José António "Tó" Alves Ferreira (born 24 August 1971) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

In a senior career that lasted 22 years,

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

-born Ferreira played mainly in the

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and third divisions of his country. In the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

, his totals consisted of ten games for

F.C. Famalicão Futebol Clube de Famalicão, commonly known as Famalicão, is a Portuguese professional association football, football club from Vila Nova de Famalicão. Founded on 21 August 1931, its senior team currently plays in the Primeira Liga, the top tie ...

over the course of two seasons, eight with

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar (), commonly known as Beira-Mar, is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Ave ...

in 1994–95 – with relegation – and three for S.C. Salgueiros in the 2001–02 campaign, with his team also dropping down a tier.

International career

Ferreira represented

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at the

1991 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship was the eighth staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship, an international football competition organized by FIFA for men's youth national teams, and the eighth since it was established in 1977 as the FIF ...

, played in

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. He appeared in the third group-stage match for the eventual winners, keeping a

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against

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(1–0 win).

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