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 Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.

This article is about the Portuguese defender. For the Portuguese goalkeeper, see Joel Castro Pereira.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vieira and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Joel Pereira
Pereira in 2022
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
Team information
Current team
 Lech Poznań
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 20 (0)
2017–2018 Académico Viseu 34 (0)
2018–2019 Doxa 30 (0)
2019–2021 Omonia 1 (0)
2020 → Spartak Trnava (loan) 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Gil Vicente (loan) 32 (0)
2021– Lech Poznań 62 (0)
2021 Lech Poznań II 2 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Portugal U16 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:53, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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 to 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]

On 31 May 2021, Pereira signed a four-year contract with Polish club Lech Poznań.[10]

Career statistics
As of 19 August 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vitória Guimarães B 2015–16[11] LigaPro 17000—00170
2016–17[11] LigaPro 3000—0030
Total 20000—00200
Académico Viseu 2016–17[11] LigaPro 6000—0060
2017–18[11] LigaPro 28010—10300
Total 34010—00360
Doxa Katokopias 2018–19[11] Cypriot First Division 30020——320
Omonia 2019–20[11] Cypriot First Division 1020——30
Spartak Trnava (loan) 2019–20[11] Slovak Super Liga 30———30
Gil Vicente (loan) 2020–21[11] Primeira Liga 32040——360
Lech Poznań 2021–22[12] Ekstraklasa 28040——320
2022–23[13] Ekstraklasa 3101020[lower-alpha 1]100521
2023–24[14] Ekstraklasa 30004[lower-alpha 2]0—70
Total 6205024100911
Lech Poznań II 2021–22[12] II liga 2000——20
Career total 1840140241102231
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eighteen appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Lech Poznań

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 zawodnikiem Lecha" [Joel Pereira a Lech Poznań player] (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  11. Joel Pereira at Soccerway
  12. "Sezon 2021/22" [2021/22 season] (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  13. "Sezon 2022/23" [2022/23 season] (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. "Sezon 2023/24" [2023/24 season] (in Polish). 90minut. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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