Fernando Peres da Silva (8 January 1943 – 10 February 2019), known as Peres, was a Portuguese professional football left winger and manager.
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| Full name | Fernando Peres da Silva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 January 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Algés, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 February 2019 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Belenenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1965 | Belenenses | 90 | (36) | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1973 | Sporting CP | 145 | (40) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | → Académica (loan) | 22 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Vasco Gama | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | Porto | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Sport | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Treze | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 314 | (91) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1972 | Portugal | 27 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | União Leiria | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Vitória Guimarães | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Estoril | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Sanjoanense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Juventude Évora | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Atlético | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editPeres was born in Algés, Oeiras, Lisbon metropolitan area. He played for C.F. Os Belenenses, Sporting CP, Académica de Coimbra and FC Porto in his country; he experienced his best years with the second club, winning four major titles including two Primeira Liga championships and amassing top-tier totals of 271 games and 87 goals over 13 seasons.
On either side of his spell with Porto, Peres competed in Brazil, winning the 1974 national championship with CR Vasco da Gama and the regional league with Sport Club do Recife.[1] He retired with Treze Futebol Clube at the age of 33, going to have a brief stint as coach; his Portuguese top division experience consisted of 26 matches with U.D. Leiria, and seven with Vitória de Guimarães.[2]
International career
editPeres earned 27 caps for Portugal, scoring four goals. His debut came on 4 June 1964 in a 1–1 friendly draw with England where he scored his team's goal, and his last appearance was during the Brazil Independence Cup final against the hosts, on 9 June 1972.[3]
Peres was included in the squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but he did not make any appearances in England.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition[5] |
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| 1 | 4 June 1964 | Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil |  England |
1–0 | 1–1 | Taça das Nações |
| 2 | 4 May 1969 | Estádio das Antas, Porto, Portugal |  Greece |
2–2 | 2–2 | 1970 World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 21 November 1971 | Estádio da Luz (1954), Lisbon, Portugal |  Belgium |
1–1 | 1–1 | Euro 1972 qualifying |
| 4 | 25 June 1972 | Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil |  Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | 2–1 | Brazil Independence Cup |
Death
editOn 10 February 2019, one month after being admitted in the facility, Peres died at the António Egas Moniz Hospital in Lisbon. He was 76 years old.[2]
Honours
editSporting CP
- Primeira Liga: 1965–66, 1969–70[2]
- Taça de Portugal: 1970–71, 1972–73[2]
Vasco
Sport
Portugal
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1966[4]
References
edit- ^ "Fernando Peres: «Orgulhoso pelo que consegui»" [Fernando Peres: "Proud of my achievements"]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Sousa Tavares, Pedro (10 February 2019). "Morreu Fernando Peres, campeão no Sporting e no Brasil" [Death of Fernando Peres, champion for Sporting and in Brazil]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Pierrend, José Luis. "Portugal – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
- ^ a b Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago] (in Portuguese). Expresso. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Peres". European Football. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
External links
edit- Fernando Peres at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Fernando Peres manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Fernando Peres at National-Football-Teams.com
- Fernando Peres – FIFA competition record (archived)
