SC's youth ranks at the age of 9. He made his senior debut with eight games in the third division in 2012–13, and played regularly in the next three seasons, the last of which in Segunda Liga; he also appeared in two matches for their reserves in the Porto Football Association's first district league.

Ahead of the 2016–17 campaign, Sá signed with Portimonense S.C. of the same league{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/portimonense/detalhe/wilson-manafa-e-pedro-sa-sao-reforcos|title=Wilson Manafá e Pedro Sá são reforços|trans-title=Wilson Manafá and Pedro Sá are additions|newspaper=Record|first=Armando|last=Alves|language=Portuguese|date=27 May 2016|accessdate=25 October 2019}}– in July 2018, a court in Póvoa de Varzim ordered his previous club to pay some of the transfer fee to his agents, Foot Emotions.{{cite web|url=https://www.sabado.pt/ultima-hora/detalhe/varzim-condenado-a-indemnizar-empresa-que-agencia-pedro-sa|title=Varzim condenado a indemnizar empresa que agencia Pedro Sá|trans-title=Varzim ordered to compensate business who act as agents to Pedro Sá|publisher=Sábado|language=Portuguese|date=7 July 2018|accessdate=22 October 2019}} The team from the Algarve won promotion in his first year, as champions.{{cite web|url=https://24.sapo.pt/noticias/nacional/artigo/portimonense-festeja-titulo-com-vitoria-nos-acores_22410366.html|title=Portimonense festeja título com vitória nos Açores|trans-title=Portimonense celebrate title with win in the Azores|publisher=SAPO|language=Portuguese|date=21 May 2017|accessdate=25 October 2019}}

Sá made his Primeira Liga debut on 7 August 2017, playing the entire 2–1 home win against Boavista FC.{{cite news|url=http://www.jn.pt/desporto/interior/portimonense-estreia-se-na-liga-com-um-triunfo-8690766.html|title=Portimonense estreia-se na liga com um triunfo|trans-title=Portimonense make league debut with win|newspaper=Jornal de Notícias|language=Portuguese|date=7 August 2017|accessdate=25 October 2019}} He added a further 27 appearances during the season, scoring in a 3–3 draw at Vitória S.C. on 23 October.{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/noticias/video-vitoria-e-portimonense-atores-de-um-jogo-louco-8867309.html|title=VÍDEO Vitória e Portimonense atores de um jogo louco|trans-title=VIDEO Vitória and Portimonense the actors in a crazy game|newspaper=O Jogo|language=Portuguese|date=23 October 2017|accessdate=22 October 2019}}

In January 2019, Sá signed a new contract lasting until 2023, with a buyout clause of €30 million.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira-liga/artigos/pedro-sa-renova-com-o-portimonense-ate-2023|title=Pedro Sá renova com o Portimonense até 2023|trans-title=Pedro Sá renews with Portimonense until 2023|publisher=SAPO|language=Portuguese|date=31 January 2019|accessdate=22 May 2023}} He injured his elbow in December of the following year, requiring surgery;{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-bwin/portimonense/detalhe/pedro-sa-perto-do-regresso|title=Pedro Sá perto do regresso|trans-title=Pedro Sá near to return|newspaper=Record|first=Armando|last=Alves|language=Portuguese|date=27 January 2021|accessdate=22 May 2023}} in one of his first games back on 20 March 2021 he was sent off at the end of a 2–1 home loss to FC Porto.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/desporto/fc-porto-vence-em-portimao-e-consolida-segundo-lugar-13482079.html|title=FC Porto vence em Portimão e consolida segundo lugar|trans-title=FC Porto win in Portimão and consolidate second place|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=Portuguese|date=20 March 2021|accessdate=22 May 2023}} That 6 November, he scored his first league goal for over four years, concluding a 2–0 victory over B-SAD also at the Estádio Municipal de Portimão.{{cite news|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/1a-liga/noticias/com-golos-de-nakajima-e-pedro-sa-portimonense-bate-o-belenenses-e-reforca-sexto-lugar-14295087.html|title=Portimonense bate o Belenenses e reforça sexto lugar da Liga Bwin|trans-title=Portimonense beat Belenenses and bolster sixth place in the Bwin League|newspaper=O Jogo|language=Portuguese|date=6 November 2021|accessdate=22 May 2023}}

On 30 June 2023, Sá joined recently-promoted C.F. Estrela da Amadora on a two-year deal as a free agent.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-betclic/e--amadora/detalhe/pedro-sa-assina-por-duas-epocas-com-o-e-amadora|title=Pedro Sá assina por duas épocas com o E. Amadora|trans-title=Pedro Sá signs for two seasons with E. Amadora|newspaper=Record|first=Francisco|last=Guerra|language=Portuguese|date=30 June 2023|accessdate=12 August 2023}} The 30-year-old moved abroad for the first time in July 2024, joining Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side CS Sfaxien until June 2026.{{cite news|url=https://letemps.news/2024/07/16/le-css-soffre-le-milieu-defensif-portugais-pedro-sa/|title=Le CSS s’offre le milieu défensif portugais Pedro Sà|trans-title=CSS add Portuguese defensive midfielder Pedro Sá|newspaper=Le Temps|language=French|date=16 July 2024|accessdate=13 August 2024}}

Career statistics

{{Updated|match played 18 May 2024}}{{Soccerway|pedro-miguel-cunha-sa/263607}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|National cup

!colspan=2|League cup

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=5|Varzim

|2012–13

|Segunda Divisão

|8

0000080
2013–14

|Campeonato Nacional

|31

20000312
2014–15

|Campeonato Nacional

|32

01000330
2015–16

|LigaPro

|40

30020423
colspan=2|Total

!111

510201145
rowspan=8|Portimonense

|2016–17

|LigaPro

|38

00010390
2017–18

|Primeira Liga

|28

11140332
2018–19

|Primeira Liga

|32

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|33

|0

2019–20

|Primeira Liga

|25

|0

|0

|0

|3

|0

|28

|0

2020–21

|Primeira Liga

|16

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|16

|0

2021–22

|Primeira Liga

|20

|1

|4

|0

|2

|0

|26

|1

2022–23

|Primeira Liga

|13

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|13

|0

colspan=2|Total

!172

2511101883
Estrela Amadora

|2023–24

|Primeira Liga

|18

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|18

|0

colspan=3|Career totals

!301

7611303208

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