Luiz Carlos "Lula" Bezerra Pereira (6 June 1956 – 7 February 2021) was a Brazilian

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player and manager.

Career

Pereira was born in

Olinda Olinda () is a historic city in Pernambuco, Brazil, in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It is located on the country's northeastern Atlantic Ocean coast, in the Recife metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Recife, the state ca ...

. A defender, he played for

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, Santa Cruz and

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. After retiring as a player he worked as a coach at

and also later managed them. He also managed

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in 2002, as well as other clubs including Ferroviário, Portuguesa,

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, Brasiliense, Guarani,

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, Paysandu and

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. He died on 7 February 2021, aged 64, due to heart problems caused by a stroke in 2019.

References

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