Carlos Pereira (footballer, born 1962)

Carlos Pereira
Personal information
Full name Carlos Eduardo Deus Pereira
Date of birth (1962-12-25) 25 December 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1976–1978 Sporting
1978–1981 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1988 Benfica 26 (0)
1986–1987 → Farense (loan) 24 (1)
1988–1990 Farense 20 (0)
1990–1991 Olhanense 3 (0)
Total 73 (1)
International career
1978 Portugal U16 5 (0)
1980 Portugal U18 9 (0)
1983 Portugal U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Eduardo Deus Pereira (born 25 December 1962) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mainly as a right-back.

Over the course of five seasons, he amassed 70 Primeira Liga matches and one goal.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, a youth graduate from Benfica, he made his debut on 8 November 1981 in an away win over Belenenses.[1] With the right-back position being occupied by Pietra and Veloso, Pereira had very little opportunities to play, being loaned out to Farense in 1986.[2][3]

In 1988, he moved to Farense,[4] and helped the team reach the 1990 Taça de Portugal Final, lost to Estrela da Amadora. However, having sustained a serious injury in the upper extremity of femur, while still at Benfica, Pereira ended his career abruptly at age 30 in 1991.[5]

After football, he ended up being associated with Farense, as Chairman of the SAD, and also with the Algarve Football Association and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional.[6]

International career

Pereira amassed 18 caps from under-16 to under-21 level.[7]

Honours

Benfica[8]

References

  1. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. p. 434. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  2. ^ "Farense". Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22086): 20. 16 June 1986. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. p. 695. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
  4. ^ "Carlos Pereira: rescisão" [Carlos Pereira: rescinded]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22765): 17. 14 September 1988. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Carlos Pereira". FPF.pt. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Carlos Deus Pereira demarca-se das acusações do FC Porto" [Carlos Deus Pereira dismisses accusations of Porto]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Carlos Pereira". FPF.pt. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  8. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. p. 695. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.