Joel Castro Pereira

Joel Castro Pereira

Pereira warming up at FedExField in Landover, Maryland in 2017
Personal information
Full name Joel Dinis Castro Pereira
Date of birth (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996
Place of birth Boudevilliers, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 40
Youth career
2009–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax
2012–2015 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester United 1 (0)
2015 → Rochdale (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 → Belenenses (loan) 8 (0)
National team‡
2011 Switzerland U15 2 (0)
2011 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U17 5 (0)
2014 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Portugal U19 7 (0)
2016 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2016– Portugal U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:52, 21 May 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:32, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Joel Dinis Castro Pereira (born 28 June 1996) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Manchester United.

Club career

Born in Le Locle, in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel, Pereira began his career in the youth ranks of local Neuchâtel Xamax before transferring to Manchester United in 2012. He was part of the team that won the 2014–15 Under-21 Development League title, and extended his contract on 13 August 2015, amidst a goalkeeping saga at the club.[2]

On 17 October 2015, he was loaned to Rochdale in Football League One for a month.[3] Later that day, he had his first senior call-up, remaining an unused substitute as the team drew 0–0 away to Bury. On 10 November 2015, he made his debut in a 1–0 loss to Morecambe at Spotland, in the quarter-finals of the Football League Trophy. Manager Keith Hill praised the goalkeeper's performance after he was named man of the match and saved a penalty kick.[4] On 19 November 2015, he extended his loan until 3 January 2016.[5] Two days later later, Pereira made his Football League debut, in a 2–0 away win against Doncaster Rovers.[6] He totalled eight appearances for Rochdale, six in the league.[7]

On 25 February 2016, he had his first call-up to a senior Manchester United game, sitting on the bench for their 5–1 home win over FC Midtjylland in the last 32 second leg of the UEFA Europa League.[8] On 31 August 2016, he joined Primeira Liga club Belenenses on loan.[9] His loan spell ended on 5 January 2017, due to Manchester United's third-choice goalkeeper Sam Johnstone joining Aston Villa on loan.[10] Pereira made his Manchester United debut on 29 January 2017, in an FA Cup fourth round tie against Wigan Athletic, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Sergio Romero.[11][12] On 21 May 2017, he started for the first time in the Premier League, against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.[13]

International career

In July 2016, Pereira was selected in the Portugal squad for the 2016 Olympic Games.[14] He was an unused substitute in all four of Portugal's matches in the tournament.[1] In May 2017, he was selected in the Portugal under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 May 2017
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2015–16[7] Premier League 00000000—00
2016–17[16] Premier League 101000000020
Total 101000000020
Rochdale (loan) 2015–16[7] League One 601000—1[lower-alpha 1]080
Belenenses (loan) 2016–17[17] Primeira Liga 801010——100
Career total 15030100010200
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

References

  1. 1 2 "Joel Castro". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Magan, Tony (15 August 2015). "Manchester United: Joel Pereira signs new contract amid Old Trafford goalkeeping uncertainty". International Business Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Joel Castro Pereira: Manchester United goalkeeper joins Rochdale". BBC Sport. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Dawson, Rob (11 November 2015). "Manchester United goalkeeper Joel Castro Pereira backed to be Reds' next star". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Joel Castro Pereira: Man Utd goalkeeper returns to Rochdale". BBC Sport. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Gemma (25 February 2016). "United squad energised by injection of youth". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Marshall, Adam (31 August 2016). "Pereira moves to Belenenses on loan". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Luckhurst, Samuel (5 January 2017). "Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone leaves on loan". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Manchester United 4–0 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "FA Cup match report: Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0". Manchester United F.C. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "THE TEAMS: UNITED V CRYSTAL PALACE". Manchester United F.C. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches left out of Portugal's Olympic squad". ESPN FC. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Portugal squads announced for Confederations Cup / U21 Euro". Portugoal. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Joel Pereira". Foradejogo. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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