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
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1967	Belenenses	253	(0)
1967–1971	Beira-Mar
Total		253	(0)
International career
1965–1966	Portugal	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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, appearing in 253 top division games with the former and retiring with the latter at almost 40.

He earned 11 caps for Portugal, making his debut on 19 April 1965 in a 1–0 away win against 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.

Pereira played his last international on 13 November 1966 aged 35, appearing in a 1–2 loss against Sweden for the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying stage.

External links

• José Pereira at footballzz.co.uk
• José Pereira profile at ForaDeJogo
• Pereira.html José Pereira at National-Football-Teams.com
• Portugal stats at Eu-Football