club on 7 August, against SV Niederauerbach in the first round of the domestic cup. On 1 November he scored his first in the Bundesliga, a 90th-minute effort against VfB Stuttgart in a 3–1 victory, ending his debut season with 31 matches out of 34 as the team easily retained their status. The 35-year-old Petit missed the entire 2011–12 due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and Köln were also relegated. In August 2012 he returned to Boavista, with the club now in the third division. International career Petit made his debut for Portugal on 2 June 2001, in a 1–1 draw against Republic of Ireland in Dublin for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He played for the nation in the finals, and was also a member of the team that reached the final at UEFA Euro 2004, held on home soil. Petit scored from two long free kicks in a 7–1 home drubbing of Russia in the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, going on to be selected for the final stages in Germany where he netted an own goal in the 61st minute of the third place playoff against the hosts, becoming the fourth player in the tournament to score in that fashion. Prior to the start of Euro 2008, Petit announced that he would retire from international football at 31. In total, he won 57 caps and scored four goals. Coaching career In October 2012, Petit was appointed player-coach of Boavista, becoming the full-time manager in the following season. The club returned to the top flight for administrative reasons in 2014, and on his professional managerial debut he lost 1–0 at home to Benfica on 24 August. On 9 December 2015, after leaving the hotseat at the Estádio do Bessa for personal motives, Petit was appointed at C.D. Tondela for their first top-division campaign. He was one of three coaches in charge, as the team avoided relegation in the last matchday. Subsequently, Petit signed a new deal to last until 2018, but left on 8 January 2017 after a 1–2 home loss to F.C. Arouca. That March he was hired at Moreirense F.C. with the goal of keeping them in the main division, and left two months later by mutual consent when that was achieved. On 23 October 2017, F.C. Paços de Ferreira hired Petit in an attempt to preserve their place in the top tier, and