Place of birth Pombal, Portugal 1982–1986 Sporting Pombal Name Pedro Roma Height 1.85 m | Playing position 1986–1989 Academica Role Footballer Position Goalkeeper | |
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Full name Pedro Miguel da Mota Roma Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 45) | ||
Pedro Miguel da Mota Roma (born 13 August 1970) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Having played with Academica for over 15 years, he later worked with his main team as a goalkeepers' coach.
Football career
Born in Pombal, Leiria, Roma came up through the youth ranks of Academica de Coimbra. He made his professional debut for the club in 1991, after a spell at Associacao Naval 1º de Maio in the lower leagues.
After two successful seasons, league giants S.L. Benfica bought Roma. However, he failed to make a single appearance for the Lisbon side, and was subsequently loaned to fellow top division team Gil Vicente FC, where he played sparingly.
After 1993–94 Roma returned to Academica, where he stayed for another two seasons. After a disappointing second year he was loaned out to F.C. Famalicao but, upon coming back to Coimbra, he made a record 147 appearances in a row for the Students, and was first-choice for six consecutive seasons; after a brief loan spell at S.C. Braga in 2002, where he made only three appearances, he returned and remained the starter for the subsequent campaigns.
In June 2009, after having only appeared in two games during the season, Roma retired aged almost 39, and immediately became Academica's goalkeeper's coach. In the following years, in the same capacity, he worked with the Portuguese national team (women, under-17s).