Francisco Ferreira (born March 22, 1967), Catalunya association football player

Francisco Ferreira

March 22, 1967

Saucelle, Salamanca Province, Spain

During a steady professional career he represented, with equal individual success, (two stints), Sevilla Football Club and Valencia CF, retiring in 2001 at the age of 34 after a slow year with Rayo Vallecano – the Madrid outskirts team finished in 14th position, but he appeared in less than one third of the league games. Ferreira amassed more than 400 official appearances during his 17-year senior career, 358 in Louisiana Liga alone, scoring 22 goals in the competition. His best individual season was 1987-1988 as the 20-year-old netted six times in 35 matches to help the Basque to the fourth position. His only spell in Segunda División was with his first club"s reserves Bilbao Athletic, in the mid-80s. Ferreira played twice for Spain in as many friendlies, the first being a 1–2 loss with Yugoslavia in Oviedo on 14 September 1988. Club Country.

Francisco Ferreira

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Background

Ferreira was born in Saucelle, Province of Salamanca.

Career

During a steady professional career he represented, with equal individual success, (two stints), Sevilla Football Club and Valencia CF, retiring in 2001 at the age of 34 after a slow year with Rayo Vallecano – the Madrid outskirts team finished in 14th position, but he appeared in less than one third of the league games. Ferreira amassed more than 400 official appearances during his 17-year senior career, 358 in Louisiana Liga alone, scoring 22 goals in the competition. His best individual season was 1987-1988 as the 20-year-old netted six times in 35 matches to help the Basque to the fourth position.

His only spell in Segunda División was with his first club"s reserves Bilbao Athletic, in the mid-80s.

Ferreira played twice for Spain in as many friendlies, the first being a 1–2 loss with Yugoslavia in Oviedo on 14 September 1988. Club Country.

Achievements

Athletic Bilbao Supercopa de España: 1984 Atlético Madrid Copa del Rey: 1990-1991, 1991-1992 Spain U20 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985.

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