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Alfonso Darío Pereyra Bueno (born 19 October 1956) is a
Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
an former
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player. Having played as a midfielder for
Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'') is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in La Blanqueada, La Blanqueada, Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' an ...
in his home country, he reached stardom playing for
São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...
as a centre-back along with
Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer ...
. He is still remembered and revered as one of the best centre-backs in the history of Brazilian football. Legend has it that, whilst returning from a victory in an away match that crowned São Paulo the Brazilian champions, he wouldn't understand what the fuss was all about, but the supporters would not let him sleep. He had won a few times the national championship in Uruguay, so he felt that winning the Brazilian championship was nothing special. He later realized how difficult it is to win a Brazilian National title. It had been the first time São Paulo F.C. won that championship.


Career


Playing career

Darío Pereyra started his career at the
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and debuted at the Uruguay national squad when he was only 18, becoming the captain of the national team at 19. After having scored 14 goals in 34 matches for the Nacional, São Paulo F.C. hired him on 17 October 1977 for 5 million cruzeiros, the second largest sum to be ever paid for a player at the time in
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. He arrived at the
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wearing a São Paulo jersey, and was received warmly by the supporters of that team. Pereyra was not able to play immediately after his arrival, for he did not have the necessary documentation to do so. In December 1977,
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made an offer that could have cut his São Paulo career short, but the player was not interested in playing in Spain at that particular time. Throughout his time at São Paulo, he and Oscar, who was also a centre-back, became a line of defence that is frequently remembered as one of the best in that club's history. He played a total of 451 matches in that club, scoring 38 goals. After the 1988
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, Pereyra has transferred to
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, where he played only 11 matches. After that, he was hired by
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in early 1989, when he was already 32. In the following year, he played for two years at
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, then called Matsushita Electronic, where he would end his playing career. Darío Pereyra also made regular appearances in the Uruguay national team, and has played in the
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.


Managerial career

Darío was an assistant manager at São Paulo when he took over the interim manager position in 1997, succeeding manager Muricy Ramalho. Under his management, São Paulo shook off a weak campaign in the São Paulo State Championship, but the team only obtained the vice-championship title and a 13th position in the Campeonato Brasileiro. After 1998, Pereyra was replaced by manager Nelsinho Baptista. On 3 October 1998, Pereyra was the fifth manager to take up
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in that very year. However, he managed to lead the team to six victories and five draws in 13 matches. At the end of the 1998 Brazilian championship, he managed
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, where he eventually obtained the Minas Gerais State Championship in 1999.


Personal life

Pereyra is currently employed by football marketing company Traffic in Brazil as a supervisor responsible for discovering talented, young football players.''Chefe na Traffic, Darío Pereyra não quer voltar a treinar''
Portal Terra. 15 February 2009.


Director of Football

*2007:
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Honours


Club

; São Paulo *
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; Individual * Bola de Prata: 1981, 1983, 1986


References

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