PLAYER DETAILS
Joel Pereira profile
- Club
- Reading
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Date of birth
- 1996-06-28
- Birthplace
- Le Locle, Switzerland
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 70 kg
- Shirt number
- 1
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Joel Pereira
Joel Dinis Castro Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 28 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Reading.
Pereira joined Manchester United's youth system in 2012. He made three first-team appearances for the club and spent time on loan at Rochdale, Belenenses, Vitória de Setúbal, Kortrijk, Hearts and Huddersfield Town. In July 2021, he joined Dutch club RKC Waalwijk after his contract at United expired.
Pereira initially played youth international football for his country of birth, Switzerland, before making more than 30 appearances for Portugal's youth national teams.