Ricardo Pereira (footballer, born 1993)

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Ricardo Pereira
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Pereira playing for Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira [1]
Date of birth (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31) [1]
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] [1]
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 21
Youth career
2001–2004 Futebol Benfica
2004–2010 Sporting CP
2010–2011 Naval
2011–2012 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Vitória Guimarães 30 (0)
2013 Vitória Guimarães B 1 (0)
2013–2015 Porto B 18 (2)
2013–2018 Porto 46 (4)
2015 → Nice II (loan) 1 (0)
2015–2017 → Nice (loan) 50 (2)
2018– Leicester City 143 (10)
International career
2012 Portugal U19 3 (1)
2012–2013 Portugal U20 14 (4)
2013–2015 Portugal U21 18 (7)
2016 Portugal U23 1 (0)
2015–2019 Portugal 7 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira (born 6 October 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Leicester City.

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After starting out at Vitória de Guimarães – winning the 2013 Taça de Portugal and being the competition's top scorer in the process – he signed with Porto, being part of the squad that won the 2017–18 Primeira Liga but also spending two years on loan to French club Nice. In May 2018, he joined Leicester City for €25 million.

A senior international since 2015, Pereira represented Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, [3] Pereira began playing youth football with local C.F. Benfica, signing in 2010 with Associação Naval 1º de Maio after a six-year spell at Sporting CP's academy. He moved to Vitória S.C. after only one year, completing his development with the Guimarães-based club. [4]

Pereira made his first-team – and Primeira Liga – debut on 1 April 2012, playing 12 minutes in a 3–1 home win over F.C. Paços de Ferreira. [5] He scored six goals in as many games in the 2012–13 edition of the Taça de Portugal, [6] [7] including the 2–1 winner in the final against S.L. Benfica as the Minho Province side won the tournament for the first time in their history. [8]

Porto

On 16 April 2013, before the season was over, Pereira agreed to join FC Porto on 1 July, moving alongside teammate Tiago Rodrigues. [9] He alternated constantly between the first and the second teams during his early tenure, also being reconverted into a full-back by manager Paulo Fonseca. [10] His maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 26 August 2014, when he replaced the injured Casemiro late into the 2–0 home victory over Lille OSC in the play-off round. [11]

In summer 2015, after only 33 first-team appearances over two seasons, Pereira was loaned for two years to French club OGC Nice. [12] He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 12 September, playing the entire 0–1 home loss to En Avant de Guingamp. [13]

Pereira was voted as the French League's best full-back by the International Centre for Sports Studies in April 2016. [14]

Leicester City

Pereira playing for Leicester City in 2021 Ricardo Pereira 2021.jpg
Pereira playing for Leicester City in 2021

On 17 May 2018, a €25 million deal was agreed for Pereira to move to Leicester City. [15] He made his Premier League debut on 10 August, playing the entire 2–1 away defeat against Manchester United. [16] He scored his first goal while celebrating his 25th birthday, netting after a counter-attack in a 1–2 home loss to Everton. [17] At the end of the campaign, he was voted both his team's Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season. [18]

Pereira scored in consecutive wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in September 2019, both at the King Power Stadium, [19] and the following 4 March he netted the only goal against Birmingham City in the fifth round of the FA Cup to put the Foxes into the last eight for the second time in eight years. [20] Days later, he was ruled out for the rest of the season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. [21]

On 18 February 2022, Pereira signed a contract extension until 2026. [22] On 14 April, his 88th-minute strike closed a 2–1 victory at PSV Eindhoven (also the aggregate score) and confirmed qualification for the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League. [23]

Pereira struggled heavily with injury problems during his spell at the club, also being relegated to the EFL Championship in 2023. [24] [25] The following campaign, he was often deployed as an inverted full-back under new coach Enzo Maresca; [26] he would step in as a holding midfielder while his team possessed the ball, and managed to stay fit as they won the league and promoted. [27]

International career

Pereira won 35 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring 12 goals. He was part of the under-21 squad that finished second at the 2015 UEFA European Championship, [28] contributing four starting appearances and netting in the 5–0 semi-final drubbing of Germany. [29]

On 6 November 2015, Pereira was called up to the full side for the second time, ahead of friendlies against Russia and Luxembourg. [30] He made his debut in the former match, featuring eight minutes in the 1–0 defeat in Krasnodar. [31]

Pereira was selected by manager Fernando Santos for his 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. [32] He made his debut in the competition on 30 June, playing the entire 2–1 loss to Uruguay in the round of 16. [33]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2024 [34] [35]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória Guimarães 2011–12 Primeira Liga 300000——30
2012–13 Primeira Liga2706632——368
Total3006632——398
Vitória Guimarães B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 10————10
Porto B 2013–14 Segunda Liga121————121
2014–15 Segunda Liga61————61
Total182————182
Porto 2013–14 Primeira Liga14220203 [c] 000212
2014–15 Primeira Liga5000503 [d] 0—130
2017–18 Primeira Liga27260307 [d] 0—432
Total46480100130—774
Nice II (loan) 2015–16 CFA 10————10
Nice (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 2600010——270
2016–17 Ligue 124210005 [e] 0—302
Total502101050—572
Leicester City 2018–19 Premier League 3520020——372
2019–20 Premier League2831140——334
2020–21 Premier League15020002 [e] 0—190
2021–22 Premier League14110206 [f] 11 [g] 0242
2022–23 Premier League1011000——111
2023–24 Championship 3933130——454
2024–25 Premier League200020——40
Total1431082130811017313
Career total289182382722611036629
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga, Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Europa League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [36]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201520
201710
201820
201920
Total70

Honours

Vitória Guimarães

Porto

Leicester City

Portugal U21

Individual

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