Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Role Film director Playing position Children Ney Santanna | 1986–1994 Torreense Grandchildren Thalita Lippi Name Nelson Pereira | |
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Full name Nelson Alexandre Gomes Pereira Date of birth (1975-10-20) 20 October 1975 (age 40) Place of birth Torres Vedras, Portugal Education Institut des hautes etudes cinematographiques Awards Grande Premio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Documentary Film Movies Barren Lives, How Tasty Was My Little Fren, Rio 100 Degrees F, The Music According To Antoni, Rio Zona Norte Similar People Glauber Rocha, Graciliano Ramos, Luiz Carlos Barreto, Joffre Soares, Arduino Colassanti | ||
Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) 1963 Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Nélson Alexandre Gomes Pereira, known simply as Nélson ([ˈnɛɫsɔ̃], born 20 October 1975 in Torres Vedras, Lisbon), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Club career
After having started his football career with hometown club S.C.U. Torreense, Nélson was primarily used as a backup at Sporting Clube de Portugal, first to Peter Schmeichel then to Ricardo, for nearly a decade. His best output for the Lions came in the 2002–03 season after both had left the club, playing 19 Primeira Liga games in an eventual third-place finish, 27 points behind champions FC Porto.
After 2005–06, Nélson moved to Vitória FC, but due to unpaid wages – a recurring problem in the club for the past seasons prior to his arrival – he left the sadinos, being out of work for almost six months before joining another Lisbon side, C.F. Estrela da Amadora, in July 2007.
Estrela would be relegated at the end of the 2008–09 campaign after continuing financial problems, even though it finished in mid-table, and Nélson subsequently moved to neighbours C.F. Os Belenenses. He suffered an injury in training in December 2009, and never played again as the Estádio do Restelo side finished second from bottom and dropped down a division; aged nearly 35, he chose to retire, but returned to his main club Sporting the following year as goalkeeping coach.
International career
Nélson was capped three times for Portugal, all in 2002, making his debut on 27 March in a 1–4 friendly loss to Finland in Porto. He was picked as third-choice for that year's FIFA World Cup, but was never recalled since.