Maxi Pereira
Uruguayan footballer (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaksi peˈrejra]; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereira and the second or maternal family name is Páez.
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Full name | Victorio Maximiliano Pereira Páez[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1984-06-08) 8 June 1984 (age 39)[1] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay[1] | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Bella Vista | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Defensor | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2002–2007 | Defensor | 125 | (25) | |||||||||||
2007–2015 | Benfica | 212 | (13) | |||||||||||
2015–2019 | Porto | 89 | (3) | |||||||||||
2021 | Peñarol | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||
2022–2023 | River Plate (UY) | 46 | (1) | |||||||||||
Total | 492 | (43) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
2005–2018 | Uruguay | 125 | (3) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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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 matches and winning 11 major titles. In 2015, he signed with Porto also in Portugal.
A Uruguay international on 125 occasions, Pereira represented the nation in three World Cups and four Copa América, winning the 2011 edition of the latter tournament.