Maxi Pereira
Pereira with Uruguay in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Victorio Maximiliano Pereira Páez | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Porto | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002 | Defensor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2007 | Defensor | 125 | (25) |
| 2007–2015 | Benfica | 212 | (13) |
| 2015– | Porto | 42 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Uruguay | 116 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaksi peˈrejra]; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right back for Portuguese club FC Porto and the Uruguay national team.
He played with Defensor in Uruguay, joining Benfica in 2007 and going on to remain with the club for eight seasons, appearing in 333 official games and winning eleven major titles.
A Uruguayan international on more than 100 occasions, Pereira represented the nation in two World Cups and four Copa América tournaments, winning the 2011 edition of the latter tournament.
Born in Montevideo, Pereira started playing professionally with Defensor Sporting as an 18-year-old, early in the 2002–03 season. He took no time to adjust to the first team, being a crucial part alongside Álvaro González and scoring a career-best 12 goals in the Primera División of 2005–06.
After the 2006–07 campaign, Defensor lost both gems as González was transferred to Boca Juniors and Pereira went to S.L. Benfica, accompanied by countryman Cristian Rodríguez; the latter club signed the player for €3 million and 70% of his rights.
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