Joshua Bernard Pereira (born 10 October 1997) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International and the Singapore national team.
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Full name | Joshua Bernard Pereira | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Singapore | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Geylang International | |||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | National Football Academy | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Young Lions | 63 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Geylang International | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Singapore U19 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Singapore U21 | |||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Singapore U22 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Singapore | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:14, 23 November 2014 (UTC) |
He started his career with the NFA and caught the eye while representing the national under-18 team during their qualification tournament for the 2016 AFC Under-19 Championship.[1]
In December 2015, he won the New Paper Dollah Kassim Award and trained with Ligue 1 side AS Saint-Étienne for a week.[2][3]
He signed for Young Lions FC for the 2016 S.League season and impressed the pundits although the team failed to perform as expected.[4]
In 2020, he signed for Geylang International.[5]
Pereira was part of the U21 team which played China U21 team in 2016.[6] He captained the U22 in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification in 2019.
Pereira received his first call up to the senior Singapore squad for the Hung Thinh International Football Tournament 2022.[7] He made his international debut in a 4-0 friendly loss to Vietnam[8] before collecting his second cap in the same friendly tournament in a 1-1 draw against India.[9]
Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Lions | 2016 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 18 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2018 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
2019 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |
Geylang International | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Career total | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2 | |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 Sept 2022 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() | 0-4 (lost) | 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series |
2 | 24 Sept 2022 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() | 1-1 (draw) | |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 20 June 2018 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore | ![]() | 0-2 (lost) | Friendly |
2 | 22 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ![]() | 1-1 (draw) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
3 | 24 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ![]() | 1-1 (draw) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
4 | 26 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | ![]() | 3-1 (won) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
5 | 7 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | ![]() | 3-0 (won) | 2019 Merlion Cup |
6 | 9 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | ![]() | 1-0 (won) | 2019 Merlion Cup |
7 | 6 September 2019 | Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore | ![]() | 2-0 (won) | Friendly |
8 | 3 December 2019 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines | ![]() | 0-1 (lost) | 2019 Southeast Asian Games |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | ![]() | 0-0 (draw) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
2 | 15 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | ![]() | 1-2 (lost) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
3 | 17 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | ![]() | 2-1 (won) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
4 | 19 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | ![]() | 0-2 (lost) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
5 | 4 August 2017 | Hartfield Park, Australia | ![]() | 0-4 (lost) | Friendly [10] |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 17 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi | ![]() | 1–1 | 2-1 | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
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