Paulo Pereira

Paulo António do Prado Pereira (born 27 August 1965) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a defender.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Prado and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Paulo Pereira
Personal information
Full name Paulo António do Prado Pereira
Date of birth (1965-08-27) 27 August 1965
Place of birth Campinas, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 São Bento
1987–1988 Monterrey 19 (3)
1988–1994 Porto 88 (15)
1992–1993 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 19 (2)
1994–1996 Benfica 19 (2)
1996–1998 Genoa 46 (2)
1998–1999 Reggiana 8 (0)
2000 Bragantino
Total 199 (24)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Avaí (assistant)
2010 Grêmio (assistant)
2010 Flamengo (assistant)
2011–2012 Guarani (assistant)
2013 Náutico (assistant)
2012–2013 América (assistant)
2014 Portuguesa (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Over the course of 8 seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 126 games, and 19 goals, mainly at Porto, but also representing rivals Benfica, winning seven titles between them.

Career

Born in Campinas, Pereira career started at Esporte Clube São Bento, competing exclusively in the regional league, Campeonato Paulista, and never finish higher than ninth. After three years at Bentão, he moved to the Mexican league, joining Monterrey for the 1987-88 season.[1]

In 1988, he moved to the Portuguese league, joining FC Porto and debuting on 7 January 1989 in an away loss to Boavista.[2] In the five seasons he spent with the Dragons, he won two league titles and three Portuguese Cup's, partnering with Geraldão as a centre-back in his early days, but later moving to the right with the arrival of Aloísio and Fernando Couto.[3]

With his influence diminished, he spent one season on loan to Vitória S.C., and only added 11 league appearances in the last season.[4] In December 1994, the 30-year-old moved to rivals Benfica, reuniting with former Porto manager, Artur Jorge. He debuted on 5 February 1995, in a home win against União da Madeira,[5] and scored his only two goals with them in the following match-days, on 12 February and 19 February. He was mainly used as a centre-back, alongside Hélder or Mozer, but his importance gradually dwelled and on the summer of 1996, he transferred to Genoa.[6]

With the Italian team was competing in the second division, Pereira added nearly fifty league caps, helping the club almost gain promotion for the Serie A in his first year. After two seasons with the Griffins, he moved to Reggina, succeeding on getting the club promoted in his only season there.[3]

In 2008, Pereira started working as an assistant manager, often with his brother as main coach, passing through several clubs, the most known being Grêmio and Flamengo.[7][8]

Personal life

He is the twin brother of Brazilian international Paulo Silas.[9]

Honours
Porto[4]
Benfica [10]
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References
  1. "Paulo Antonio do Prado". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. "Dragões no Xadrez" [Dragons in the Chess]. Diário de Lisboa (in Portuguese) (22861): 17. 9 January 1989. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. João Tiago Figueiredo (12 January 2017). ""Dois meses no Benfica e naturalizei-me, no Porto nem em dois anos"" ["Two months at Benfica and was given citizenship, in Porto, not in two years"]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. Filipe Caetano (21 April 2001). ""Os melhores anos"" ["The best years"]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. "Benfica 3-1 União Madeira Stats". ForadeJogo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. Norberto Lopes (1 March 2003). "Paulo Pereira: "Arrependi-me de ter ido para o Benfica"" [Paulo Pereira "I regret going to Benfica"]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. "Acabou o derby, agora vem o Paulistão?" [The derby is over, who comes next in the Paulistão?]. Gazeta do Barão (in Portuguese). 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  8. "Técnico interino do Guarani espera surpreender Penapolense" [Guarini's interin manager hopes to surprise Penapolense]. Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 2 April 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  9. "Silas (ex-Sporting) e Paulo Pereira (ex-F.C. Porto e Benfica) no Grémio" [Silas, former Sporting and Paulo Pereira, former Porto and Benfica sign with Grémio]. Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 7 December 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  10. Tovar, Rui Miguel (2012). Almanaque do Benfica. Portugal: Lua de Papel. p. 541. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8.
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