A lokacin wasannin farko na shekara2002-03, an ba Pepe izinin yin horo tare da Sporting CP na makwanni biyu, bayan haka ana iya yin yarjejeniya don canja wurin sa. Koyaya, babu kulob ɗin da zai iya yarda akan sharuɗɗan kuɗi kuma tattaunawar ta lalace, tare da ɗan wasan ya dawo kuma ya ci gaba da taimakawa Marítimo ya gama na shida a kamfen na gaba kuma ya cancanci zuwa Kofin UEFA, bayan ya ba da gudummawa tare da burin daya1 a cikin wasanni talatin30. "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 20 March 2018. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2018. "Pepe". FPF.