Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma (born 28 July 1987), known as Pedro, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Lazio.
2003
He scored 35 goals for their youth team in the 2003–04 season, and also played for the first team in the Tercera División.
He was first noticed by Barcelona in 2003 while playing at a youth competition on his native island; the club had sent a scout to watch Spain youth international Jeffrén Suárez.
2004
In August 2004, Pedro joined Barcelona's youth team.
2007
Pedro was a key player for Barcelona B as the team achieved promotion in the 2007–08 Tercera División, making 36 appearances and scoring six goals.
2008
Pedro scored 99 goals in 321 appearances across all competitions for Barcelona from 2008 to 2015.
On 12 January 2008, he made his debut for the first team, playing one minute in a 4–0 home win against Real Murcia in the 2007–08 La Liga, but would only amass four more minutes in his only two appearances combined.
Pedro was a part of the first team's 2008–09 pre-season, and showed early promise, scoring against Hibernian and the New York Red Bulls respectively.
On 13 August 2008, he started in a 4–0 win against Wisła Kraków in the third qualifying round of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.
His first appearance in the group stage of that competition came on 16 September, when he replaced Thierry Henry in a 3–1 home win over Sporting CP.
In Barcelona's treble-winning season in 2008–09, Pedro made 14 appearances.
In the Champions League final, he came on as a stoppage-time substitute in a 2–0 win against Manchester United at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
2009
During the 2009–10 season, he became the first player in history to score in every official club competition in a single season and in a single calendar year.
In the 2009–10 season, Pedro became the first player to score in every official club competition in a single season and also in a calendar year.
On 16 August, after assisting Xavi with the first goal, he scored his first competitive goal for the first team in the 67th minute, helping to ensure a 2–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in San Mamés for the 2009 Supercopa de España.
Later that week, he signed his first professional contract with Barcelona.
In the 2009 UEFA Super Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk, he came on as a substitute for Zlatan Ibrahimović in the 80th minute, and went on to score the only goal of the match in extra time.
On 28 September, Pedro scored his first goal in the Champions League, after replacing Iniesta at half-time in a 2–0 win against Dynamo Kyiv.
On 16 December, Pedro scored a goal in the semi-final of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup against Atlante, in a 3–1 win.
In doing so, he became the first player ever to score in six different club competitions in a single season and in a single year – the three domestic competitions, the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Pedro scored for Barcelona in each of the last three league matches of the season, with the team eventually renewing their league supremacy: against Tenerife (4–1 win), the 3–2 winner at Sevilla and against Valladolid (4–0).
2010
Pedro represented Spain in two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships, winning the former in 2010 and the latter in 2012.
He is the only player in history to have won the Premier League, La Liga, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA European Championships, FIFA World Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Pedro started his career at local club San Isidro.
He completed the 2009–10 season with 52 appearances in all competitions and 23 goals, and, on 9 June 2010, signed a new five-year contract with Barcelona.
Pedro began the 2010–11 season firmly established in Barcelona's starting line-up.
On 29 November 2010, he scored the second goal in the a 5–0 home win against Real Madrid, with Barcelona climbing to the first place in the league as a result.
The following month, he scored twice against Espanyol in the local derby, in a 5–1 away win.
On 3 May, against the same opponent, in the 2010–11 Champions League semi-final second leg, he found Iker Casillas' net in a 1–1 home draw (3–1 aggregate win).
In the Champions League final, he opened the scoring against Manchester United, in a 3–1 win at Wembley Stadium in London.
2011
On 20 April 2011, Pedro scored against Real Madrid in the second half of 2011 Copa del Rey final, but his goal was disallowed for offside, in an eventual 1–0 extra-time loss.
On 5 July 2011, Pedro extended his contract by one year, until June 2016.
His buyout clause was raised from €90 million to €150 million.
After the signing of Alexis Sánchez, Pedro featured less during the 2011–12 season.
However, he did finish the season with 13 goals, including two in that season's Copa del Rey final, a 3–0 win against Athletic Bilbao.
2013
Pedro scored a hat-trick on 21 September 2013 in a 4–0 victory away to Rayo Vallecano.
On 22 December, in another away fixture, he added another three – all in the first half and in only nine minutes – to help Barcelona come back from 2–0 down to win 5–2 over Getafe, thus becoming the player to score the fastest ever hat-trick in Barcelona history.
2014
On 16 December 2014, Pedro scored another hat-trick, this time in a round of 32 second leg fixture in the Copa del Rey against Huesca, with Barcelona winning 8–1 at home.
2015
He joined Chelsea in 2015 where he scored 43 goals in 206 appearances and helped the club win the Premier League in 2017, the FA Cup in 2018 and the UEFA Europa League in 2019.
2020
He joined Serie A club Roma in 2020, before moving to their city rivals Lazio in the following year.
