Maxi Pereira

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pereira and the second or maternal family name is Páez.

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Maxi Pereira
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Pereira with Uruguay in 2014
Personal information
Full name Victorio Maximiliano Pereira Páez
Date of birth (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
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Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Porto
Number 2
Youth career
2002 Defensor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Defensor 125 (25)
2007–2015 Benfica 212 (13)
2015– Porto 32 (1)
International career‡
2005– Uruguay 111 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2016

Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaksi peˈrejra]; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right back for Portuguese club FC Porto and the Uruguay national team.

He played with Defensor in Uruguay, joining Benfica in 2007 and going on to remain with the club for eight seasons, appearing in 333 official games and winning eleven major titles.

A Uruguayan international on more than 100 occasions, Pereira represented the nation in two World Cups and four Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition of the latter tournament.

Club career

Defensor

Born in Montevideo, Pereira started playing professionally with Defensor Sporting as an 18-year-old, early in the 2002–03 season. He took no time to adjust to the first team, being a crucial part alongside Álvaro González and scoring a career-best 12 goals in the Primera División of 2005–06.

After the 2006–07 campaign, Defensor lost both gems as González was transferred to Boca Juniors and Pereira went to S.L. Benfica, accompanied by countryman Cristian Rodríguez;[2] the latter club signed the player for €3 million and 70% of his rights.[3]

Benfica

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Pereira playing for Benfica in 2014

In his first year in Portugal, Pereira was initially played as a right midfielder, failing to adjust to that position.[4] He did score in two consecutive home games in November 2007, in a 6–1 league thrashing of Boavista F.C. and in the season's UEFA Champions League 1–1 draw against A.C. Milan, where he netted with his left foot from outside the box.[5]

The following campaign, Pereira switched to right-back after Nélson Marcos moved to Real Betis, and became an everpresent fixture during the Eagles' campaign. In 2009–10, as Benfica won the league after five years – adding the Taça da Liga – he appeared in a total of 40 matches, scoring five goals in 2,932 minutes of action.

On 17 December 2011, Pereira renewed his contract until 2015 and the club paid €2.7 million for the remaining 30% of his rights, still in possession of Defensor.[6][7] He netted two goals in the 2011–12 Champions League, both coming against FC Zenit Saint Petersburg in the round-of-16 (2–3 away loss, 2–0 home win, both through tap-ins)[8][9] as his team eventually reached the quarter-finals of the competition, where he was sent off in the first half of the second leg against Chelsea after two bookable offenses (1–1 away draw, 1–2 aggregate loss).[10]

On 2 October 2014, Pereira reached the 300-game milestone at Benfica, in a Champions League match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, becoming the second foreigner behind Luisão to achieve this feat.[11] On 2 May of the following year, he scored twice in a 5–0 win at Gil Vicente FC,[12] contributing with a further three goals as the team renewed their domestic supremacy.

Porto

On 30 June 2015, Pereira left Benfica following the expiration of his contract. Fifteen days later, he joined rivals FC Porto as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Danilo.[13]

Pereira made his competitive debut on 15 August, in a 3–0 home win against Vitória S.C. where he provided two assists for teammates Vincent Aboubakar and Silvestre Varela.[14][15] The following 6 March, he scored his first goal for the team, a late equaliser in a 1–3 loss at S.C. Braga;[16]

On 22 May 2016, in the final of the Taça de Portugal, also against Braga, Pereira's attempt in the penalty shootout was saved by José Carlos Marafona, in an eventual 2–4 defeat (2–2 after 120 minutes).[17]

International career

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Pereira in action in a friendly against Austria in March 2014

A Uruguayan international since making his debut on 26 October 2005 in a friendly loss, away against Mexico, Pereira quickly became a regular for his country, and represented it at the 2007 Copa América. He was selected for the squad at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, playing all the games and minutes for the eventual semfinalists: in the quarterfinals against Ghana, he missed his penalty shootout attempt but Uruguay eventually qualified for the next stage, where he scored his first goal as an international in a 2–3 loss against the Netherlands, finding the net in the 91st minute.[18]

Pereira was again an undisputed starter for Uruguay in the 2011 Copa América held in Argentina, with the national team winning its 15th continental tournament.[19] He played 14 times in qualification for the 2014 World Cup, netting once in a 4–2 home win over Peru on 10 June 2012[20] and opening the scoring as Uruguay won 5–0 away to Jordan in a play-off to qualify for the tournament, on 13 November of the following year.[21]

Pereira was the first player sent off in the finals in Brazil, receiving his marching orders in injury time of the 1–3 defeat to Costa Rica in Fortaleza after kicking Joel Campbell.[22] He played a further two games in the tournament, which ended for the Charrúas at the last-16 stage.

On 28 March 2015, Pereira earned his 100th cap in a 1–0 friendly victory over Morocco in Agadir, becoming only the second Uruguayan after Diego Forlán to reach the milestone.[23][24] He played every minute of Uruguay's campaign at that year's Copa América, captaining the team in their final group match against Paraguay in place of the suspended Diego Godín.[25]

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first[26]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Final Competition
1. 6 July 2010 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa  Netherlands 2–3 2–3 2010 FIFA World Cup
2. 10 June 2012 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Peru 2–0 4–2 2014 World Cup qualification
3. 13 November 2013 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan  Jordan 1–0 5–0 2014 World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 May 2016[27][26]
Team Season League Cup League Cup Continental1 Supercup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Defensor 2002 5 0 — — — — 5 0
2003 19 3 — — — — 19 3
2004 14 1 — — — — 14 1
2005 34 6 — — — — 34 6
2005–06 29 12 — — — — 29 12
2006–07 23 3 — — 9 1 — 32 4
2007–08 1 0 — — 2 0 — 3 0
Total 125 25 — — 11 1 — 135 26
Benfica 2007–08 23 2 4 0 1 0 8 1 — 36 3
2008–09 28 1 2 1 5 0 6 0 — 41 2
2009–10 25 2 0 0 4 0 8 2 — 37 4
2010–11 26 0 5 0 4 0 14 1 0 0 49 1
2011–12 25 0 1 0 4 1 13 2 — 43 3
2012–13 28 3 4 0 1 0 9 0 — 42 3
2013–14 25 0 5 0 2 0 11 0 — 43 0
2014–15 32 5 1 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 42 5
Total 212 13 22 1 24 1 75 6 1 0 333 21
Porto 2015–16 32 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 41 1
Career total 369 39 24 1 24 1 92 7 1 0 509 48

International

As of 28 May 2016[28]
National team Year Apps Goals
Uruguay 2005 1 0
2006 7 0
2007 10 0
2008 10 0
2009 7 0
2010 13 1
2011 15 0
2012 9 1
2013 15 1
2014 12 0
2015 10 0
2016 2 0
Total 111 3

Honours

Club

Benfica
Porto

International

Uruguay

Individual

References

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