Costa Pereira
 Costa Pereira (right) holding Benfica's second European Cup after the final on 2 May 1962 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto da Costa Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Nacala, Mozambique | ||
| Date of death | 25 October 1990 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Lourenço Marques | |||
| Instituto Portugal | |||
| Mocidade Portuguesa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1954 | Ferroviário | ||
| 1954–1967 | Benfica | 253 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1955–1965 | Portugal | 22 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1968–1969 | CUF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alberto da Costa Pereira (22 December 1929 – 25 October 1990) was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a goalkeeper mainly for SL Benfica, where he played 358 total matches[1] and won two European Cups, and reached two more finals.[2] He was capped 22 times for Portugal between 1955 and 1965.[3] He also helped them to qualify for the 1966 FIFA World Cup,[4] but was not called up to the tournament.[5]
Costa Pereira died in Lisbon on 25 October 1990, at the age of 60.[6]
Honours
- Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67[7][8]
- Taça de Portugal: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64[9]
- Taça de Honra (1)[9]
- European Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62[8]
- Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961,[10] 1962[11]
- Individual
References
- ↑ Roseiro, Bruno (14 October 2017). "Svilar, o guarda-redes que podia jogar à frente e que se tornou o mais novo de sempre do Benfica" [Svilar, the goalkeeper who could play up front and became Benfica's youngest ever]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Costa Pereira" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 30 October 1967. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Mundial2018: Os números de Portugal na edição de 1966" [WorldCup2018: Portugal's numbers in the 1966 edition] (in Portuguese). TSF. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ 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 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Morte de Costa Pereira" [Death of Costa Pereira] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 25 October 1990. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 74. ISSN 3846-0823.
- 1 2 "Nascimento do guarda-redes português Costa Pereira" [Birth of portuguese goalkeeper Costa Pereira] (in Portuguese). O Leme. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- 1 2 "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 45. ISSN 0872-3540.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1961". FIFA. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ↑ "What they said about Pele". FIFA. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties". Beyond the Last Man. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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