Geraldo Touro

Brazilian footballer

Geraldo Touro
Personal information
Full name	Geraldo Pereira
Date of birth	(1958-02-03) 3 February 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	São José da Lapa, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Uberlândia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1978	América Mineiro
1978–1982	Uberlândia
1979	→ Villa Nova (loan)
1980	→ XV de Jaú (loan)
1981	→ Sport Recife (loan)
1982	→ Bahia (loan)
1982	XV de Jaú
1982–1984	Botafogo	90	(8)
1984–1985	São Paulo	60	(5)
1986–1987	Coritiba
1987–1988	Joinville
1988	Paulista
1988–1989	Pinheiros-PR
1989	Atlético Paranaense
1989	Fernandópolis
1990	Bahia
1990–1991	Araxá
1991	Joinville
1992	URT
1992	Juventus-SP
1992	Fernandópolis
1993–1994	Marcílio Dias
1995	Blumenau
International career
1983	Brazil	1	(0)
1984	Brazil Olympic	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Geraldo Pereira (born 3 February 1958), better known as Geraldo Touro, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

Club career

Geraldo Touro played for several clubs in Brazil, most notably Botafogo and São Paulo. He was also champion for Coritiba and Joinville. He ended his football career in Santa Catarina, where he currently resides, in the city of Itajaí.^[2]

Playing for Botafogo, he scored a historic goal in a match against CR Vasco da Gama, 7 November 1982.^[3]^[4]

International career

Geraldo Touro was called up to the squad that participated in the 1983 Copa América, and took part in one match, against Argentina, 24 August.^[5]

In 1984, also participated in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.^[6]

Honours

São Paulo

Campeonato Paulista: 1985

Coritiba

Campeonato Paranaense: 1986

Joinville

Campeonato Catarinense: 1987

Brazil Olympic

CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1984

References

^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Que fim levou? Geraldo (Ex-ponta-direita do Botafogo, XV de Jaú, São Paulo e Joinville)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Geraldo Pereira, o Geraldo "Touro"". Datafogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Veja o golaço de Geraldo contra o Vasco, pelo Carioca de 1982". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1982-1984". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1984-1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 November 2023.