Milton Viera

Latin America

Viera took his first football steps at Nacional. He signed his first professional contract with the Uruguayan team in 1962, aged just 17. It was the year he was promoted from the youth ranks to the first team of Nacional. He remained in the team until 1968, even reaching the conquest of two Uruguayan Championships. During his time at Nacional, Viera was called up to the national team at the age of just 20. In 1968, Vieira left Uruguay and traveled to neighboring Argentina on behalf of Boca Juniors. In the club of Buenos Aires he played for just one year making a total of three appearances, failing to win a title. In 1969 he returned to Uruguay, this time on behalf of Peñarol. He played there for three years, without however managing to win a title. During his time at theclub, Vieira made intermittent very good performances, which caused the interest of several teams in both Latin America and Europe.

Olympiacos

In 1972, he left Latin America for the first time in his career and traveled to Europe, specifically Greece with destination Olympiacos. In fact, in the summer that he transferred to club of Piraeus, Julio Losada was also acquired, which made it easier for Viera to adapt to his new team. Both of them were playing as Greek. Characteristic of the fame of Viera at that time, was the fact that he was the second footballer to compete in Greece having previously participated in a FIFA World Cup. With the red and whites, he won 3 consecutive…

Vieira made 5 appearances, scoring once with Uruguay. He was called up for the first time in 1966 the age of just 20. It was in the 1966 FIFA World Cup tie against England, in a match where he played as a starter.

Nacional

Uruguayan Primera División: 1963, 1966 Olympiacos

Alpha Ethniki: 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75 Greek Cup: 1972–73, 1974–75 AEK Athens

Alpha Ethniki: 1977–78, 1978–79 Greek Cup: 1977–78