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Pedro Ganchas

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Pedro Ganchas
Personal information
Full name Pedro Luís Machado Ganchas
Date of birth (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Silkeborg
Number 4
Youth career
2008–2011 Carregado
2011–2022 Benfica
2015–2016Carregado (loan)
2016–2018Sacavenense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Benfica B 32 (4)
2022–2024 Paços de Ferreira 36 (2)
2024– Silkeborg 26 (1)
International career
2017 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2018 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2019 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Pedro Luís Machado Ganchas (born 31 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg.

Club career

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On 31 January 2022, Ganchas left Benfica B and signed a three-and-a-half-year contract for Primeira Liga club Paços de Ferreira.[1]

On 2 July 2024, Danish Superliga club Silkeborg confirmed that Ganchas had joined the club on a deal until the end of 2028.[2] On 25 September, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away win against Roskilde in the Danish Cup third round.[3] On 25 October, he scored his first goal in the Danish Superliga in a 1–1 home draw against AaB.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 20 July 2025[5][6]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 21 3 21 3
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 11 1 11 1
Total 32 4 32 4
Paços Ferreira 2021–22 Primeira Liga 2 0 2 0
2022–23 Primeira Liga 5 0 1 0 6 0
2023–24 Liga Portugal 2 29 2 1 0 0 0 30 2
Total 36 2 1 0 1 0 38 2
Silkeborg 2024–25 Danish Superliga 25 1 7 1 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 37 2
2025–26 Danish Superliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 26 1 7 1 4 0 1 0 38 2
Career total 94 7 8 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 108 8
  1. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League
  2. ^ Appearance in Danish Superliga European play-off match

References

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  1. ^ "Paços oficializa contratação de Pedro Ganchas por três épocas e meia" [Paços announces signing of Pedro Ganchas for three and a half seasons] (in European Portuguese). Record. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ "SIF køber portugisisk forsvarsspiller" (in Danish). Silkeborg IF. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ "SIF videre i pokalen" (in Danish). Silkeborg IF. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Ganchas skaffede point med sen udligning" (in Danish). Silkeborg IF. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  5. ^ Pedro Ganchas at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  6. ^ Pedro Ganchas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
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