Álex Pereira

Álex Pereira
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Américo Pereira Amorim
Date of birth	15 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Langreo
1998–2000	Sporting B
2000–2001	Sporting Gijón
2001–2005	Recreativo
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Américo «Álex» Pereira Amorim (born 15 January 1977) is a retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He spent his entire professional career in Spain, with Sporting de Gijón and Recreativo.

Football career

The son of a Venezuelan father and a Portuguese mother, Pereira was born in Caracas and moved with his family to Spain in his teens, settling in Asturias. His first club was lowly UP Langreo, for which he played one season in the third division.

In 1998, Pereira signed for neighbouring Sporting de Gijón, but appeared rarely for the first team during his spell, only collecting ten second level appearances. After three years he joined fellow league side Recreativo de Huelva,^[1] experiencing his best season as a professional in his debut campaign as the Andalusians returned to La Liga after a 24-year absence (26 games played).

In 2002–03, Pereira appeared in 15 matches – all starts – as Recre was immediately relegated back. After no appearances in the 2004–05 season, due to injury, he retired from football at the age of only 28.

References

^ "Alex Pereira, del Recreativo, convocado a su selección" [Alex Pereira, of Recreativo, called by his national team]. La Nación (in Spanish). 29 September 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

External links

Álex Pereira at BDFutbol

[1] "Alex Pereira, del Recreativo, convocado a su selección" [Alex Pereira, of Recreativo, called by his national team]. La Nación (in Spanish). 29 September 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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