Petit (Portuguese footballer)
Petit ( [ pɯti ]; actually Armando Gonçalves Teixeira, born September 25, 1976 in Strasbourg, France ) is a former Portuguese football player and current coach.
He was born as the son of Portuguese parents. His nickname Petit he received as a teenager due to his small stature and as a reference to his French birthplace. In the Portuguese fans, he is also called pitbull because of its body-hugging, snappy style of play. Petit is known for its high hit rate by direct free-kicks and his above-average fit.
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Career
Association
After working in the Portuguese lower leagues Petit began his career as a professional at Gil Vicente FC, where he quickly became a key player. He then moved to Boavista Porto, with the team he first Portuguese champions in 2001.
He was bound by Benfica in 2002 and 2004 brought the Portuguese Cup and in 2005 his second championship. After impressive performances in the Champions League season 2005/ 06 Petit received offers from Manchester United and Lyon. He decided, however, because of its great affinity with Benfica against a change.
For the season 2008/ 09 he moved to the first FC Cologne, he was the first Portuguese in the jersey of the " Billy Goats ". His competitive debut for FC gave Petit in the first round of the DFB Cup in a 5-1 victory against the Oberliga SV Niederauerbach on 7 August 2008, in which he scored his first goal for the same Cologne. His league debut in the Portuguese on August 16, 2008 on Matchday 1, against the eventual champions VfL Wolfsburg. In Cologne, it brought the midfielder quickly became a regular place and he soon became one of the so-called service providers. At the end of his first year in the cathedral city of Petit had completed a total of 31 league games. Only Miso Brecko and Pedro Geromel were often on the court. In October 2009 he took over from Milivoje Novakovič for three months Kaptitänsbinde, after he had been deposed by coach Zvonimir Soldo. With the beginning of the season 2009/10 he gave further the office to his team mate Youssef Mohamad.
14 May 2011 Petit suffered a cruciate ligament injury. Despite the injury, his contract was extended for one year. His first game he attended again on February 4, 2012 with the Cologne U- 21 against the reserve team VfL Bochum.
For the season 2012/13 Petit changed back to Portugal to his former club Boavista Porto where he wants to end his professional career as a footballer. After a poor start to the season coach Amândio Barreiros was released prematurely and Petit übermahm the position of the coach, where he is in 2012/13 to operate both as a player and as coach until the end of the season.
National
On June 2, 2001 Petit was in the qualifier for the 2002 World Cup against Ireland his debut in the Portuguese national selection. With the national team, he was Vice-European Champion at the 2004 European Championships in their own country and took part in the 2006 World Cup and at the 2008 European Championships.
Achievements
Association
- Portuguese champions, 2001 ( with Boavista ), 2005 ( with Benfica )
- Portuguese Cup winner 2004 ( with Benfica )
- Portuguese Supercup winner 2005 ( with Benfica )
Individually
- Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 2001
- Best player of the Portuguese league (Golden Ball): 2006