José Costa Pereira MPIH (born 15 September 1931) is a Portuguese former

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who played as a

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. He was nicknamed ''Pássaro Azul'' (Blue Bird).

Club career

Born in

Torres Vedras Torres Vedras () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon in the Oeste region, in the Centro of Portugal. The population was 83,075, in an area of . History In 1148, Afonso I took ...

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, Pereira played at club level for C.F. Os Belenenses and

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. He appeared in 302 Primeira Liga matches with the former, retiring with the latter at almost 40 and moving with his wife to

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, completely removing himself from the football world.

International career

Pereira earned 11

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, making his debut on 19 April 1965 in a 1–0 away win over

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for the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the age of 33. In the finals in England, manager

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picked Joaquim Carvalho for the first game against

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, which ended with a 3–1 victory, but Pereira would be first choice for the remainder of the tournament, with the national team finishing in a best-ever third place. Pereira played his last international on 13 November 1966, appearing in a 2–1 home loss to Sweden for the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Jose 1931 births Living people Footballers from Torres Vedras Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.F. Os Belenenses players S.C. Beira-Mar players Portugal men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players