Pedro Jorge Marques Pereira (born 3 January 1984) is a Portuguese

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who plays for Grupo Desportivo Prado as a right winger. Over nine seasons, he amassed Segunda Liga totals of 268 matches and 38 goals, mainly with

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(six years). He totalled 50 appearances in the

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, with three clubs.

Club career

Born in

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, Pereira joined local S.C. Braga's youth system at the age of 11. He spent four full seasons with the reserves to kickstart his senior career and, on 17 August 2003, he made his first and only

appearance with the first team, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute in a 0–2 away loss against

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; additionally, he spent time with

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F.C. Vizela in the Segunda Liga. Subsequently, Pereira was sparingly used during two top-division seasons at C.F. Estrela da Amadora, being relegated in

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due to financial irregularities. He scored the first of his two goals in the competition on 7 January 2008, to close a 4–1 home win over Vitória de Guimarães. In the following eight years, safe for an unassuming spell at Gil Vicente F.C. in the top flight, Pereira competed in the second tier, with C.D. Aves, S.C. Freamunde and

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. In the 2013–14 campaign, he scored a career-best 12 goals in 43 games to help the first club to a final fourth position (15 across all competitions).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Pedro 1984 births Living people Footballers from Braga Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football wingers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players F.C. Vizela players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players C.D. Aves players Gil Vicente F.C. players S.C. Freamunde players AD Fafe players Merelinense F.C. players Vilaverdense FC players Portugal men's youth international footballers 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen