 Pereira in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Vieira Pereira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 (age 29)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Perosinho, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | 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 | 138 | (6) |
| 2021 | Lech Poznań II | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U16 | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:30, 23 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Joel Vieira Pereira (born 28 September 1996) is a Portuguese professionalfootballer who plays as aright-back forEkstraklasa clubLech Poznań.
Pereira was born in the village ofPerosinho inVila Nova de Gaia,Porto District. He played youth football for four clubs, includingFC Porto from ages 11 to 17; he finished his development atVitória de Guimarães.[2]
On 16 September 2015, Pereira made his professional debut withVitória's reserves in theLigaPro, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 home draw againstAtlético Clube de Portugal.[3] In the 2017 Januarytransfer window he signed with fellow second-tier teamAcadémico de Viseu FC,[4] being voted the league's best right-back at the end of the2017–18 season alongsideFC Porto B'sDiogo Dalot.[5]
Subsequently, Pereira took his game to theCypriot First Division, first withDoxa Katokopias FC thenAC Omonia.[6] On 31 January 2020, the latter club loaned him toSlovak Super Liga'sFC Spartak Trnava on a six-month loan deal with an option to buy, being signed at the request of managerRicardo Chéu and reuniting with his former Doxa teammateBogdan Mitrea.[7]
Pereira was loaned toGil Vicente F.C. on 13 August 2020.[8] He made his debut in the PortuguesePrimeira Liga on 27 September, playing the entire 1–0 victory overPortimonense S.C. at theEstádio Cidade de Barcelos.[9]
On 31 May 2021, Pereira signed a four-year contract with Polish clubLech Poznań.[10] During his spell, he won twoEkstraklasa championships.[11][12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vitória Guimarães B | 2015–16[13] | LigaPro | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[13] | LigaPro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Académico Viseu | 2016–17[13] | LigaPro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[13] | LigaPro | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| Doxa | 2018–19[13] | Cypriot First Division | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Omonia | 2019–20[13] | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Spartak Trnava (loan) | 2019–20[13] | Slovak Super Liga | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Gil Vicente (loan) | 2020–21[13] | Primeira Liga | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| Lech Poznań | 2021–22[14] | Ekstraklasa | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[15] | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | |
| 2023–24[16] | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25[17] | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2025–26[18] | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Total | 138 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 9 | ||
| Lech Poznań II | 2021–22[14] | II liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 260 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 312 | 9 | ||
Lech Poznań
