Pedro Moutinho

Pedro da Silva Moutinho (born 9 September 1979) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a centre-forward.

He spent most of his professional career in Scotland with Falkirk (three spells, 161 overall appearances and 23 goals). Other than in his own country, he also competed in Cyprus and Romania.

Club career
Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Moutinho moved to C.S. Marítimo from amateurs U.D. Rio Maior, but spent the better part of his early years with the former's reserves. He also served two loans whilst under contract, including a two-year spell at F.C. Penafiel of the Segunda Liga.

In summer 2004, Moutinho signed a one-year contract with Falkirk in Scotland. He scored 19 competitive goals in his first four seasons at the club, including a memorable one against Rangers for the equaliser in a 2–2 draw in 2005, but a knee injury kept him out of the second half of his team's Scottish First Division championship-winning side in 2004–05.

Moutinho was close to sealing a transfer to Kayserispor, but the deal was not concluded before the closure of the Turkish January transfer window. On 21 May 2008, he left Falkirk and returned to his country by rejoining Marítimo; he remarked "I am going to keep the house I have in Falkirk and hopefully I’ll be back. I feel now is the right move for me with a two-year contract but after that I will be a free agent again and who knows".

Rarely used during his second stint in Madeira, Moutinho finished the campaign on loan to Rio Ave F.C. also of the Primeira Liga. He also did not manage to find the net here.

In October 2009, Moutinho was released by Marítimo and returned to Falkirk. On 8 November, he started and scored during their 3–3 home draw with Celtic and, in January of the following year, his contract was extended until the end of 2009–10.

Moutinho left the Falkirk Stadium on 13 May 2010, signing with AEP Paphos FC from Cyprus. In late January 2011, however, following a trial at fellow Scottish Premier League side Motherwell, he re-signed with Falkirk for a third time, being released at the end of the season.

In early August 2011, the 32-year-old Moutinho changed teams and countries again, joining FC Brașov in Romania. Subsequently, he agreed to a one-year deal at CD Atlético Baleares of the Spanish Segunda División B.

On 31 March 2015, after nearly two years out of football, Moutinho moved to Scottish League One club Stenhousemuir until June. At the end of the campaign, he was released.

After one season in the Portuguese lower leagues, being relegated with C.F. Caniçal, Moutinho retired at 37 and became a football consultant in Madeira.