José Pereira (footballer)

José Pereira
Personal information
Full name José Pereira
Date of birth (1931-09-15) 15 September 1931
Place of birth Torres Vedras, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1967 Belenenses 302 (0)
1967–1971 Beira-Mar
National team
1965–1966 Portugal 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Pereira (born 15 September 1931) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in Torres Vedras, Lisbon District, Pereira played at club level for C.F. Os Belenenses and S.C. Beira-Mar. He appeared in 302 Primeira Liga games with the former, retiring with the latter at almost 40.

Pereira earned 11 caps for Portugal, making his debut on 19 April 1965 in a 1–0 away win over Turkey for the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, at the age of nearly 34. In the finals in England, manager Otto Glória picked Joaquim Carvalho for the first game against Hungary, who finished with a 3–1 success, but Pereira would be first-choice for the remainder of the tournament, with the national team finishing in a best-ever third place.[1]

Pereira played his last international on 13 November 1966, appearing in a 1–2 home loss to Sweden for the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying stage.

References

  1. ↑ "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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