Name Cristiano Pereira Role Football player | Years Team Height 1.85 m 1997–1998 Joinville | |
Full name Cristiano Alves Pereira Date of birth (1980-10-09) October 9, 1980 (age 35) Current team Gremio Esportivo Juventus (Defender) | ||
Place of birth Joinville-SC, Brazil Playing position | ||
Cristiano Alves Pereira (born October 9, 1980 in Joinville, Brazil), better known as Cris, is a naturalized Togolese football defender.
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Biography
Cris was born in Joinville, a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Cris was given a trial by Italian Club Brescia FC in 2005, but failed to impress to earn him a contract.
He played for Hong Kong First Division League team South China as a loan player before after joining the team in the middle of the 2006–07 season.
International career
Cris and other Brazilian-born played for the Togo national team on June–July 2003 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying matches against Cape Verde, Kenya and Mauritania. He also played for Togo against the Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko in a friendly match on June 29, 2003 in Stade de Kégué, Lomé.
Career statistics in Hong Kong
As of May 14, 2008