Pedro Pereira (footballer, born 1998)

Pedro Pereira

Pereira with Genoa in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Miguel Almeida Lopes Pereira
Date of birth	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Vendas Novas, Portugal
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Monza
Number	13
Youth career
2006–2007	Estrela FC
2007–2008	GDR Afeiteira
2008–2015	Benfica
2015–2016	Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Sampdoria	21	(0)
2017–2021	Benfica B	1	(0)
2017–2022	Benfica	1	(0)
2018–2019	→ Genoa (loan)	32	(0)
2019–2020	→ Bristol City (loan)	21	(2)
2020–2021	→ Crotone (loan)	35	(0)
2021–2022	→ Monza (loan)	33	(0)
2022–	Monza	3	(0)
2022–2023	→ Alanyaspor (loan)	26	(0)
International career
2013	Portugal U15	2	(0)
2013–2014	Portugal U16	10	(0)
2014–2015	Portugal U17	17	(0)
2015	Portugal U18	3	(0)
2016–2017	Portugal U19	4	(0)
2018	Portugal U20	2	(0)
2019–2021	Portugal U21	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Pedro Miguel Almeida Lopes Pereira (born 22 January 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Monza.

Early life

Born in Vendas Novas, Évora District, Pereira grew up supporting Sporting CP but switched allegiances to city rivals Benfica upon joining them as a youth. ^[1]

Club career

Sampdoria

Pereira transferred to Italian club Sampdoria in 2015, and made his professional Serie A debut on 14 September that year, as a 22nd-minute substitute for Mattia Cassani in a 2–0 home win over Bologna. ^[2] On 4 October, he registered his first assist in a 1–1 draw with Inter Milan, also at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, for Luis Muriel to open the scoring. ^{[1] [3]}

Benfica

First team

On 30 January 2017, Pereira returned to Benfica and signed a contract until 2022. ^{[4] [5]} He made his only first-team appearance for the Encarnados on 20 May in the last game for the already crowned champions, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–2 draw at Boavista FC, ^{[6] [7]} and thereby being recorded as a league winner. ^[8]

Reserve team

Pereira's only other involvement with the club was on 28 October, in the reserve team's 4–0 loss at Gil Vicente FC, on the request of club president Luís Filipe Vieira to motivate the player who was out of first-team coach Rui Vitória's plans. ^[9]

Genoa (loan)

In January 2018, Pereira was loaned back to Serie A, to Sampdoria's city rivals Genoa on an 18-month deal. ^[8] The Rossoblu were given the option to purchase him for €4.5 million. ^[10]

Bristol City (loan)

Pereira was loaned again in August 2019, to Bristol City of England's EFL Championship for a year with the option to buy for €6 million. ^[11] He scored his first senior goal on 27 October, an 86th-minute equaliser in the Robins' 2–2 home draw with Wigan Athletic, heading in a corner kick from Niclas Eliasson at the near post. ^[12]

Crotone (loan)

On 21 September 2020, Pereira was loaned back to Serie A, this time to Crotone. ^{[13] [14]}

Monza

On 23 July 2021, Pereira joined Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan, with a conditional obligation to buy for €2.5 million. ^[15] By 31 December 2021, Benfica had sold the player's rights to Monza. ^[16] Pereira began the season by assisting Carlos Augusto's goal against Cittadella in the first round of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia on 14 August 2021; the match ended in a 2–1 defeat. ^[17] On 29 August, Pereira assisted Christian Gytkjær in a 1–0 home win against Cremonese. ^[18]

Alanyaspor (loan)

On 18 August 2022, Monza loaned out Pereira to Turkish Süper Lig club Alanyaspor for one year. ^[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 May 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		League cup [lower-alpha 2]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sampdoria	2015–16 [20]	Serie A	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
	2016–17 [20]	Serie A	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	Total		21	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
Benfica	2016–17 [20]	Primeira Liga	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2017–18 [20]	Primeira Liga	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2018–19 [20]	Primeira Liga	—		—		—		0	0
	2019–20 [20]	Primeira Liga	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Benfica B	2017–18 [20]	LigaPro	1	0	—		—		1	0
Genoa (loan)	2017–18 [20]	Serie A	6	0	—		—		6	0
	2018–19 [20]	Serie A	26	0	1	0	—		27	0
	Total		32	0	1	0	0	0	33	0
Bristol City (loan)	2019–20 [21]	Championship	21	2	1	0	0	0	22	2
Crotone (loan)	2020–21 [22]	Serie A	35	0	1	0	—		36	0
Monza (loan)	2021–22 [23]	Serie B	33	0	1	0	1	0	35	0
Career total			144	2	4	0	1	0	149	2

1. Includes Coppa Italia, Taça de Portugal, FA Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup

Honours

Benfica ^[20]

• Primeira Liga: 2016–17

Portugal U21 ^[20]

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2021

References

1. "Pedro Pereira: "Era do Sporting, mas bastou-me um jogo pelo Benfica para me tornar adepto"" [Pedro Pereira: "I was a fan of Sporting, but one game for Benfica was enough to turn me into a fan of them"] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
2. Nicolini, Lorenzo (14 September 2015). "Sampdoria-Bologna, le pagelle: bravo Ferrari. Ingenuo Rizzo" [Sampdoria-Bologna, the ratings: well done Ferrari. Rizzo genius] (in Italian). Bologna Today. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
3. "Inter in partita con Perisic: pareggio 1-1 con la Sampdoria" [Inter in match with Perisic: 1-1 draw with Sampdoria]. Il Giorno (in Italian). 4 October 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
4. "Djuricic è un calciatore della Sampdoria, Pereira va al Benfica" [Djuricic is a Sampdoria player, Pereira goes to Benfica]. Sampdoria. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
5. "Pedro Pereira assina pelo Benfica até 2022" [Pedro Pereira signs for Benfica until 2022]. Público (in Portuguese). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
6. "Muitas novidades no onze do Benfica frente ao Boavista" [Many new faces in Benfica's XI against Boavista]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
7. "Pedro Pereira: "Penso que estou a conseguir assimilar o que o míster me pede"" [Pedro Pereira: "I think I am able to do what the boss asks me to"]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
8. "Pedro Pereira no Génova" [Pedro Pereira to Genoa]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
9. Sampaio, João (28 October 2017). "Presidente do Benfica 'coloca' Hermes e Pedro Pereira a jogar... na equipa B" [Benfica's president 'picks' Hermes and Pero Pereira to play... in the B team] (in Portuguese). Be Soccer. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
10. "Os pormenores do empréstimo de Pedro Pereira ao Génova" [The details of Pedro Pereira's loan to Genoa]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 December 2019.
11. "Bristol fica com opção de compra por Pedro Pereira" [Bristol retain buying option for Pedro Pereira]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
12. "Bristol City 2–2 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
13. "Pedro Pereira cedido". www.slbenfica.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2021.
14. "Pedro Pereira è un calciatore rossoblù". F.C. Crotone (in Italian). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
15. "Pedro Pereira joins AC Monza". AC Monza . 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
16. "Relatório e Contas 1º Semestre 2021" (PDF). CMVM . S.L. Benfica. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
17. "Cittadella sempre "infernale" per il Monza, la sconfitta per 2-1 costa l'eliminazione!". MBNews (in Italian). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
18. "La Cremonese gioca meglio, il Monza vince: finisce 1–0 in Brianza". Pianeta Serie B (in Italian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
19. "Pedro Pereira in prestito all'Alanyaspor". AC Monza (in Italian). 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
20. Pedro Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
21. "Games played by Pedro Pereira in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
22. "Games played by Pedro Pereira in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
23. "Games played by Pedro Pereira in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

External links

• Pedro Pereira national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)