Jonathan Martins Pereira

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Jonathan Martins Pereira
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Martins Pereira
Date of birth (1986-01-30) 30 January 1986
Place of birth Bayonne, France
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Guingamp
Number 22
Youth career
1995-1998 AST Foot Tarnos
1998-1999 Bayonne
1999–2002 INF Clairefontaine
2002–2004 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Lens 0 (0)
2006–2007Amiens (loan) 15 (0)
2007–2009 Ajaccio 51 (5)
2010–2012 Nantes 54 (2)
2012–2014 Guingamp 56 (0)
2014–2015 Troyes 32 (2)
2015– Guingamp 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2015.

† Appearances (goals)

Jonathan Martins Pereira (born 30 January 1986 in Bayonne) is a French football defender who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Guingamp.

Career

Pereira began his career with AST Foot Tarnos. In 1998, he moved to Aviron Bayonnais FC. He was later scouted by Lens and played in the training center of club's the youth teams. After two years with Lens, he moved on loan for a season to Amiens. Pereira played one more season for Lens, before he transferred on a three-year contract to Ajaccio.[1][2] After a difficult first season in Corsica, his play improved during the 2008-2009 season, and he started contributing in attack, scoring 2 goals.[3] During the winter transfer window of the 2009-10 season, he joined Nantes[4] on a 2½-year contract, but could not help the club to earn promotion to Ligue 1.[5]

At the end of his contract he moved to Guingamp, whom he got promoted to Ligue 1 at the end of the 2012-13 season. On 3 May 2014, he scored Guingamp's opener in the 2014 Coupe de France Final, as they eventually beat Breton rivals Rennes 20.[6]

A few months later, after being released by Guingamp, Martins Pereira joined Ligue 2 side Troyes AC on a one-year contract.[7] After winning the Ligue 2 trophy with Troyes in his first season, he rejoined Guingamp sixteen months later.[8]

Honours

Guingamp

References

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