Thomas Pereira (footballer)

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Thomas Pereira
Personal information
Full name Thomas Austin Pereira
Date of birth (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Sarpsborg, Norway
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Yven IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
?–1995 Sarpsborg
1994 → Aalborg Chang (loan)
1996–1997 Moss 23 (1)
1997–2009 Viking 230 (3)
International career
2002 Norway B 2 (0)
1997–2003 Norway 8 (0)
Managerial career
2011 Randaberg
2016–2023 Viking 2
2023–2024 Sandnes Ulf
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Austin Pereira (12 June 1973) is a retired Norwegian footballer who was recently the manager of Sandnes Ulf. He spent most of his career at Viking FK in Eliteserien, playing a total of 433 official matches for the club.

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Club career

He played several seasons for Sarpsborg FK. In 1994 he spent time on loan at Aalborg Chang while also attending the folk high school Nordjyllands Idrætshøjskole  [ da ]. [1]

Thomas Pereira arrived at Viking from Moss 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]

Pereira became the manager of Viking FK's reserve team, Viking 2, in 2016. [7]

Personal life

His father was born in Uganda but was raised in Goa while his mother is Norwegian.

In 2017 his son Adrian Pereira made his debut for Viking FK's senior team aged 17. Adrian is currently playing for Rosenborg BK

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References

  1. ↑ Karlsen, Pål A. (9 June 1994). "Pereira tilbake i SFK". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Pereira forlenger Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "– Stort å sette punktum på denne måten | bt.no". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Lasse Bjarte Hove (18 November 2009). "Får historisk testimonial etter 13 år i Viking". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Søfting, Thomas. "Landslaget". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Pereira tilbake til Viking". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Thomas Pereira". viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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