Costa Pereira

Alberto da Costa Pereira (22 December 1929 – 25 October 1990) was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a goalkeeper mainly for SL Benfica, where he played 358 total matches and won two European Cups, and reached two more finals. He was capped 22 times for Portugal between 1955 and 1965. He also helped them to qualify for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but was not called up to the tournament.

Costa Pereira died in Lisbon on 25 October 1990, at the age of 60.

Honours
Benfica
Primeira Liga: 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
Taça de Portugal: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64
Taça de Honra (1)
European Cup: 1960–61, 1961–62
Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1961, 1962

Individual
World Soccer World XI: 1965

References

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Category:1929 births
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Category:Portuguese footballers
Category:Association football goalkeepers
Category:Portuguese football managers