Pepe (footballer, born 1983)

**Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira**  (born 26 February 1983), known as **Pepe** (, ), is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs of his generation.

During his professional career, Pepe has played for C.S. Marítimo, FC Porto, Real Madrid, and Beşiktaş, with most success in Porto and Madrid. With Real Madrid, he has played 334 games, winning three La Liga titles, three UEFA Champions League titles and two Copa del Rey titles. He has also won four Primeira Liga titles and three Taça de Portugal titles with Porto.

Born and raised in Brazil, Pepe chose to play for the Portugal national team, and has earned 134 caps since  2007. He played at four FIFA World Cups and four UEFA European Championships. He was part of the team that won Euro 2016, also reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2012. Pepe was man of the match in the Euro 2016 final.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Marítimo|2001–02|rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga|4|0|0|0|—|—|4|0|||
|2002–03|29|2|0|0|—|—|29|2|||||||
|2003–04|30|1|1|0|—|—|31|1|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Porto||rowspan="3"|Primeira Liga|15|1|1|0|5|0|1|0|22|1|
|2005–06|24|1|4|0|5|2|—|33|3||||||
|2006–07|25|4|0|0|8|0|1|0|34|4|||||
|rowspan="11"|Real Madrid|2007–08|rowspan="10"|La Liga|19|0|1|0|3|0|2|0|25|0|
|2008–09|26|0|0|0|5|0|1|0|32|0|||||
|2009–10|10|1|1|0|6|0|—|17|1||||||
|2010–11|26|1|4|0|8|0|—|38|1||||||
|2011–12|29|1|5|0|9|0|2|0|45|1|||||
|2012–13|28|1|2|0|11|1|1|0|42|2|||||
|2013–14|30|4|7|1|11|0|—|48|5||||||
|2014–15|27|2|1|0|6|0|4|0|38|2|||||
|2015–16|21|1|1|0|9|0|—|31|1||||||
|2016–17|13|2|2|0|3|0|0|0|18|2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Beşiktaş|2017–18|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|23|2|5|0|6|0|1|0|35|2|
|2018–19|10|3|0|0|7|2|—|17|5||||||
|rowspan="7"|Porto|2018–19|rowspan="6"|Primeira Liga|13|2|3|0|3|0|2|0|21|2|
|2019–20|25|1|2|0|9|0|1|0|37|1|||||
|2020–21|27|2|4|0|6|0|3|0|40|2|||||
|2021–22|21|1|3|0|9|0|0|0|33|1|||||
|2022–23|24|0|5|0|4|0|3|0|36|0|||||
|2023–24|22|1|4|0|7|2|1|0|34|3|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="18"|Portugal|2007|1|0|
|2008|12|1|||
|2009|11|1|||
|2010|6|0|||
|2011|7|0|||
|2012|12|1|||
|2013|8|0|||
|2014|8|0|||
|2015|3|0|||
|2016|13|1|||
|2017|11|1|||
|2018|11|2|||
|2019|5|0|||
|2020|5|0|||
|2021|10|0|||
|2022|10|1|||
|2023|1|0|||
|2024|7|0|||

_Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|7 June 2008|Stade de Genève, Geneve, Switzerland||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|2|9 September 2009|Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Budapest, Hungary||1–0|1–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|13 June 2012|Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine||1–0|3–2|UEFA Euro 2012||||||||
|4|1 September 2016|Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal||5–0|5–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|2 July 2017|Otkrytiye Arena, Moscow, Russia||1–1|2–1|2017 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|6|30 June 2018|Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia||1–1|1–2|2018 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|7|6 September 2018|Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|6 December 2022|Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail, Qatar||2–0|6–1|2022 FIFA World Cup||||||||

## Honours

**Porto**
- Primeira Liga: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2019–20, 2021–22
- Taça de Portugal: 2005–06, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Taça da Liga: 2022–23
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2006, 2020, 2022
- Intercontinental Cup: 2004

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2008, 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17
- UEFA Super Cup: 2014
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016

**Beşiktaş**
- Turkish Super Cup runner-up: 2017

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship: 2016
- UEFA Nations League: 2018–19

**Individual**
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2008, 2012, 2016
- UEFA Euro 2016 Final: Man of the Match
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14
- ESM Team of the Season: 2013–14
- CNID Best Portuguese Athlete Abroad: 2014
- Goal La Liga Team of the Season: 2010–11
- Süper Lig Team of the Season: 2017–18
- Süper Lig Defender of the Season: 2017–18
- Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: September/October 2020, April 2023
- Quinas de Ouro Awards – Best Portuguese Player Playing in Portugal: 2020
- SJPF Player of the Month: April 2006

**Orders**
- Commander of the Order of Merit

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Pepe
- **image**: Pepe 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Pepe with Portugal national football team, Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **full name**: Kepler Laverán de Lima Ferreira
- **birth place**: Maceió, Brazil
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1995–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Sport Club Corinthians Alagoano, Corinthians Alagoano
- **years1**: 2001–2002
- **clubs1**: C.S. Marítimo B, Marítimo B
- **caps1**: 14
- **goals1**: 1
- **years3**: 2002–2004
- **clubs3**: C.S. Marítimo, Marítimo
- **caps3**: 63
- **goals3**: 3
- **years4**: 2004–2007
- **clubs4**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps4**: 64
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2007–2017
- **clubs5**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps5**: 290
- **goals5**: 13
- **years6**: 2017–2018
- **clubs6**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **caps6**: 33
- **goals6**: 5
- **years7**: 2019–2024
- **clubs7**: FC Porto, Porto
- **caps7**: 132
- **goals7**: 7
- **totalcaps**: 535
- **totalgoals**: 35
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2024
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps1**: 141
- **nationalgoals1**: 8