Joel Castro Pereira

Joel Dinis Castro Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɛɫ diˈniʃ ˈkaʃtɾu pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; born 28 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Huddersfield Town, on loan from Premier League club Manchester United.

This article is about the goalkeeper. For the defender, see Joel Pereira (footballer, born September 1996).
This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Castro and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Joel Castro Pereira
Pereira warming up for Manchester United in 2017
Personal information
Full name Joel Dinis Castro Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996
Place of birth Boudevilliers, Switzerland
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Huddersfield Town
(on loan from Manchester United)
Number 44
Youth career
2009–2012 Neuchâtel Xamax
2012–2015 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Manchester United 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Rochdale (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 → Belenenses (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 → Vitória de Setúbal (loan) 9 (0)
2019 → Kortrijk (loan) 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Heart of Midlothian (loan) 20 (0)
2020– → Huddersfield Town (loan) 1 (0)
National team‡
2011 Switzerland U15 2 (0)
2011 Switzerland U16 3 (0)
2011–2012 Switzerland U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U17 5 (0)
2014 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Portugal U19 7 (0)
2016 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2016–2018 Portugal U21 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:40, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:01, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Boudevilliers, in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel, Pereira grew up in Le Locle and began his career in the youth ranks of local club FC Le Locle, before joining Neuchâtel Xamax at 13.[2]

Club career

Manchester United

Pereira signed for Manchester United in 2012. He was part of the team that won the 2014–15 Under-21 Development League title, and extended his contract on 13 August 2015, amidst a goalkeeping saga at the club.[3]

2015–16: Loan to Rochdale

On 17 October 2015, he was loaned to Rochdale in Football League One for a month.[4] Later that day, he had his first senior call-up, remaining an unused substitute as the team drew 0–0 away to Bury. On 10 November 2015, he made his debut in a 1–0 loss to Morecambe at Spotland, in the quarter-finals of the Football League Trophy. Manager Keith Hill praised the goalkeeper's performance after he was named man of the match and saved a penalty kick.[5] On 19 November 2015, he extended his loan until 3 January 2016.[6] Two days later, Pereira made his Football League debut, in a 2–0 away win against Doncaster Rovers.[7] He totalled eight appearances for Rochdale, six in the league.[8]

On 25 February 2016, he had his first call-up to a senior Manchester United game, sitting on the bench for their 5–1 home win over FC Midtjylland in the last 32 second leg of the UEFA Europa League.[9]

2016–17: Loan to Belenenses and Premier League debut

On 31 August 2016, he joined Primeira Liga club Belenenses on loan.[10] His loan spell ended on 5 January 2017, due to Manchester United's third-choice goalkeeper Sam Johnstone joining Aston Villa on loan.[11] Pereira made his Manchester United debut on 29 January 2017, in an FA Cup fourth round tie against Wigan Athletic, coming on as an 80th-minute substitute for Sergio Romero.[12][13] On 21 May 2017, he started for the first time in the Premier League, against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.[14]

2017–18: New contract
Pereira playing for United during a League Cup match against Burton Albion in 2017

On 1 July 2017, Pereira signed a four-year deal to stay at Manchester United until 2021.[15] On 20 September 2017, he appeared as a substitute against Burton Albion in the EFL Cup and conceded a last-minute goal.[16]

2018–19: Loans to Setúbal and Kortrijk

On 2 August 2018, he joined Vitória de Setúbal on loan for the 2018–19 season.[17] After making 10 appearances in all competitions, Pereira's loan spell was terminated in January 2019 and he returned to Manchester United.[18][19] At the end of January 2019, he went out on loan again, this time to Belgium with Kortrijk.[20] He made five appearances for the club in the Europa League playoffs.[21]

2019–20: Loan to Hearts

Pereira went out on loan again for the 2019–20 season, joining Scottish Premiership club Hearts on 13 August 2019.[22] He made his debut three days later in the second round of the Scottish League Cup, a 2–1 win at Motherwell.[23] On 25 August, he played for the first time in the Scottish Premiership, losing 3–1 away to reigning champions Celtic.[24]

2020–21: Loan to Huddersfield Town

On 29 August 2020, Pereira signed for EFL Championship club Huddersfield Town on loan for the 2020–21 season.[25]

International career

In July 2016, Pereira was selected in the Portugal squad for the 2016 Olympic Games.[26] He was an unused substitute in all four of Portugal's matches in the tournament.[21] In May 2017, he was selected in the Portugal under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[27]

Career statistics
As of match played 21 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United 2015–16[8] Premier League 00000000—00
2016–17[28] Premier League 101000000020
2017–18[29] Premier League 000010000010
2018–19[30] Premier League 00000000—00
2019–20[31] Premier League 00000000—00
2020–21[32] Premier League 00000000—00
Total 101010000030
Rochdale (loan) 2015–16[8] League One 601000—1[lower-alpha 1]080
Belenenses (loan) 2016–17[33] Primeira Liga 801010——100
Vitória de Setúbal (loan) 2018–19[33] Primeira Liga 900010——100
Kortrijk (loan) 2018–19[21] First Division A 0000——5[lower-alpha 2]050
Hearts (loan) 2019–20[31] Scottish Premiership 2002030——250
Huddersfield Town (loan) 2020–21[32] Championship 100000——10
Career total 45050600060620
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in Belgian First Division A Europa League playoffs

References
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  2. Merlet, Laurent (2016-05-26). "Aux portes de la Premier League". L'Express (in French): 37. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
  3. Magan, Tony (15 August 2015). "Manchester United: Joel Pereira signs new contract amid Old Trafford goalkeeping uncertainty". International Business Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. "Joel Castro Pereira: Manchester United goalkeeper joins Rochdale". BBC Sport. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  5. Dawson, Rob (11 November 2015). "Manchester United goalkeeper Joel Castro Pereira backed to be Reds' next star". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  6. "Joel Castro Pereira: Man Utd goalkeeper returns to Rochdale". BBC Sport. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  7. "Doncaster Rovers 0-2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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  9. Thompson, Gemma (25 February 2016). "United squad energised by injection of youth". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  10. Marshall, Adam (31 August 2016). "Pereira moves to Belenenses on loan". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. Luckhurst, Samuel (5 January 2017). "Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone leaves on loan". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  12. "Manchester United 4–0 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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  16. Ducker, James; Bagchi, Rob (20 September 2017). "Jose Mourinho suggests scrapping League Cup – 'Could English football survive without this competition? Maybe'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  17. "Man Utd keeper Joel Pereira joins Vitoria Setubal on loan". BBC Sport. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  18. "Joel Pereira regressa ao Manchester United" [Joel Pereira returns to Manchester United]. vfc.pt (in Portuguese). Vitória FC. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  19. "Duo return to United from loan spells". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  20. Higgins, Adam (31 January 2019). "Joel Pereira moves to Belgium on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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  22. Marshall, Adam (13 August 2019). "Pereira clinches loan move to Scotland". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  23. McCartney, Aidan (19 August 2019). "How Joel Pereira fared on his Hearts debut after Manchester United loan transfer". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  24. Booth, Dominic (26 August 2019). "Why Manchester United player Andreas Pereira was at Celtic vs Hearts". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  25. "Goalkeeper Joel Pereira signs on loan from Man Utd". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  26. "Bayern Munich's Renato Sanches left out of Portugal's Olympic squad". ESPN FC. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  27. "Portugal squads announced for Confederations Cup / U21 Euro". Portugoal. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  28. "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  29. "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  30. "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  31. "Games played by Joel Castro Pereira in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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