Thomas Pereira (footballer)

Thomas Austin Pereira (12 June 1973) is a retired Norwegian footballer who is currently the manager of Viking 2.

Thomas Pereira
Personal information
Full name Thomas Austin Pereira
Date of birth (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973
Place of birth Sarpsborg, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Yven IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1995 Sarpsborg 20 (?)
1996–1997 Moss 23 (1)
1997–2009 Viking 230 (3)
National team
Norway U21 2 (0)
1997–2003 Norway 8 (0)
Teams managed
2011 Randaberg
2016– Viking 2
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his career at Viking FK in Tippeligaen, and played a total of 433 official matches for the club.

Club career

Thomas Pereira arrived at Viking from Moss in 1997, and stayed at the club the rest of his career. At the end of the 2008 season, he was ranked 7th on Viking's all-time list of appearances. On October 10, 2008, he signed a new one-year contract with Viking, stating that it could never be another club.[1] After his thirteenth and last season in Viking he was awarded a testimonial game that was played on 21 November 2009 against SK Brann.[2] Testimonial games are very rare in Norwegian football.[3]

International career

He made his international debut against South Korea in 1997, and has a total of 8 senior international caps.[4]

Coaching career

After his retirement, he was hired as head coach of Randaberg, but after one season he came back to Viking to work as physical coach.[5]

Pereira has been the manager of Viking FK's reserve team, Viking 2, since 2016.[6]

Personal life

His father is of Indian decent. His father was born in Goa but was raised in Uganda while his mother is Norwegian

In 2017 his son Adrian Pereira made his debut for Viking FK's senior team aged 17. Adrian is currently playing as a left-back for Greek club PAOK.

References
  1. Pereira forlenger Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2011-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Lasse Bjarte Hove (18 November 2009). "Får historisk testimonial etter 13 år i Viking". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. Søfting, Thomas. "Landslaget". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  5. "Pereira tilbake til Viking". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. "Thomas Pereira". viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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