Born in Brazil and with more than 9 million followers on his social networks, the footballer has received from the first hour the warm congratulations of “the dragons”
Central defender Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira “Pepe” turned 26 38 this February. Then reach three Champions with Real Madrid, the “sportsman” captain has a dream: to win his fourth Champions League.
He returned to the Portuguese club in January 2019, has a contract until 2023 and to fulfill his desire to lift his fourth ear he will have to leave in the gutter his friend Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he already won 3 Champions at Real Madrid and with which he lifted the European Championship in France with the Portuguese national team.
In the first leg of the round of 16 they gave the surprise and those of I bring they beat Juventus 2-1 Christian. The return, next March 9th.
Born in Brazil, with dual Brazilian and Portuguese nationality and with over 9 million followers on their social media, The footballer has received from the first hour of today the warm congratulations of “the dragons” on social media.
The player, trained in the Brazilian Alagoano, arrived at Portugal in the summer of 2001, after signing by the insular set of the Maritime one.
recently Pepe recalled in an interview with the newspaper “Expresso” his hard beginnings.
When he landed in Portugal, at the age of 18, he arrived with the equivalent of 5 euros, he recalled. He had two options: either buy himself a sandwich or buy a calling card to call his mother and tell him he was fine.
He chose to call the family and later went to an airport cafeteria to order a sandwich from a waiter, who warned him he had no money. “He looked at me, came out and came to a tray with a baguette and gave it to me.”
After two seasons in the set of Wood, Pepe signed for Porto, Club in which it was between 2004 and 2007, where it was a key piece for the white and blue set.
After his successes on Portuguese soil, in 2007 he made his signing for Real Madrid official, which he disbursed for 30 million euros. He thus joined the saga of the galactics of the meringue club.
It was there that he shared a dressing room again with one of his great friends, Iker Casillas, with whom he met again on his return to the ‘ I bring until the Madrid goalkeeper retired due to his heart condition.
In 2017, after a decade of European success with the meringue club, Pepe, Which had lost place in the starting eleven at the expense of Ramos and Varane, Confirmed his departure after winning three Leagues, two Copa del Rey, two Spanish Super Cups, three Champions Leagues, two European Super Cups and two Club World Cups.
After his departure as a meringue, his next destination was the Turkish team of the Besiktas, Which came at the age of 34 and with which he signed for two seasons to participate in the Turkish Super League.
However, just a year later, the Ottoman club, with very decimated coffers, made official the agreement with the player for the termination of his contract, so that on January 8, 2019 he returned to the ‘ I bring.
In the Portuguese squad he has found the perfect house and lives a second youth. He is the club’s benchmark with which he won the Portugal League last year.
The international center-back with Portugal does not hide it and has always shown his desire to lift a European Cup again.