Fábio Pereira (footballer)

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Fabio Pereira
Personal information
Full name Fabio Veras Villas Boas Pereira
Date of birth (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2008–2009 FSA FC
2009–2010 South Kent Cardinals
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2013 Michigan Wolverines 79 (13)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Detroit City FC ? (?)
2014 Seattle Sounders FC 0 (0)
2015 Uberlândia ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Veras Villas Boas Pereira (born 19 October 1991) is a retired Brazilian footballer who last played for the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer.

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Career

Youth and college

Pereira was a four-year starter in for the University of Michigan where he scored 12 times in 78 appearances for the Wolverines.

Professional

Pereira was the very final pick of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted in the fourth round and 77th overall by the Seattle Sounders FC. Pereira signed on a contract with Seattle in February 2014. On June 18, 2014, Pereira made his lone appearance with the Sounders, coming on for the final 23 minutes in a 5-0 win over PSA Elite in the fourth round proper of the U.S. Open Cup. [1]

He was waived at the end of the 2014 season. He subsequently signed with Uberlândia of the Série D in his native Brazil.

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References

  1. "Box Score: Seattle Sounders vs. PSA Elite 06/19/2014". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.