Costa Pereira

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 (1929-12-22)22 December 1929
Place of birth Nacala, Mozambique
Date of death 25 October 1990(1990-10-25) (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 and won two European Cups, and reached two more finals. He was capped 22 times for Portugal between 1955 and 1965. He also helped them to qualify for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but was not called up to the tournament.

Costa Pereira died in Lisbon on 25 October 1990, at the age of 60.

Honours

Benfica
Individual

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Costa Pereira" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 30 October 1967. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Morte de Costa Pereira" [Death of Costa Pereira] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 25 October 1990. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Especial 'Tetra'" ['Tetra' special edition]. Mística (in Portuguese). No. 33. Portugal: Impresa Publishing. April–June 2017. p. 74. ISSN 3846-0823.
  8. 1 2 "Nascimento do guarda-redes português Costa Pereira" [Birth of portuguese goalkeeper Costa Pereira] (in Portuguese). O Leme. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. 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.
  10. ↑ "Intercontinental Cup 1961". FIFA. 7 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "What they said about Pele". FIFA. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties". Beyond the Last Man. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

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