Vítor José Joaquim Pereira (born 27 August 1978) is a Portuguese retired

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who played as a

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, currently

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of Luxembourg club

FC Mamer 32 FC Mamer 32 is a football club based in Mamer, Luxembourg. History FC Mamer was founded in 1932. The club plied its trade in the lower leagues of Luxembourgish football for most of its first sixty years, and only reached the third tier (the ' ...

. He amassed

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

totals of 69 matches and nine goals over six seasons, representing mainly

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

. He also appeared in the competition for

Braga Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (in ...

and

União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

Playing career

Pereira was born in

Vieira do Minho Vieira do Minho (, ) is a municipality in the district of Braga, in the north of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 12,997, in an area of 216.44 km². The present mayor is António Cardoso, elected by a coalition between PSD and the CDS– ...

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. Having had no impact whatsoever in two years at

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga () (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese ...

he moved to the

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with

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Está ...

, after which he signed with

CF Extremadura Club de Fútbol Extremadura was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1924, it played two seasons in La Liga, and held home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la Hera'', with a capa ...

in Spain, also in the second tier. After his team suffered relegation in 2002, Pereira returned to his country, helping lowly

Moreirense F.C. Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...

retain their

status until

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and subsequently joining

U.D. Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

, where his competitive input consisted of nine minutes. Following

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's participation at the

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finals, Pereira moved to

Atlético Petróleos Luanda Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

and remained at the club two years, after which he moved to

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

to continue his career. In 2010 he switched to

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, representing CS Muhlenbach Lusitanos for three seasons.

Coaching career

Pereira started working as a

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with Muhlenbach Lusitanos – renamed FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach in 2012 – also serving in both capacities for some time at his new club US Sandweiler. In May 2018, he was appointed head coach of another side in the country,

US Esch Union Sportive Esch-Alzette is a football (soccer), football football club, club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The club won the second division Promotion d'Honneur in the 2016–17 season and gained promotion to the Luxembourg National ...

. On 20 August 2019, after three games and as many losses at the helm of

FC Rodange 91 FC Rodange 91 is a football club based in Rodange, Luxembourg. History The club was founded in 1991 as a merger between Rodange sides ''FC Chiers'' (founded in 1907) and ''FC Racing'' (1931). Chiers had played fourteen seasons in the Luxembourg ...

, Pereira resigned. On 11 November that year, he signed with

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