Cristiano Alves Pereira (born 9 October 1980), better known as Cris, is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. Born and raised in Brazil, he was naturalized by Togo, for whose

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he played internationally.

Biography

Cris was born in

Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitib ...

, a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of

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. Cris was given a trial by Italian Club Brescia FC in 2005, but failed to earn a contract. He played for

Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the List of oldest football competitions, third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is ...

team

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as a loan player before joining the team in the middle of the 2006–07 season.

International career

Cris and other Brazilian-born players played for the Togo national team in June–July 2003 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying matches against

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and

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. He also played for Togo against the Ghanaian club

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in a friendly match on June 29, 2003, in

Stade de Kégué Stade de Kégué is a multi-use stadium in Lomé, Togo. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 25,000 people and opened in 2000. It was designed by Chinese architect Yang Zhou. The stadium was the main host of the 20 ...

Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

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Career statistics in Hong Kong

''As of May 14, 2008''

References

External links

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Player Information on SouthChinaFC.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cris 1980 births Living people Footballers from Joinville Men's association football defenders Togolese men's footballers Togo men's international footballers Brazilian men's footballers Joinville Esporte Clube players Grêmio Esportivo Juventus players Associação Chapecoense de Futebol players FC Rouen players Hong Kong First Division League players South China AA players Goiânia Esporte Clube players Brusque Futebol Clube players Juventus Atlético Clube players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Naturalized citizens of Togo Hong Kong League XI representative players 21st-century Togolese sportsmen Brazilian emigrants to Togo Togolese people of Brazilian descent 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen