Although born in
Medina de Pomar,
Province of Burgos,
Castile and León, Pereda was raised in
Balmaseda in
Biscay, and, as a schoolboy, he captained the provincial U-16 team. He began his senior career with
Bilbao club
SD Indautxu, where his teammates included veteran
goalkeeper Raimundo Lezama and
Miguel Jones – Pereda and Jones, and later a third player,
José Eulogio Gárate, were all controversially rejected by
Athletic Bilbao because of their birthplaces, with Pereda moving to
Real Madrid and the others to
Atlético Madrid. With the
Merengues, Pereda only appeared in two
La Liga games, scoring once in a 3–0 home win against
Real Zaragoza as the team
won the national championship. During his spell in the
Spanish capital, he was also loaned to
Real Valladolid in
Segunda División – after falling out with coach
Luis Carniglia Pereda joined
FC Barcelona in summer 1961, going on to appear in 293 competitive matches during eight years (104 goals). Aged 31, Pereda left Barcelona and joined
Catalonia neighbours
CE Sabadell FC, appearing rarely during the
top flight season. He closed out his career after two second level campaigns with
RCD Mallorca. In
1995–96, Pereda had his first and only head coaching experience at club level, leading
Xerez CD to the 11th position in
Segunda División B. ==International career==