Thomas Pereira (footballer)

Thomas Pereira
Personal information
Full name Thomas Austin Pereira
Date of birth (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973
Place of birth Sarpsborg, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender, Left back
Youth career
Yven IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1995 Sarpsborg FK 20 (?)
1996–1997 Moss FK 23 (1)
1997–2009 Viking[1]
National team
Norway U21 2 (0)
1997–2003 Norway 8 (0)
Teams managed
2011 Randaberg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas Austin Pereira (12 June 1973) is a retired Norwegian footballer who spent most of his career at Viking FK in the Norwegian Premier League. On club level, he played a total of 431 official matches for Viking.

Club career

Thomas Pereira arrived at Viking from Moss FK in 1997, and stayed at the club the rest of his career. At the end of the 2008 season, he was ranked 7th on Viking's all-time list of appearances. On October 10, 2008, he signed a new one-year contract with Viking, stating that it could never be another club.[2] After his thirteenth and last season in Viking he was awarded a testimonial game that was played on 21 November 2009 against SK Brann.[3] Testimonial games are very rare in Norwegian football.[4]

International career

He made his international debut against South Korea in 1997, and has a total of 8 senior international caps.[5]

Coaching career

After his retirement, he was hired as head coach of Randaberg, but after one season he came back to Viking to work as physical coach.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerstall.aspx?docid=10283
  2. ↑ Pereira forlenger
  3. ↑ http://fotball.bt.no/incoming/article156083.ece
  4. ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/11/18/sport/klubben_i_mitt_hjerte/fotball/viking/thomas_pereira/8996509/
  5. ↑ Søfting, Thomas. "Landslaget". Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Pereira tilbake til Viking". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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