Defender Pereira leaves Sao Paulo for Estudiantes

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Uruguayan defender Alvaro Pereira has left Sao Paulo to join Argentine club Estudiantes, the Brazilian side said on Thursday.

Pereira, 29, had been at Sao Paulo on loan from Inter Milan.

The former Porto left back said he was moving to Argentina for undisclosed "personal reasons".

(Reporting by Andrew Downie; editing on Justin Palmer)