Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira is most popularly known as Pepe. He is a Brazilian born Portuguese international football playing in the central defensive position. Pepe features for the Spanish and European giants Real Madrid whom he joined in the summer of 2007 from FC Porto for a staggering 30 million euro transfer fee.

Pepe actually started his playing career with Brazilian side Maritimo and made his professional debut in the 2001-2002 season. He lingered on at Maritimo until 2004 when he was signed by Portuguese giants FC Porto and threaded his way into the first season from second season onwards.

At Porto Pepe developed into a world class and highly reliable central defender and was signed by Real Madrid at the start of the 2007 season. He did suffer with injuries at the start of his Real Madriod career but reached out and is now firmly established at the heart of the Madrid defence. He also won the 2997-2008 La Liga with Real Madrid.

Pepe has been a Portuguese citizen since August 2007 and has so far represented Portugal in 2 international matches.