Fred Pereira
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fred Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | February 17, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Valdanta, Portugal | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1976 | Brown Bears | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | (3) |
| 1977 | Connecticut Bicentennials | 13 | (3) |
| 1978 | Colorado Caribous | 12 | (2) |
| 1979 | Atlanta Chiefs | 8 | (2) |
| 1979–1980 | Atlanta Chiefs (indoor) | 12 | (12) |
| 1980–1981 | Baltimore Blast (indoor) | 11 | (1) |
| 1981 | Phoenix Inferno (indoor) | 9 | (1) |
| 1982– | Gremio Lusitano | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977 | United States | 6 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fred "Fredy" Pereira (born February 17, 1954) is a former Portuguese-American soccer forward who spent three seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned six caps with the U.S. national team in 1977.
Born in Valdanta, Portugal, Pereira moved with his family to the United States when he was twelve. He attended Ludlow High School in Ludlow, Massachusetts and completed a post-graduate year at Suffield Academy, Suffield, Connecticut. In 2007 Ludlow High School inducted Pereira into its Athletic Hall of Fame.[1] At Suffield, along with Gambian teammate Daniel Njie, Pereira led the team to the New England Prep Championship. After high school, he attended Brown University where he played as a forward on the men's soccer team from 1973 to 1976. In 1974, Pereira set a Brown record with twenty-four goals and seven assists as Brown won the Ivy League title. The next season, Brown went to the NCAA Final Four where it fell to the University of San Francisco. In 1974 and 1976, Pereira was named a first team All American.
National team
His scoring exploits with Brown led to his selection for several U.S. national and Olympic team games in 1977.[2] On September 15, 1977, Pereira earned his first caps when he came on for Steve Ralbovsky in a 2–1 win over El Salvador. He continued to play somewhat regularly, usually as a substitute, for the next two months. On October 10, 1977, he scored his only goal with the national team, the gamewinner in a 1–0 victory over China. His last cap came six days later when he came on for Ralbovsky in a 2–1 victory over China.[3]