Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Joshua Bernard Pereira | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | central-midfielder, defensive-midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Geylang International | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | National Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Young Lions | 63 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Geylang International | 42 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2016 | Singapore U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Singapore U21 | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Singapore U22 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Singapore | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:14, 23 November 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 December 2022 |
Joshua Bernard Pereira (born 10 October 1997) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a central-midfielder, defensive-midfielder or centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International FC, whom he captains and the Singapore national team.
When Joshua was studying at the Singapore Sports School, he was selected for a week-long stint with J.League side, Albirex Niigata's Under-18 squad in Japan.
Joshua started his career with the National Football Academy and caught the eye while representing the national under-18 team during their qualification tournament for the 2016 AFC Under-19 Championship. [1]
In December 2015, he won the 2015 Dollah Kassim Award and trained with Ligue 1 side, AS Saint-Étienne from 11–19 March 2016. [2] [3]
He signed for Young Lions for the 2016 S.League season and impressed the pundits although the team failed to perform as expected. [4]
In 2020, he signed for Geylang International. [5]
Joshua was named the Club captain for the 2023 Singapore Premier League season onwards.
Pereira was part of the U21 team which played China U21 team in 2016. [6] He captained the U22 in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification in 2019.
In September 2022, Pereira received his first call up to the senior Singapore squad for the 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series held in Vietnam. [7] He made his international debut in a 4-0 friendly loss to Vietnam [8] before collecting his second cap in the same friendly tournament in a 1-1 draw against India. [9]
Later in December, Pereira was part of the national team for the 2022 AFF Championship. [10]
Pereira studied hospitality and tourism management at Temasek Polytechnic. [2]
Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Young Lions | 2016 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 18 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2018 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
2019 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |
Geylang International | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2023 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
Career total | 99 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 Sept 2022 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Vietnam | 0-4 (lost) | 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series |
2 | 24 Sept 2022 | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | India | 1-1 (draw) | |
3 | 24 December 2022 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Myanmar | 3-2(won) | 2022 AFF Championship |
4 | 27 December 2022 | New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos | Laos | 2-0(won) | 2022 AFF Championship |
5 | 23 March 2023 | Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1–1 (draw) | Friendly |
6 | 26 March 2023 | Macau Olympic Complex Stadium, Macau | Macau | 1–0 (won) | Friendly |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 20 June 2018 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore | Myanmar | 0-2 (lost) | Friendly |
2 | 22 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Hong Kong | 1-1 (draw) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
3 | 24 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | North Korea | 1-1 (draw) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
4 | 26 March 2019 | MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Mongolia | 3-1 (won) | 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification |
5 | 7 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Philippines | 3-0 (won) | 2019 Merlion Cup |
6 | 9 June 2019 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | Thailand | 1-0 (won) | 2019 Merlion Cup |
7 | 6 September 2019 | Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore | Fiji | 2-0 (won) | Friendly |
8 | 3 December 2019 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines | Vietnam | 0-1 (lost) | 2019 Southeast Asian Games |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Vietnam | 0-0 (draw) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
2 | 15 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Malaysia | 1-2 (lost) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
3 | 17 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Philippines | 2-1 (won) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
4 | 19 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam | Timor-Leste | 0-2 (lost) | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
5 | 4 August 2017 | Hartfield Park, Australia | Australia | 0-4 (lost) | Friendly [11] |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 17 September 2016 | Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi | Philippines | 1–1 | 2-1 | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
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