Pedro Barbosa

Having played in more than 300 official games for the Lisbon club, Barbosa subsequently became its director of football, leaving the post in early November 2009 after coach Paulo Bento's resignation.

In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals to help Sporting rank in third position. In his last, the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round of 16.

Barbosa won 22 caps for the Portugal national team and scored five goals, over a period of ten years. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1996 (playing the last 30 minutes of the 3–0 group stage win against Croatia) and the 2002 FIFA World Cup (no appearances).

He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his Primeira Liga debut at age 21, and joined Sporting CP in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons. Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital team's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three).

Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; Portuguese pronunciation:  [ˈpedɾu bɐɾˈbɔzɐ] ) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.