Ró-Ró

Ró-Ró
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Carvalho Deus Correia
Date of birth (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990
Place of birth Cape Verde
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Al Sadd
Number 2
Youth career
2000–2001 Mem Martins
2001–2005 Benfica
2006 Estrela Amadora
2006–2007 Estoril
2007–2009 Farense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Farense 18 (4)
2010 Aljustrelense 8 (1)
2011–2016 Al Ahli 65 (2)
2016– Al Sadd 0 (0)
National team‡
2016– Qatar 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2012.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 29, 2016

Pedro Miguel Carvalho Deus Correia (born 6 August 1990), known as Ró-Ró, is a Qatari footballer who plays for Qatari club Al Sadd as a defender.

Football career

Ró-Ró played for several clubs as a youth, including S.L. Benfica where he spent nearly five seasons. He made his senior debuts with S.C. Farense in the fourth division, switching the following season to another club in the category, S.C. Mineiro Aljustrelense.

In January 2011, Ró-Ró left his country of adoption and signed for Al Ahli SC (Doha) in Qatar. He scored his first goal for his new club against Al Kharaitiyat SC on 7 January 2012, but in a 2–4 loss.[1]

Ró-Ró appeared in only six games in his first full season, and his team was also relegated from the Stars League.

He joined Al Sadd in 2016. Upon joining the club, he revealed his interest in playing for the Qatar national team.[2]

International career

Ró-Ró was born in Cape Verde, but he has been naturalized to play for Qatar. Ró-Ró made his debut for Qatar in a 3-2 World Cup 2018 qualifying loss to South Korea.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kharaitiyat snap winless run". Doha Stadium Plus. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pedro: Happy to play for Al-Sadd, need to develop to win titles". Al Sadd SC. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10199&stageid=404&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary
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