Joel Vieira Pereira (born 28 September 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.
![]() Pereira in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joel Vieira Pereira[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 26)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Perosinho, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Club 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 | 37 | (0) |
2021 | Lech Poznań II | 2 | (0) |
National team | |||
2011–2012 | Portugal U16 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:30, 21 September 2022 (UTC) |
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vitória Guimarães B | 2015–16[11] | LigaPro | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
2016–17[11] | LigaPro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
Académico Viseu | 2016–17[11] | LigaPro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
2017–18[11] | LigaPro | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
Doxa Katokopias | 2018–19[11] | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
Omonia | 2019–20[11] | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Spartak Trnava (loan) | 2019–20[11] | Slovak Super Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Gil Vicente (loan) | 2020–21[11] | Primeira Liga | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||
Lech Poznań | 2021–22[12] | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
2022–23[13] | Ekstraklasa | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
Total | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||
Lech Poznań II | 2021–22[12] | II liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 159 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 1 |
Lech Poznań
Lech Poznań – current squad | |
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