| Intro | Togolese footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Brazil |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 9 October 1980, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Age: | 39 years |
Cristiano Alves Pereira (born October 9, 1980 in Joinville, Brazil), better known as Cris, is a naturalized Togolese football defender.
Biography
Cris was born in Joinville, a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Cris was given a trial by Italian Club Brescia FC in 2005, but failed to impress to earn him a contract.
He played for Hong Kong First Division League team South China as a loan player before after joining the team in the middle of the 2006–07 season.
International career
Cris and other Brazilian-born played for the Togo national team on June–July 2003 in a 2004 African Cup of Nations Qualifying matches against Cape Verde, Kenya and Mauritania. He also played for Togo against the Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko in a friendly match on June 29, 2003 in Stade de Kégué, Lomé.
Career statistics in Hong Kong
As of May 14, 2008
| Club | Season | League | Senior Shield | League Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| South China | 2006–07 | 08 (0) | 0 | 4 (0) | 0 | 3 (0) | 1 | 3 (0) | 0 | NA | NA | 18 (0) | 1 |
| 2007–08 | 09 (3) | 2 | 1 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 0 | 2 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 3 | 24 (3) | 5 | |
| 2008–09 | 20 (1) | 2 | 2 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | 1 (0) | 0 | NA | NA | 24 (1) | 2 | |
| All | 37 (4) | 4 | 7 (0) | 0 | 10 (0) | 1 | 6 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 3 | 66 (4) | 6 | |