Alberto Costa Pereira

Born on : December 22, 1929 at Nacala

Date of death : October 25, 1990

Nationality : Portugal

Number of international caps : 23

First cap : vs England 22/05/1955

Main position
Goalkeeper	100%

Costa Pereira's career statisticsLast updated on 27/03/2025 at 20:14

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Presence

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Results

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League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

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1966/1967

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	2		2	180	100%		100%	0%	0%
Benfica	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	2	4		180	100%	50%	50%	0%	50%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	5	3	3	450	100%	19%	60%	20%	20%

1965/1966

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	17	19	6	1530	100%	65%	71%	18%	12%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	2	3		180	100%	33%	50%	50%	0%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	2	8		180	100%	33%	0%	0%	100%

1964/1965

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	9	7	3	810	100%	100%	67%	11%	22%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	6	7	2	495	100%	55%	50%	17%	33%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	23	17	11	2070	100%	88%	70%	22%	9%
Portugal	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
Portugal	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1	1		90	100%	25%	100%	0%	0%
Portugal	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%

1963/1964

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	10	8	3	900	100%	91%	100%	0%	0%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	3	4	1	270	100%	75%	67%	33%	0%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	26	24	9	2279	100%	100%	81%	15%	4%
Portugal	Friendlies	1	4		90	100%	17%	0%	0%	100%

1962/1963

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Intercontinental Cup	1	5		90	100%	50%	0%	0%	100%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	26	25	9	2340	100%	100%	88%	8%	4%
Benfica	Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions	7	6	2	630	100%	100%	43%	43%	14%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	4	3	2	360	100%	50%	75%	0%	25%
Portugal	Euro Qualifying	3	5		270	100%	100%	33%	0%	67%
Portugal	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%

1961/1962

Benfica

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Benfica	Intercontinental Cup	3		7	1	270	100%	100%	33%	0%	67%
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	24	2	34	4	2160	100%	92%	58%	29%	13%
Benfica	(C1) Ligue des Champions	7		11	1	630	100%	100%	57%	14%	29%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	9		9	4	810	100%	75%	67%	22%	11%
Portugal	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2		6		180	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Portugal	Friendlies	3		5		270	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1960/1961

Benfica

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Benfica	Primeira Divisão	24	21	10	2160	100%	92%	83%	8%	8%
Benfica	(C1) Ligue des Champions	9	10	2	810	100%	100%	78%	11%	11%
Benfica	Taça de Portugal	3	4		270	100%		100%	0%	0%
Portugal	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2	1	1	180	100%	100%	50%	50%	0%
Portugal	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%

1959/1960

Benfica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Portugal	Friendlies	1							31	0	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%

1958/1959

1957/1958

1956/1957

1955/1956

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Portugal	Friendlies	3					9	1	270	0	100%		100%			33%	0%	67%
Portugal	Friendlies	2					2		142	0	50%	1	50%			50%	50%	0%

1954/1955

Benfica

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Portugal	Friendlies	1					1		90	0	100%		50%			100%	0%	0%

Total

145

247

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

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Offense

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Defense

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Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Primeira Liga	5	19611963196419651967
Taça de Portugal	2	19621964
Champions League	2	19611962

Runner-ups

Primeira Liga	1	1966
Taça de Portugal	1	1965
Champions League	2	19631965
Intercontinental Cup	2	19611962

Transfers

01/07/67 > 25/10/90		Retired
01/07/54 > 01/07/67		Benfica

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 27/03/2025 at 20:14

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Benfica	224				20054			100%224	72%161	13%28
Portugal	23				1973			91%21	35%8	52%12

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Lusit. Évora	14	13	7	7
Leixões	11	9	6	5
Belenenses	13	9	5	13
Académica	12	9	5	12
Sporting CP	14	6	4	21
Guimarães	12	9	4	16
Atlético CP	7	6	4	6
Barreiro	17	12	3	19
Barreirense	7	7	3	5
Braga	6	6	3	3
Varzim	5	4	3	2
FC Porto	17	7	2	23
Vitória S.	9	7	2	16
Olhanense	7	5	2	6
Brazil	4	1	2	3
Beira Mar	4	4	2	3
Seixal	3	3	2	2
Győr	2	2	2	0
Salgueiros	4	4	1	6
Peñarol	3	1	1	7

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
FC Porto	17	5	23
Sporting CP	14	3	21
Barreiro	17	3	19
Brazil	4	2	3
Bulgaria	3	2	5
Man United	2	2	8
England	4	2	8
Peñarol	3	2	7
Guimarães	12	2	16
France	1	1	5
Santos	1	1	5
Turkey	2	1	4
Real Madrid	3	1	6
AC Milan	1	1	2
Inter Milan	1	1	1
Belgium	1	1	2
Tottenham	2	1	3
FC Nürnberg	2	1	3
Lok Leipzig	2	1	4
Sweden	1	1	6

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1966/1967	Benfica	67%	22%	9	78%	11%	27	Slightly negative
1965/1966	Benfica	62%	19%	21	71%	12%	17	Slightly negative
1964/1965	Benfica	66%	16%	38	100%	0%	8	Negative
1963/1964	Benfica	85%	3%	39	0%	50%	2	-
1962/1963	Benfica	76%	11%	38	80%	20%	5	-
1961/1962	Benfica	58%	19%	43	60%	20%	5	-
1960/1961	Benfica	83%	8%	36	80%	20%	5	-
1959/1960	Benfica	0%	0%	0	77%	4%	26	-
1958/1959	Benfica	0%	0%	0	65%	8%	26	-
1957/1958	Benfica	0%	0%	0	61%	29%	28	-
1956/1957	Benfica	0%	0%	0	65%	8%	26	-
1955/1956	Benfica	0%	0%	0	73%	8%	26	-
1954/1955	Benfica	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Benfica
18/09/1960	PD	Barreirense - Benfica	0 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
30/11/1960	C1LC	Újpesti Dózsa SC - Benfica	2 - 1	First loss
21/01/1962	PD	Benfica - Leixões	7 - 1	First own goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 27/03/2025 at 20:14

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Primeira Liga	Primeira Liga	145	2	12989	100%145	75%109	17%24	8%12
Taça de Portugal	Taça de Portugal	36		3195	100%36	78%28	11%4	11%4
Friendlies	Friendlies	15		1253	87%13	33%5	13%2	53%8
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	5		450	100%5	40%2	20%1	40%2
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	3		270	100%3	33%1		67%2
Champions League	Champions League	37		3330	100%37	59%22	19%7	22%8
Europa League	Europa League	2		180	100%2	50%1		50%1
Intercontinental Cup	Intercontinental Cup	4		360	100%4	25%1		75%3

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1966/1967	Benfica	1	1	43	26	20	3	3	64	19
1965/1966	Benfica	1	2	41	26	18	5	3	73	30
1964/1965	Benfica	1	1	43	26	19	5	2	88	21
1963/1964	Benfica	1	1	46	26	21	4	1	103	26
1962/1963	Benfica	1	1	48	26	23	2	1	81	25
1961/1962	Benfica	1	3	36	26	14	8	4	69	38
1960/1961	Benfica	1	1	46	26	22	2	2	92	21
1959/1960	Benfica	1	1	45	26	20	5	1	75	27
1958/1959	Benfica	1	2	41	26	17	7	2	78	20
1957/1958	Benfica	1	3	36	26	17	2	7	59	23
1956/1957	Benfica	1	1	41	26	17	7	2	75	25
1955/1956	Benfica	1	2	43	26	19	5	2	76	31

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 18, 1967	18/06	TP	Quarter-finals	Benfica	2 - 1	Académica	Absent
June 11, 1967	11/06	TP	Quarter-finals	Académica	2 - 0	Benfica	Absent
June 08, 1967	08/06	EQ	Group 2	Norway	1 - 2	Portugal	Absent
June 01, 1967	01/06	EQ	Group 2	Sweden	1 - 1	Portugal	Absent
May 07, 1967	07/05	PD	Round 26	Beira Mar	0 - 9	Benfica	Absent
April 30, 1967	30/04	PD	Round 25	Benfica	2 - 0	Os Belenenses	Absent
April 23, 1967	23/04	PD	Round 24	Vitória S.	3 - 2	Benfica	Absent
April 16, 1967	16/04	PD	Round 23	Barreiro	1 - 2	Benfica	Absent
April 09, 1967	09/04	PD	Round 22	Benfica	1 - 0	Sanjoanense	Absent
April 02, 1967	02/04	PD	Round 21	FC Porto	1 - 1	Benfica	Absent
March 27, 1967	27/03	F	Europe	Italy	1 - 1	Portugal	Absent
March 19, 1967	19/03	PD	Round 20	Benfica	4 - 0	Braga	Absent
March 12, 1967	12/03	PD	Round 19	Académica	0 - 1	Benfica	90 Minutes
March 07, 1967	07/03	ICFC	Round of 16	Benfica	2 - 1	VfB Leipzig	90 Minutes
March 05, 1967	05/03	PD	Round 18	Benfica	2 - 0	Atlético CP	90 Minutes
February 26, 1967	26/02	PD	Round 17	Sporting CP	1 - 1	Benfica	90 Minutes
February 19, 1967	19/02	PD	Round 16	Benfica	6 - 2	Varzim	Absent
February 12, 1967	12/02	PD	Round 15	Leixões	1 - 2	Benfica	Absent
February 05, 1967	05/02	PD	Round 14	Benfica	7 - 0	Guimarães	Absent
January 29, 1967	29/01	TP	Round of 32	Benfica	8 - 0	Lusit. Évora	90 Minutes
January 15, 1967	15/01	TP	Round of 32	Lusit. Évora	1 - 3	Benfica	Absent
January 08, 1967	08/01	PD	Round 13	Benfica	2 - 0	Beira Mar	90 Minutes
January 01, 1967	01/01	PD	Round 12	Os Belenenses	2 - 1	Benfica	90 Minutes
December 20, 1966	20/12	ICFC	Round of 16	VfB Leipzig	3 - 1	Benfica	90 Minutes
December 18, 1966	18/12	PD	Round 11	Benfica	1 - 0	Vitória S.	Absent
December 11, 1966	11/12	PD	Round 10	Benfica	3 - 0	Barreiro	Absent
December 04, 1966	04/12	PD	Round 9	Sanjoanense	1 - 3	Benfica	Absent
November 27, 1966	27/11	PD	Round 8	Benfica	3 - 0	FC Porto	Absent
November 20, 1966	20/11	PD	Round 7	Braga	4 - 0	Benfica	Absent
November 20, 1966	20/11	ICFC	Round of 32	Benfica	3 - 0	Spartak P.	Absent
November 13, 1966	13/11	EQ	Group 2	Portugal	1 - 2	Sweden	Absent
November 03, 1966	03/11	TP	Round of 64	Benfica	3 - 0	Ovarense	Absent
October 30, 1966	30/10	TP	Round of 64	Ovarense	0 - 6	Benfica	90 Minutes
October 26, 1966	26/10	ICFC	Round of 32	Spartak P.	1 - 1	Benfica	Absent
October 23, 1966	23/10	PD	Round 6	Benfica	2 - 1	Académica	Absent
October 16, 1966	16/10	PD	Round 5	Atlético CP	1 - 2	Benfica	Absent
October 09, 1966	09/10	PD	Round 4	Benfica	3 - 0	Sporting CP	Absent
October 02, 1966	02/10	PD	Round 3	Varzim	0 - 0	Benfica	Absent
September 25, 1966	25/09	PD	Round 2	Benfica	3 - 1	Leixões	Absent
September 18, 1966	18/09	PD	Round 1	Guimarães	0 - 1	Benfica	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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