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Player Rating No.103: The most aggressive defender - Pepe

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Hello everyone, welcome to - Daily Player Rating! You could be the judge and rate one player every day at 10:30 CET. The results will be declared in the form of Fut Card tomorrow. We released the rating of Giorgio Chiellini yesterday. He got 88 total points with highest 95 in marking. The detailed results are as follows:

Now let's welcome the No.103 guest in our ratings - Giorgio Chiellini!

Top 5 centre-backs in AF Player Ratings so far:

Sergio Ramos  92

Gerard Pique 91

Raphael Varane  90

Giorgio Chiellini  88

Kalidou Koulibaly 88

Cast your vote from 6 dimensions - Pace, Passing, Tackling, Marking, Physicality and Tenacity ( 5 is the highest and 1 is the lowest ). The Final points = Total points of 6 dimensions /6 * 20.

Reminder: Ratings could be changed according to the positions in the field (like shot for strikers and save for goalkeepers).

Pepe is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the Portugal national team and FC Porto. An aggressive, physically strong and tenacious defender, Pepe is known for his hard-tackling style of play.

Born in Maceió, Alagoas, Pepe started playing football with local Corinthians Alagoano. After being promoted to the main squad for the 2002–03 season, under Russian manager Anatoliy Byshovets, Pepe rarely missed a match, playing in several positions including defensive midfielder. During the summer of 2004, Pepe signed with top division giants Porto for €1 million and helped Porto to win back-to-back leagues and the Taça de Portugal.

On 10 July 2007, Real Madrid signed Pepe to a five-year contract, paying Porto a €30 million transfer fee. Pepe soonly became the most important part in Real Madrid's defence and won 3 La Liga titles, 2 Copa del Rey and 3 Champions League titles. On 4 July 2017, Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş announced the signing of Pepe on a free transfer from Real Madrid. On 8 January 2019, Pepe returned to Porto after over a decade.

Born and raised in Brazil, Pepe opted to play for the Portugal national team and has earned over 100 caps since his debut in 2007. He played at three FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships and was a member of the team that won UEFA Euro 2016, also reaching the semi-final of Euro 2012.

Let's take a look at Pepe's great performance in Euro 2016:

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