Pedro Rui da Mota Vieira Martins (born 17 July 1970) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 197 matches and nine goals over ten seasons, in representation of Feirense, Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP, Boavista, Santa Clara and Alverca.
[3] He was relatively used during his three-year tenure at the Estádio José Alvalade, making his first appearance in the UEFA Champions League on 27 August 1997 by featuring the last 18 minutes of the 3–0 home defeat of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
[5] Martins won one cap for Portugal, coming on as a 60th-minute substitute for Oceano in a 0–0 away draw with Northern Ireland for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, on 29 March 1997.
Marítimo's reserves in the same tier but, in September of that year, he was promoted to the first team in the top flight after the sacking of Mitchell van der Gaag.
[8] Martins led the Madeirans to the fifth position in the 2011–12 campaign, which earned them a place in the Europa League third qualifying round[9] and eventually the group stage.
[18] They finished the first season in fourth place and automatically qualified for the Europa League group phase after reaching and losing the final of the Taça de Portugal, to S.L.
[21][22] On 9 April 2018, Martins replaced the fired Óscar García at the helm of Olympiacos FC, signing a contract until June 2020.
[26] On 21 October 2020, after a 1–0 home win against Olympique de Marseille in the Champions League group stage, Martins won his 15th match with the Reds in all European competitions, surpassing the record previously held by Dušan Bajević.
[35] In June 2006, Martins was held in prison by Spanish authorities for 35 days on suspicion of falsifying documents, before posting bail of €30,000.