José Pereira (footballer)

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

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)
Position(s) 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

Club 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 matches with the former, retiring with the latter at almost 40 and moving with his wife to Barcelona, completely removing himself from the football world.[1]

International career

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, which ended with a 3–1 victory, but Pereira would be first choice for the remainder of the tournament, with the national team finishing in a best-ever third place.[2]

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. Pais, Alexandre (24 November 2014). "José Pereira: o Magriço não perdoa" [José Pereira: the Magriço does not forgive] (in Portuguese). Sábado. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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