Full name João Pereira
Name in home country João Pedro da Silva Esmail Pereira Date of birth 1984-02-25 (42 yrs)
Place of birth Lisboa, Portugal
Citizenship Portugal
Position Defender - Right-Back (main: Defender)
Foot right
Height 172.00 m
Current club Retired
Joined 2021-07-01
Contract expires —
Outfitter Nike
Jul 2021
Transfer: Sporting CP → Retired
21/22 · Transfer
Feb 2021
Transfer: Trabzonspor → Sporting CP
20/21 · Transfer
Sep 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Sporting CP, Trabzonspor
14 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Feb 2020
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Trabzonspor
38 matches · 1 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
May 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jan 2019
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Dec 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Trabzonspor
23 matches · 0 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Trabzonspor
33 matches · 2 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2017
Transfer: Sporting CP → Trabzonspor
16/17 · Transfer · €300k
Jul 2016
16/17 — Sporting CP, Trabzonspor
33 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2015
Transfer: Hannover 96 → Sporting CP
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Sporting CP
30 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions
Mar 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jan 2015
Transfer: Valencia → Hannover 96
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
14/15 — Hannover 96
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
13/14 — Valencia CF
38 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Valencia CF
37 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Sporting CP → Valencia
12/13 · Transfer · €3.70m
May 2012
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2011
11/12 — Sporting CP
48 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Mar 2011
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Aug 2010
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — Sporting CP
41 matches · 3 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2010
Transfer: SC Braga → Sporting CP
09/10 · Transfer · €3.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — Sporting CP, SC Braga
32 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — SC Braga
41 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — SC Braga
35 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Gil Vicente → SC Braga
07/08 · Transfer · €400k
Jul 2006
06/07 — Gil Vicente FC
25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Benfica → Gil Vicente
06/07 · Transfer
Jun 2006
Transfer: Gil Vicente → Benfica
05/06 · Return from loan
Jan 2006
Transfer: Benfica → Gil Vicente
05/06 · Loan
Jul 2005
05/06 — SL Benfica, Gil Vicente FC
25 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — SL Benfica
40 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — SL Benfica
34 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2003
Transfer: Benfica U19 → Benfica
03/04 · Transfer
Jul 2001
Transfer: Benfica U17 → Benfica U19
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 1998
Transfer: Benfica U15 → Benfica U17
98/99 · Transfer
Jul 1996
Transfer: Benfica Yth → Benfica U15
96/97 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €10.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
14,232 min Minutes played by club
Sporting CP
22.1%
Trabzonspor
27.1%
Hannover 96
0.0%
Valencia CF
0.0%
SC Braga
24.9%
Gil Vicente FC
15.7%
SL Benfica
10.2%
Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value
2 €2.6M 5 €5.3M 7 €7.9M 9 €10.5M 03/04 — 5 goals (SL Benfica) 5 03/04 04/05 — 2 goals (SL Benfica) 2 04/05 05/06 — 1 assists 1 05/06 06/07 — 1 goals (Gil Vicente FC) 1 06/07 07/08 — 2 assists 2 07/08 08/09 — 1 goals (SC Braga) 08/09 — 1 assists 2 08/09 09/10 — 3 goals (SC Braga) 09/10 — 1 assists 4 09/10 10/11 — 3 goals (Sporting CP) 10/11 — 6 assists 9 10/11 11/12 — 1 goals (Sporting CP) 11/12 — 4 assists 5 11/12 12/13 — 2 assists 2 12/13 13/14 — 5 assists 5 13/14 14/15 15/16 — 2 assists 2 15/16 16/17 17/18 — 2 goals (Trabzonspor) 17/18 — 5 assists 7 17/18 18/19 — 6 assists 6 18/19 19/20 — 1 goals (Trabzonspor) 19/20 — 7 assists 8 19/20 20/21 — 1 assists 1 20/21 04/05 — €2M 06/07 — €1M 07/08 — €1.3M 08/09 — €2.9M 09/10 — €3.7M 10/11 — €5.3M 11/12 — €9M 12/13 — €10.5M 13/14 — €6M 14/15 — €6M 15/16 — €3M 16/17 — €2M 17/18 — €1.5M 18/19 — €1.5M 19/20 — €800K 20/21 — €400K Goals Assists Market value
Goals by season
03/04: 5 5 03/04 04/05: 2 2 04/05 05/06: 0 0 05/06 06/07: 1 1 06/07 07/08: 0 0 07/08 08/09: 1 1 08/09 09/10: 3 3 09/10 10/11: 3 3 10/11 11/12: 1 1 11/12 12/13: 0 0 12/13 13/14: 0 0 13/14 14/15: 0 0 14/15 15/16: 0 0 15/16 16/17: 0 0 16/17 17/18: 2 2 17/18 18/19: 0 0 18/19 19/20: 1 1 19/20 20/21: 0 0 20/21
Assists by season
03/04: 0 0 03/04 04/05: 0 0 04/05 05/06: 1 1 05/06 06/07: 0 0 06/07 07/08: 2 2 07/08 08/09: 1 1 08/09 09/10: 1 1 09/10 10/11: 6 6 10/11 11/12: 4 4 11/12 12/13: 2 2 12/13 13/14: 5 5 13/14 14/15: 0 0 14/15 15/16: 2 2 15/16 16/17: 0 0 16/17 17/18: 5 5 17/18 18/19: 6 6 18/19 19/20: 7 7 19/20 20/21: 1 1 20/21
Season Competition Club Matches Goals Assists YC RC Minutes
20/21
Liga NOS
Sporting CP
5
0
0
1
1
0
20/21
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
8
0
1
2
0
0
20/21
Türkiye Kupasi
Trabzonspor
1
0
0
1
0
0
19/20
Europa League
Trabzonspor
2
0
0
1
0
0
19/20
Europa League Qualifying
Trabzonspor
4
0
1
1
0
0
19/20
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
28
1
6
4
0
2,507
19/20
Türkiye Kupasi
Trabzonspor
4
0
0
2
0
0
18/19
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
22
0
5
6
0
0
18/19
Türkiye Kupasi
Trabzonspor
1
0
1
0
0
0
17/18
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
31
2
4
6
0
1,352
17/18
Türkiye Kupasi
Trabzonspor
2
0
1
0
0
0
16/17
Allianz Cup
Sporting CP
0
0
0
0
0
0
16/17
Champions League
Sporting CP
3
0
0
0
1
0
16/17
Liga NOS
Sporting CP
9
0
0
2
0
0
16/17
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
17
0
0
6
0
0
16/17
Taça de Portugal
Sporting CP
2
0
0
0
0
0
16/17
Türkiye Kupasi
Trabzonspor
2
0
0
0
0
0
15/16
Allianz Cup
Sporting CP
0
0
0
0
0
0
15/16
Champions League Qu.
Sporting CP
2
0
1
1
0
0
15/16
Europa League
Sporting CP
5
0
0
1
0
0
15/16
Liga NOS
Sporting CP
19
0
1
1
1
0
15/16
Supertaça
Sporting CP
1
0
0
1
0
0
15/16
Taça de Portugal
Sporting CP
3
0
0
1
0
0
14/15
Bundesliga
Hannover 96
5
0
0
1
0
0
13/14
Copa del Rey
Valencia CF
2
0
0
0
0
0
13/14
Europa League
Valencia CF
11
0
3
2
0
0
13/14
LaLiga
Valencia CF
25
0
2
8
0
0
12/13
Champions League
Valencia CF
5
0
0
1
0
0
12/13
Copa del Rey
Valencia CF
2
0
0
1
0
0
12/13
LaLiga
Valencia CF
30
0
2
9
0
0
11/12
Allianz Cup
Sporting CP
3
0
1
2
0
0
11/12
Europa League
Sporting CP
11
0
1
4
0
0
11/12
Europa League Qualifying
Sporting CP
2
0
0
0
0
0
11/12
Liga ZON Sagres
Sporting CP
25
0
2
9
0
0
11/12
Taça de Portugal
Sporting CP
7
1
0
3
0
620
10/11
Allianz Cup
Sporting CP
4
1
0
2
0
355
10/11
Europa League
Sporting CP
7
0
4
2
0
0
10/11
Europa League Qualifying
Sporting CP
3
0
0
1
0
0
10/11
Liga ZON Sagres
Sporting CP
24
2
2
6
1
1,010
10/11
Taça de Portugal
Sporting CP
3
0
0
1
0
0
09/10
Allianz Cup
Sporting CP
3
1
0
0
1
186
09/10
Europa League Qualifying
SC Braga
1
0
0
0
0
0
09/10
Liga Sagres
SC Braga
13
1
0
7
0
1,143
09/10
Liga Sagres
Sporting CP
12
1
1
2
0
979
09/10
Taça de Portugal
Sporting CP
1
0
0
0
0
0
09/10
Taça de Portugal
SC Braga
2
0
0
1
0
0
08/09
Allianz Cup
SC Braga
1
0
0
1
0
0
08/09
Liga Sagres
SC Braga
27
1
1
4
1
2,402
08/09
Taça de Portugal
SC Braga
1
0
0
0
0
0
08/09
UEFA Cup
SC Braga
8
0
0
1
0
0
08/09
UEFA-Cup Qualifikation
SC Braga
2
0
0
0
0
0
08/09
UI Cup
SC Braga
2
0
0
0
0
0
07/08
Liga Bwin
SC Braga
27
0
0
9
0
0
07/08
UEFA Cup
SC Braga
8
0
2
1
0
0
06/07
Liga Portugal 2
Gil Vicente FC
25
1
0
10
0
2,232
05/06
Champions League
SL Benfica
3
0
0
0
0
0
05/06
Liga Bwin
Gil Vicente FC
14
0
0
5
0
0
05/06
Liga Bwin
SL Benfica
6
0
1
0
0
0
05/06
Supertaça
SL Benfica
1
0
0
0
0
0
05/06
Taça de Portugal
SL Benfica
1
0
0
0
0
0
04/05
Champions League Qu.
SL Benfica
1
0
0
0
0
0
04/05
SuperLiga
SL Benfica
27
0
0
5
0
0
04/05
Supertaça
SL Benfica
1
0
0
0
0
0
04/05
Taça de Portugal
SL Benfica
4
1
0
2
0
330
04/05
UEFA Cup
SL Benfica
7
1
0
3
0
583
03/04
Champions League Qu.
SL Benfica
0
0
0
0
0
0
03/04
SuperLiga
SL Benfica
25
4
0
3
1
364
03/04
Taça de Portugal
SL Benfica
3
1
0
0
0
169
03/04
UEFA Cup
SL Benfica
6
0
0
1
0
0
Season Date From To Type Market value Fee
96/97
1996-07-01
Benfica Yth
Benfica U15
Transfer
0
—
98/99
1998-07-01
Benfica U15
Benfica U17
Transfer
0
—
01/02
2001-07-01
Benfica U17
Benfica U19
Transfer
0
—
03/04
2003-07-01
Benfica U19
Benfica
Transfer
0
—
05/06
2006-01-01
Benfica
Gil Vicente
Loan
2000000
—
05/06
2006-06-30
Gil Vicente
Benfica
Return from loan
2000000
—
06/07
2006-07-01
Benfica
Gil Vicente
Transfer
2000000
—
07/08
2007-07-01
Gil Vicente
SC Braga
Transfer
1000000
€400k
09/10
2010-01-01
SC Braga
Sporting CP
Transfer
3700000
€3.00m
12/13
2012-07-01
Sporting CP
Valencia
Transfer
10500000
€3.70m
14/15
2015-01-31
Valencia
Hannover 96
Transfer
3000000
—
15/16
2015-07-13
Hannover 96
Sporting CP
Transfer
2000000
—
16/17
2017-01-04
Sporting CP
Trabzonspor
Transfer
1500000
€300k
20/21
2021-02-01
Trabzonspor
Sporting CP
Transfer
300000
—
21/22
2021-07-01
Sporting CP
Retired
Transfer
0
—
Season Injury From To Days missed Games missed
10/11
concussion
2010-08-22
2010-08-27
6
2
10/11
Elbow injury
2011-03-26
2011-04-18
24
4
11/12
Foot bruise
2012-05-01
2012-05-10
10
1
14/15
Thigh problems
2015-03-19
2015-04-09
22
2
18/19
Ill
2018-10-26
2018-10-28
3
1
18/19
unknown injury
2018-12-03
2018-12-06
4
1
18/19
Metatarsal fracture
2019-01-20
2019-03-17
57
12
18/19
Muscle injury
2019-05-01
2019-05-13
13
2
19/20
unknown injury
2019-12-02
2019-12-13
12
3
19/20
Groin injury
2020-02-22
2020-03-09
17
4
20/21
Torn ligaments
2020-09-04
2020-09-27
24
3
Current —
Peak €10.50m
Low —
Δ since start −€2.00m
— €2.63m €5.25m €7.88m €10.50m 1970 1970 1970
Date Value
Jan 1, 1970
—
Jan 1, 1970
€300k
Jan 1, 1970
€300k
Jan 1, 1970
€325k
Jan 1, 1970
€325k
Jan 1, 1970
€400k
Jan 1, 1970
€500k
Jan 1, 1970
€800k
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€10.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€7.50m
Jan 1, 1970
€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€5.30m
Jan 1, 1970
€3.70m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.60m
Jan 1, 1970
€2.90m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.30m
Jan 1, 1970
€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970
€500k
Jan 1, 1970
€2.00m
Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.
Top goalscoring seasons
Season Competition Club Goals Matches
03/04
SuperLiga
SL Benfica
4
25
09/10
Liga Sagres
Sporting CP
2
25
10/11
Liga ZON Sagres
Sporting CP
2
24
Top assist seasons
Season Competition Club Assists Matches
19/20
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
6
28
18/19
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
5
22
17/18
Süper Lig
Trabzonspor
4
31
Every loan spell across this player's career.
Season Date From To Type Fee Value at transfer
05/06
2006-06-30
Gil Vicente
Benfica
Return from loan
—
€2.00m
05/06
2006-01-01
Benfica
Gil Vicente
Loan
—
€2.00m
Teams faced most often by João Pereira's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions
(team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).
Opponent P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Zenit St. Petersburg
6
3
0
3
12
9
+3
50%
Belenenses SAD
4
4
0
0
10
3
+7
100%
CS Marítimo
4
2
1
1
6
3
+3
50%
CD Tondela
4
2
1
1
3
1
+2
50%
Rio Ave FC
4
2
1
1
7
5
+2
50%
CD Aves
4
4
0
0
9
1
+8
100%
CSKA Moskva
4
0
1
3
1
7
-6
0%
Chelsea FC
4
0
0
4
2
6
-4
0%
Portimonense SC
4
3
1
0
11
4
+7
75%
CD Santa Clara
4
3
0
1
10
5
+5
75%
FC Basel 1893
4
1
1
2
3
8
-5
25%
Sporting Braga
4
2
0
2
6
3
+3
50%
Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.
Season / Year Milestone Date
03/04
Senior debut season
03/04
First senior goal
Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.
Season Matches Mins YC 2nd YC RC Cards / 90′
20/21
14
0
4
1
1
0
19/20
38
2,507
8
0
0
0.29
18/19
23
0
6
0
0
0
17/18
33
1,352
6
0
0
0.4
16/17
33
0
8
0
1
0
15/16
30
0
5
0
1
0
14/15
5
0
1
1
0
0
13/14
38
0
10
0
0
0
12/13
37
0
11
0
0
0
11/12
48
620
18
0
0
2.61
10/11
41
1,365
12
0
1
0.86
09/10
32
2,308
10
0
1
0.43
08/09
41
2,402
6
0
1
0.26
07/08
35
0
10
1
0
0
06/07
25
2,232
10
0
0
0.4
05/06
25
0
5
1
0
0
04/05
40
913
10
0
0
0.99
03/04
34
533
4
0
1
0.84