César Pereira

João César Gomes Pereira (born 29 December 1975), known as César, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

César

Personal information
Full name	João César Gomes Pereira
Date of birth	(1975-12-29) 29 December 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Barcelos, Portugal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1989–1991	Estrelas Vila Frescaínha
1991–1994	Santa Maria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Gil Vicente	0	(0)
1995–1996	Marinhas
1996–1997	Santa Maria
1997–1998	Joane
1998–2000	Valenciano
2000–2001	Joane
2000–2002	Freamunde	10	(0)
2002–2003	Dragões Sandinenses	12	(0)
2003–2004	Trofense	13	(0)
2004–2006	Lixa	51	(0)
2006–2009	Rio Ave	7	(0)
2009–2010	Ribeirão	23	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

César was born in Barcelos. During his career, spent mostly in Portugal's lower leagues, he played with Gil Vicente FC, F.C. Marinhas, Santa Maria FC, G.D. Joane (two spells), S.C. Valenciano, S.C. Freamunde, S.C. Dragões Sandinenses, C.D. Trofense, F.C. Lixa, Rio Ave F.C. and G.D. Ribeirão.

With the Vila do Conde club, César appeared seven times in the league but only once in the Primeira Liga, on 26 October 2008 in a 1–1 away draw against C.S. Marítimo where he came on as a 90th-minute substitute after Márcio Paiva was sent off.^[1] He left Rio Ave in June 2009, and retired the following year at the age of 34.