Joel Pereira (footballer, born September 1996)

Joel Vieira Pereira (born 28 September 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Gil Vicente F.C. on loan from Cypriot club AC Omonia.

This article is about the Portuguese defender. For the Portuguese goalkeeper, see Joel Castro Pereira.
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Vieira and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Joel Pereira
Personal information
Full name Joel Vieira Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996[1]
Place of birth Perosinho, Portugal[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Gil Vicente
(on loan from Omonia)
Number 2
Youth career
2004–2007 Perosinho
2007–2013 Porto
2011–2012 → Padroense (loan)
2013–2015 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Vitória Guimarães B 16 (0)
2017–2018 Académico Viseu 34 (0)
2018–2019 Doxa 30 (0)
2019– Omonia 1 (0)
2020 → Spartak Trnava (loan) 3 (0)
2020– → Gil Vicente (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2011–2012 Portugal U16 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 September 2020

Club career

Pereira was born in the village of Perosinho in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District. He played youth football for four clubs, including FC Porto from ages 11–17; he finished his development at Vitória de Guimarães.[2]

On 16 September 2015, Pereira made his professional debut with Vitória's reserves in the LigaPro, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw against Atlético Clube de Portugal.[3] In the 2017 January transfer window he signed with fellow league team Académico de Viseu FC,[4] being voted the league's best right-back at the end of the 2017–18 season alongside FC Porto B's Diogo Dalot.[5]

Subsequently, Pereira took his game to the Cypriot First Division, first with Doxa Katokopias FC then AC Omonia.[6] On 31 January 2020, the latter club loaned him to Slovak Super Liga's FC Spartak Trnava on a six-month loan deal with an option to buy, being signed at the request of manager Ricardo Chéu and reuniting with his former Doxa teammate Bogdan Mitrea.[7]

Pereira was loaned to Gil Vicente F.C. on 13 August 2020.[8] He made his debut in the Portuguese Primeira Liga on 27 September, playing the entire 1–0 victory over Portimonense S.C. at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 January 2020[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Guimarães B 2015–16 LigaPro 13000—00130
2016–17 3000—0030
Total 16000—00160
Académico Viseu 2016–17 LigaPro 6000—0060
2017–18 28010—10300
Total 34010—00360
Doxa 2018–19 Cypriot First Division 30020——320
Omonia 2019–20 1020——30
Career total 810500010870

References
  1. "Joel Pereira" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Joel Pereira assinou contrato profissional com o Vitória" [Joel Pereira signed a professional contract with Vitória] (in Portuguese). Guimarães TV. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "V. Guimarães B-Atlético, 0–0: Jogo em branco no Minho" [V. Guimarães B-Atlético, 0–0: They drew a blank in Minho] (in Portuguese). Sábado. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. Ribeiro, Tiago (5 September 2017). "Retaguarda com segurança" [Safe back sector]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. Isaac, Francisco (16 May 2018). "E o melhor 11 da Liga Ledman Pro é..." [And the best Ledman Pro League XI is...] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  6. "Joel Pereira troca de clube sem mudar de país" [Joel Pereira changes club without moving countries]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  7. Háber, Viktor (31 January 2020). "Spartak našiel posilu do obrany v mužstve Tomáša Hubočana" [Spartak found addition in Tomáš Hubočan's team] (in Slovak). Pro Futbal. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  8. "Joel Pereira ruma ao Gil Vicente por empréstimo do Omonia" [Joel Pereira heads for Gil Vicente on loan from Omonia]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  9. "Gil Vicente vence Portimonense na estreia na I Liga" [Gil Vicente defeat Portimonense in I League debut] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  10. Joel Pereira at Soccerway
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