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Joel Pereira

Joel Pereira

Goalkeeper  at Reading FC
Age29
CitizenshipPortugal Switzerland
Height1.89 m
Footright
BornJune 28, 1996
at Reading FC 988 days · joined 2023-09-09
👕100+ Apps 🏴25+ Caps
Market value €350k
Rating · 25/26 4.9 Average
Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
11/12
debut season
0
goals / match
Reading FC
top club · 60 apps

Position rank · 25/26

#244
goals rank
#260
assists rank
0
season goals
0
season assists

Among 1,246 Goalkeepers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.00m
peak value · 2018
top transfer fee
best season
42 / 0
int'l caps / goals
164Appearances
0Goals
0Assists
5Yellow cards
0Red cards
162Full matches (90′)
Full nameJoel Pereira
Name in home countryJoel Dinis Castro Pereira
Date of birth1996-06-28 (29 yrs)
Place of birthLe Locle, Portugal
CitizenshipPortugal Switzerland
PositionGoalkeeper
Footright
Height189.00 m
Current clubReading FC
Joined2023-09-09
Contract expires2028-06-30
AgentRefuel Performance ...
Jul 2025
25/26 — Reading FC
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2024
24/25 — Reading FC
40 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2023
Transfer: Without Club → Reading
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
23/24 — Reading FC, Reading FC U21
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: RKC Waalwijk → Without Club
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — RKC Waalwijk
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
26 games missed
Jul 2021
Transfer: Man Utd → RKC Waalwijk
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — RKC Waalwijk
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
May 2021
Transfer: Huddersfield → Man Utd
20/21 · Return from loan
Aug 2020
Transfer: Man Utd → Huddersfield
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Huddersfield Town
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2020
Transfer: Heart of Midl. → Man Utd
19/20 · Return from loan
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2019
Transfer: Man Utd → Heart of Midl.
19/20 · Loan
Aug 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Heart of Midlothian FC
25 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: KV Kortrijk → Man Utd
18/19 · Return from loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Man Utd → KV Kortrijk
18/19 · Loan
Jan 2019
Transfer: Vitória Setúbal → Man Utd
18/19 · Return from loan
Aug 2018
Transfer: Man Utd → Vitória Setúbal
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Vitória Setúbal FC, KV Kortrijk
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Manchester United, Manchester United U23
3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Man Utd U23 → Man Utd
17/18 · Transfer
Jan 2017
Transfer: Belenenses → Man Utd U23
16/17 · Return from loan
Aug 2016
Transfer: Man Utd U23 → Belenenses
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — CF Os Belenenses, Manchester United, Manchester United U23
16 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions
Jan 2016
Transfer: Rochdale → Man Utd U21
15/16 · Return from loan
Oct 2015
Transfer: Man Utd U21 → Rochdale
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Manchester United, Rochdale AFC, Manchester United U21
20 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Manchester United U21
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2014
Transfer: Man Utd U18 → Man Utd U21
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Manchester United U21, Manchester United UEFA U19
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Xamax Youth → Man Utd U18
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Manchester United U21
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Neuchâtel Xamax FCS II, Team BEJUNE U18
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Le Locle Youth → Xamax Youth
09/10 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 388 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 25/26. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90
0
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A0 total · 0.00/90
0
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
39
Clean sheets1 total · 1.00/90
11
14,566 min
Minutes played by club
Reading FC 36.8%
Reading FC U21 0.6%
RKC Waalwijk 3.1%
Huddersfield Town 1.2%
Heart of Midlothian FC 15.7%
KV Kortrijk 3.1%
Vitória Setúbal FC 6.0%
Manchester United 0.8%
Manchester United U23 3.7%
CF Os Belenenses 6.2%
Rochdale AFC 4.9%
Manchester United U21 13.6%
Manchester United UEFA U19 1.9%
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS II 2.5%
Team BEJUNE U18 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Reading FC 3 23/24 25/26 60 0 0 5,355
Reading FC U21 1 23/24 23/24 1 0 0 90
RKC Waalwijk 2 21/22 22/23 5 0 0 450
Huddersfield Town 1 20/21 20/21 2 0 0 180
Heart of Midlothian FC 1 19/20 19/20 25 0 0 2,280
KV Kortrijk 1 18/19 18/19 5 0 0 450
Vitória Setúbal FC 1 18/19 18/19 10 0 0 879
Manchester United 3 15/16 17/18 3 0 0 112
Manchester United U23 2 16/17 17/18 6 0 0 540
CF Os Belenenses 1 16/17 16/17 10 0 0 900
Rochdale AFC 1 15/16 15/16 8 0 0 720
Manchester United U21 4 12/13 15/16 22 0 0 1,980
Manchester United UEFA U19 1 13/14 13/14 3 0 0 270
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS II 1 11/12 11/12 4 0 0 360
Team BEJUNE U18 1 11/12 11/12 0 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

0€250K1€500K1€750K1€1M16/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/2616/17 — €100K17/18 — €250K18/19 — €1M19/20 — €1M20/21 — €600K21/22 — €300K22/23 — €300K23/24 — €250K24/25 — €275K25/26 — €350KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

11/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26

Assists by season

11/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 0023/2424/25: 0024/2525/26: 0025/26
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
25/26 EFL Cup Reading FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
25/26 League One Reading FC 6 0 0 0 0 540
24/25 EFL Cup Reading FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Trophy Reading FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Reading FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 League One Reading FC 40 0 0 1 0 3,600
23/24 EFL Trophy Reading FC 3 0 0 0 0 270
23/24 FA Cup Reading FC 2 0 0 0 0 180
23/24 League One Reading FC 9 0 0 1 0 765
23/24 Premier League 2 Reading FC U21 1 0 0 0 0 90
22/23 Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 0 0 180
22/23 KNVB Beker RKC Waalwijk 1 0 0 0 0 90
21/22 Eredivisie RKC Waalwijk 2 0 0 0 0 180
20/21 Championship Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
20/21 EFL Cup Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Betfred Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 3 0 0 0 0 300
19/20 Premiership Heart of Midlothian FC 20 0 0 0 0 1,800
19/20 SFA Cup Heart of Midlothian FC 2 0 0 0 0 180
18/19 Allianz Cup Vitória Setúbal FC 1 0 0 0 0 69
18/19 JPL KV Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 JPL Playoff II KV Kortrijk 5 0 0 0 0 450
18/19 Jupiler Pro League playoff Europa League KV Kortrijk 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Liga NOS Vitória Setúbal FC 9 0 0 1 0 810
18/19 Taça de Portugal Vitória Setúbal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Cup Manchester United 1 0 0 0 0 12
17/18 FA Cup Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Premier League 2 Manchester United U23 2 0 0 0 0 180
16/17 Allianz Cup CF Os Belenenses 1 0 0 0 0 90
16/17 FA Cup Manchester United 1 0 0 0 0 10
16/17 Liga NOS CF Os Belenenses 8 0 0 1 0 720
16/17 Premier League Manchester United 1 0 0 0 0 90
16/17 Premier League 2 Manchester United U23 4 0 0 1 0 360
16/17 Taça de Portugal CF Os Belenenses 1 0 0 0 0 90
15/16 Europa League Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup Rochdale AFC 1 0 0 0 0 90
15/16 FL Trophy Rochdale AFC 1 0 0 0 0 90
15/16 League One Rochdale AFC 6 0 0 0 0 540
15/16 U21 PL Manchester United U21 12 0 0 0 0 1,080
14/15 U21 PL Manchester United U21 7 0 0 0 0 630
13/14 U21 PL Manchester United U21 3 0 0 0 0 270
13/14 U21 PL Knockout Manchester United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 UEFA Youth League Manchester United UEFA U19 3 0 0 0 0 270
12/13 U21 PL Manchester United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 U21 PL Elite Group Manchester United U21 0 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 2. Liga inter - Gr. 3 (- 11/12) Neuchâtel Xamax FCS II 4 0 0 0 0 360
11/12 U18 Elite League Team BEJUNE U18 0 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
09/10 2009-07-01 Le Locle Youth Xamax Youth Transfer 0
12/13 2012-07-11 Xamax Youth Man Utd U18 Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Man Utd U18 Man Utd U21 Transfer 0
15/16 2015-10-16 Man Utd U21 Rochdale Loan 0
15/16 2016-01-03 Rochdale Man Utd U21 Return from loan 0
16/17 2016-08-31 Man Utd U23 Belenenses Loan 0
16/17 2017-01-05 Belenenses Man Utd U23 Return from loan 100000
17/18 2017-07-01 Man Utd U23 Man Utd Transfer 100000
18/19 2018-08-02 Man Utd Vitória Setúbal Loan 1000000
18/19 2019-01-09 Vitória Setúbal Man Utd Return from loan 1000000
18/19 2019-01-31 Man Utd KV Kortrijk Loan 1000000
18/19 2019-06-30 KV Kortrijk Man Utd Return from loan 850000
19/20 2019-08-13 Man Utd Heart of Midl. Loan 850000
19/20 2020-05-31 Heart of Midl. Man Utd Return from loan 475000
20/21 2020-08-29 Man Utd Huddersfield Loan 475000
20/21 2021-05-31 Huddersfield Man Utd Return from loan 300000
21/22 2021-07-05 Man Utd RKC Waalwijk Transfer 300000
23/24 2023-07-01 RKC Waalwijk Without Club Transfer 250000
23/24 2023-09-09 Without Club Reading Transfer 250000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
19/20 Back injury 2019-08-02 2019-08-16 15 2
19/20 Knock 2019-08-25 2019-09-09 16 2
21/22 Inguinal hernia 2021-08-25 2022-02-28 188 26
Current€350k
Peak€1.00m
Low€100k
Δ since start+€250k
€100k€325k€550k€775k€1.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €275k
Jan 1, 1970 €225k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €475k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €850k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #53807 #12 0 0 former national player
Team #28436 2 0 retired national player
Team #28155 3 0 retired national player
Team #23140 2 0 retired national player
Team #23137 #12 5 0 former national player
Team #16374 #1 16 0 former national player
Team #16373 #1 4 0 former national player
Team #16372 #12 7 0 former national player
Team #16371 #1 3 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Tyler Bindon 2 0 0
Harvey Knibbs 2 0 0
Amadou Salif Mbengue 2 0 0
Jayden Wareham 2 0 0
Chem Campbell 2 0 0
Sam Smith 2 0 0
Michael Craig 1 0 0
Sean Clare 1 0 0
Michael Smith 1 0 0
André Horta 2 0 0
Uche Ikpeazu 1 0 0
Craig Halkett 1 0 0
Aaron Hickey 1 0 0
Andrew Irving 2 0 0

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-05-31 Huddersfield Man Utd Return from loan €300k
20/21 2020-08-29 Man Utd Huddersfield Loan €475k
19/20 2020-05-31 Heart of Midl. Man Utd Return from loan €475k
19/20 2019-08-13 Man Utd Heart of Midl. Loan €850k
18/19 2019-06-30 KV Kortrijk Man Utd Return from loan €850k
18/19 2019-01-31 Man Utd KV Kortrijk Loan €1.00m
18/19 2019-01-09 Vitória Setúbal Man Utd Return from loan €1.00m
18/19 2018-08-02 Man Utd Vitória Setúbal Loan €1.00m
16/17 2017-01-05 Belenenses Man Utd U23 Return from loan €100k
16/17 2016-08-31 Man Utd U23 Belenenses Loan
15/16 2016-01-03 Rochdale Man Utd U21 Return from loan
15/16 2015-10-16 Man Utd U21 Rochdale Loan

Last 50 matches for Reading FC The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-02-07 GB3 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Reading FC Available
2026-01-31 GB3 Northampton Town 0–2 Reading FC Available
2026-01-27 GB3 Reading FC 2–2 Exeter City Available
2026-01-24 GB3 Reading FC 2–2 Barnsley FC Available
2026-01-17 GB3 Leyton Orient 3–1 Reading FC Available
2026-01-04 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Stockport County Available
2026-01-01 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Burton Albion Available
2025-12-29 GB3 Peterborough United 2–2 Reading FC Available
2025-12-26 GB3 Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Reading FC Available
2025-12-18 GB3 Reading FC 0–1 Luton Town Available
2025-12-13 GB3 Bradford City 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-12-09 GB3 Reading FC 3–2 Peterborough United Available
2025-11-29 GB3 Blackpool FC 2–1 Reading FC Available
2025-11-22 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Rotherham United Available
2025-11-15 GB3 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Reading FC Available
2025-11-06 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Stevenage FC Available
2025-10-25 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Available
2025-10-21 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Northampton Town Available
2025-10-18 GB3 Cardiff City 2–1 Reading FC Available
2025-10-11 GB3 Exeter City 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-10-04 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Mansfield Town Available
2025-09-27 GB3 Stockport County 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-09-20 GB3 Reading FC 2–1 Leyton Orient Available
2025-09-13 GB3 Barnsley FC 3–2 Reading FC Available
2025-08-30 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Port Vale FC Available
2025-08-23 GB3 Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Reading FC Available
2025-08-20 GB3 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-08-16 GB3 Reading FC 1–2 AFC Wimbledon Available
2025-08-09 GB3 Reading FC 0–2 Huddersfield Town Available
2025-08-02 GB3 Lincoln City 2–0 Reading FC Available
2025-05-03 GB3 Reading FC 2–4 Barnsley FC Available
2025-04-26 GB3 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Reading FC Available
2025-04-21 GB3 Mansfield Town 1–5 Reading FC Available
2025-04-18 GB3 Reading FC 0–1 Lincoln City Available
2025-04-12 GB3 Northampton Town 0–0 Reading FC Available
2025-04-08 GB3 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Reading FC Available
2025-04-05 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Available
2025-04-01 GB3 Blackpool FC 3–0 Reading FC Available
2025-03-29 GB3 Reading FC 3–1 Peterborough United Available
2025-03-15 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Stevenage FC Available
2025-03-11 GB3 Reading FC 2–0 Wrexham AFC Available
2025-03-08 GB3 Crawley Town 1–1 Reading FC Available
2025-03-04 GB3 Reading FC 0–0 Exeter City Available
2025-03-01 GB3 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Reading FC Available
2025-02-22 GB3 Reading FC 0–0 Birmingham City Available
2025-02-15 GB3 Reading FC 2–1 Rotherham United Available
2025-02-11 GB3 Reading FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town Available
2025-02-08 GB3 Huddersfield Town 0–0 Reading FC Available
2025-02-01 GB3 Reading FC 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Available
2025-01-28 GB3 Burton Albion 3–2 Reading FC Available

Teams faced most often by Joel Pereira's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Barnsley FC 36 13 10 13 61 56 +5 36%
Charlton Athletic 35 18 6 11 49 45 +4 51%
Wigan Athletic 34 14 5 15 42 39 +3 41%
Middlesbrough FC 32 8 6 18 26 44 -18 25%
Blackpool FC 32 10 8 14 45 47 -2 31%
Birmingham City 31 10 8 13 31 36 -5 32%
Bolton Wanderers 31 16 7 8 57 32 +25 52%
Sheffield Wednesday 31 6 9 16 27 47 -20 19%
Nottingham Forest 30 14 5 11 39 37 +2 47%
Fulham FC 30 11 6 13 45 56 -11 37%
AFC Bournemouth 30 11 4 15 44 48 -4 37%
Derby County 30 8 9 13 51 52 -1 27%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
11/12 Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 40 3,600 1 0 0 0.03
23/24 15 1,305 1 0 0 0.07
18/19 15 1,329 1 0 0 0.07
16/17 16 1,360 2 0 0 0.13

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

SeasonMatchesMinsClean sheetsCS %Goals concededGC / 90′
25/26 6 540 1 17% 9 1.5
24/25 40 3,600 13 33% 46 1.15
23/24 15 1,305 4 27% 23 1.59
22/23 3 270 0 0% 11 3.67
21/22 2 180 1 50% 3 1.5
20/21 2 180 0 0% 11 5.5
19/20 25 2,280 5 20% 43 1.7
18/19 15 1,329 4 27% 20 1.35
17/18 3 192 0 0% 5 2.34
16/17 16 1,360 7 44% 17 1.13
15/16 20 1,800 5 25% 19 0.95
14/15 7 630 2 29% 7 1
13/14 6 540 2 33% 7 1.17

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League One
61 apps
0 G
0 A
U21 PL
29 apps
0 G
0 A
Premiership
20 apps
0 G
0 A
JPL Playoff II
5 apps
0 G
0 A
Liga NOS
17 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Joel Pereira

Who is Joel Pereira?

Joel Pereira is a Portugal professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Reading FC.

How old is Joel Pereira?

Joel Pereira is 29 years old. He was born on June 28, 1996 in Le Locle.

What position does Joel Pereira play?

Joel Pereira plays as a goalkeeper (Goalkeeper).

What club does Joel Pereira play for?

Joel Pereira currently plays for Reading FC.

What is Joel Pereira's market value?

Joel Pereira's most recent reported market value is €350k.