Pizzi

Early years

Born in Bragança, Pizzi earned his nickname from playing as a child in a replica Barcelona jersey when Juan Antonio Pizzi was the Spanish club's striker. He began his career with hometown club Bragança in the third tier in 2007. A year later, he joined Primeira Liga club Braga, spending most of his time out on loan and making his first professional appearances with Covilhã of the Segunda Liga in 2009. On 10 January 2010, he joined top-flight club Paços de Ferreira. In 2010–11, Pizzi scored seven league goals for Paços, only missing three league matches. On 8 May 2011, he netted a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw at Porto, which turned out to be the only home league game that the eventual champions failed to win during the season. He scored twice on 3 March in a 4–3 win at Nacional to qualify the team for the 2011 Taça da Liga Final.

Spain

On 30 August 2011, Pizzi moved to Spanish team Atlético Madrid, on loan until the end of the year, after which the Colchoneros had an option to buy the player permanently for €13.5 million, which they did in October of the following year. He made his La Liga debut on 18 September 2011, replacing also newly signed Radamel Falcao midway through the second half of a 4–0 home win against Racing de Santander. He scored his only Atlético goal to open a 3–2 win over Levante also at the Vicente Calderón Stadium on 20 November, totalling 15 appearances of which three were in the victorious UEFA Europa League campaign. Along…

Pizzi made his debut for Portugal on 14 November 2012 in a friendly with Gabon, scoring through a penalty in an eventual 2–2 draw in Libreville. He was selected for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, playing two matches as the Portuguese finished third.

Club

International

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pizzi goal.

Paços de Ferreira

Taça da Liga runner-up: 2010–11 Atlético Madrid

UEFA Europa League: 2011–12 Benfica

Primeira Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19 Taça de Portugal: 2016–17; runner-up: 2020–21 Taça da Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2016, 2017, 2019 Braga

Taça da Liga: 2023–24 Portugal

UEFA Nations League: 2018–19 FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 2017 Individual

Primeira Liga Midfielder of the Month: August 2018, October/November 2019, December 2019 Primeira Liga Player of the Month: October/November 2016, December 2016, August 2018, August 2019, December 2019 SJPF Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2016, 2017 LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year: 2016–17 UEFA Primeira Liga Best Player: 2018–19, 2019–20 Primeira Liga top scorer: 2019–20 Primeira Liga top assist provider: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 UEFA Europa League top scorer: 2020–21 (joint – 7 goals)