Full name Thomas Austin Pereira Height 1.76 m | Years Team Role Footballer Name Thomas Pereira | |
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Date of birth (1973-06-12) 12 June 1973 (age 42) | ||
Thomas Austin Pereira (12 June 1973) is a retired Norwegian footballer who spent most of his career at Viking FK in the Norwegian Premier League. On club level, he played a total of 431 official matches for Viking.
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Club career
Thomas Pereira arrived at Viking from Moss FK in 1997, and stayed at the club the rest of his career. At the end of the 2008 season, he was ranked 7th on Viking's all-time list of appearances. On October 10, 2008, he signed a new one-year contract with Viking, stating that it could never be another club. After his thirteenth and last season in Viking he was awarded a testimonial game that was played on 21 November 2009 against SK Brann. Testimonial games are very rare in Norwegian football.
International career
He made his international debut against South Korea in 1997, and has a total of 8 senior international caps.
Coaching career
After his retirement, he was hired as head coach of Randaberg, but after one season he came back to Viking to work as physical coach.