João Carlos Serra Ferreira Pereira (born 11 April 1965) is a Portuguese

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and former player. As a player he was a winger.

Playing career

Born in

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to Portuguese parents, Pereira started playing football with A.C. Marinhense, and went on to spend one season in the Segunda Liga with the club. From

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he represented Académica de Coimbra in the

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, but was never more than a reserve player. Pereira retired professionally in June 1990 at the age of only 25, after spells in the second division with Moreirense F.C. and C.D. Trofense.

Coaching career

Pereira began coaching aged just 32, starting with Marinhense in

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and moving in 2001 to fellow league side S.C. Pombal. His top-flight debut came in the 2003–04 campaign with another former club, Académica, which he led to the 13th place. In early 2005, after being fired by the ''Students'', Pereira signed with C.D. Nacional and moved shortly after to Moreirense, then spent the next year without a team until he joined

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's Al-Tadamon SC. After leading

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to the fourth place in 2008–09's second tier, he returned to the top division by signing a two-year contract with

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, which had previously been relegated only to avoid it later due to C.F. Estrela da Amadora's serious financial problems. On 21 December 2009, following a series of poor results (culminating in the 1–0 away loss against U.D. Leiria), Pereira resigned at Belenenses although they were still above the relegation zone– eventually not managing to retain their status. On 9 December of the following year he moved to

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, being appointed at

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and asking to be released at the end of the season after managing to avoid First Division relegation by registering a club-record 30 points in the competition, 38 after the second stage. Pereira replaced countryman João Alves at the helm of Swiss club

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on 28 November 2011, being replaced in April 2012 by his predecessor. During his tenure they won four

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matches, drew two and lost seven. After six years working with

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, Pereira returned for another spell as Académica coach on 18 November 2019, with the team now in the second division. He went back to Switzerland the following August, being appointed at

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in the Challenge League. He was dismissed on 12 May 2021 following three consecutive defeats although the club topped the league table, being eventually promoted. Pereira re-joined Académica for the third time on 22 September 2021, with the side bottom of the second tier. He was relieved of his duties in November, having collected five losses in as many games.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Joao Carlos 1965 births Living people Angolan people of Portuguese descent 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Luanda Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players A.C. Marinhense players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Moreirense F.C. players C.D. Trofense players U.R. Mirense players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers Académica de Coimbra (football) managers C.D. Nacional managers Moreirense F.C. managers G.D. Estoril Praia managers C.F. Os Belenenses managers Kuwait Premier League managers Al-Tadamon SC (Kuwait) managers Cypriot First Division managers Ermis Aradippou FC managers Swiss Super League managers Swiss Challenge League managers Servette FC managers Grasshopper Club Zurich managers Portuguese expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland