Miguel Lourenço Pereira

Miguel Lourenço Pereira was born in Porto in 1984, spent his childhood in Guimarães and his teens in Vila Nova de Gaia before moving to Spain where he has lived for sixteen years. Journalist, historian and football author, he has published several sports books in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and the United Kingdom, including “Bring Me That Horizon: A Journey to the Soul of Portuguese Football”. He also writes columns for Panenka, Líbero, In Bed With Maradona, Kaiser Magazine, The Tactical Room and edited Futebol Magazine. A regular guest on football podcasts hosted in the UK, Spain and Portugal, where he was part of the award-nominated Fever Pitch show alongside Pedro Varela and João Gonçalves. Over the years he has attended hundreds of football matches in Portugal and Spain and now also writes about the history of the Portuguese game for PortuGOAL.