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Pecks
	Pecks in action for Cape Verde in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Péricles Santos Pereira
Date of birth	10 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Mindelo, Cape Verde
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Salgueiros
Youth career
	Batuque
2011–2012	Gil Vicente
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Gil Vicente
2018	Celtic Praia
2019	Pedras Rubras
2019–2020	Leça
2020–2021	Valadares Gaia
2021–	Salgueiros
International career
2012–2016	Cape Verde
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Péricles Santos Pereira (born 10 April 1993), commonly known as Pecks, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club S.C. Salgueiros as a central defender.

He began his professional career at Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga, making 82 appearances in all. After missing two years due to bureaucratic issues in his country, he returned to Portugal in 2019 to play in the lower divisions for several clubs.

Capped four times by Cape Verde, Pecks was part of their squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Born in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente, Pecks began his career with local Batuque FC, before joining Gil Vicente F.C. in Portugal in 2011.^[2] After a year in the youth team, he made his Primeira Liga debut on 19 August 2012 as the season opened with a goalless draw at home against FC Porto; he came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Luís Carlos Lima.^[3] In his next game on 18 November, he played the full 120 minutes and scored to open a 2–1 away win at SC Mirandela in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal.^[4]

Pecks scored a first top-flight goal on 6 October 2013, having come off the bench in a 2–1 victory over F.C. Paços de Ferreira at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.^[5] Just over two months later, he was sent off for a foul on William Carvalho in a 2–0 loss to Sporting CP at the same venue.^[6] On 13 January 2016, he scored the only goal against visitors C.D. Nacional to put his team into the semi-finals of the national cup for only the second time after 1971–72.^[7]

In June 2016, after an international game away to São Tomé and Príncipe, Pecks was caught up in bureaucratic issues in his homeland, leaving him stranded and sitting out his final season as a Gilista. He kept up practice in futsal and beach soccer with friends before resuming his career with G.D.R. Celtic in the capital, Praia.^[2]

Free to return to Portugal, Pecks signed for F.C. Pedras Rubras of the third division in 2019.^[2] He remained playing at that level for Leça F.C. and Valadares Gaia FC,^[8] dropping down to the fourth with S.C. Salgueiros in summer 2021.^[9]

International career

Having made his international debut on 14 November 2012 as a substitute in a 1–0 friendly loss to Ghana in Lisbon, Pecks was chosen for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, Cape Verde's debut in the competition.^[10] He was unused in a run to the quarter-finals.

Pecks made three more appearances, each in a different year, ending with the aforementioned trip to São Tomé and Príncipe.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pécks" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Castro, Ricardo Jorge (21 February 2019). "Pecks: do Gil Vicente ao Pedras Rubras após drama em Cabo Verde" [Pecks: from Gil Vicente to Pedras Rubras after Cape Verde drama] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ "Gil Vicente 0–0 Porto, I Liga, 1.ª jornada" [Gil Vicente 0–0 Porto, I League, 1st matchday] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 19 August 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Gil Vicente derrota Mirandela no prolongamento" [Gil Vicente defeat Mirandela in extra time] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Gil Vicente bate Paços de Ferreira e regressa às vitória na I Liga" [Gil Vicente beat Paços de Ferreira and return to winning ways in I League] (in Portuguese). TSF. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Gil Vicente 0–2 Sporting, jornada 12 da I Liga" [Gil Vicente 0–2 Sporting, matchday 12 of the I League] (in Portuguese). Rádio Televisão de Portugal. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Gil Vicente pela segunda vez nas meias-finais da Taça" [Gil Vicente in the Cup semi-finals for the second time]. Público (in Portuguese). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Pecks reforça defensiva do Valadares Gaia" [Pecks bolsters Valadares Gaia's defence] (in Portuguese). Notícias do Norte. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Futebol Portugal: Pecks vai continuar no Salgueiros" [Portugal Football: Pecks will remain at Salgueiros] (in Portuguese). Criolo Sports. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "Cabo Verde divulga convocados para a CAN 2013" [Cape Verde announce call-ups for the 2013 ACN] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2021.