Portuguese footballer
This article is about the Portuguese defender. For the Portuguese goalkeeper, see
Joel Castro Pereira .
Joel Vieira Pereira (born 28 September 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań .
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 match played 25 May 2024
Honours
Lech Poznań
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