Pedro Pereira (footballer, born 1998)

Pedro Miguel Almeida Lopes Pereira (born 22 January 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right back for Italian club Crotone on loan from Benfica.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Pedro Pereira
Personal information
Full name Pedro Miguel Almeida Lopes Pereira
Date of birth (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998
Place of birth Vendas Novas, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Crotone
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 32
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– Benfica 1 (0)
2017 Benfica B 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Genoa (loan) 32 (0)
2019–2020 → Bristol City (loan) 19 (2)
2020– → Crotone (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018

Club career

Born in Vendas Novas, Évora District, Pereira grew up supporting Sporting CP but switched allegiances to city rivals S.L. Benfica upon joining them as a youth.[1] He transferred to Italian club U.C. Sampdoria in 2015 and made his professional debut in Serie A on 14 September that year, as a 22nd-minute substitute for Mattia Cassani in a 2–0 home win over Bologna F.C. 1909.[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]

On 30 January 2017, he 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] His 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]

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

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sampdoria 2015–16[13] Serie A 9000——90
2016–17[13] Serie A 12000——120
Total 21000——210
Benfica 2016–17[13] Primeira Liga 1000—0010
2017–18[13] Primeira Liga 0000—0000
2018–19[13] Primeira Liga 0000—0000
2019–20[13] Primeira Liga 0000—0000
Total 1000—0010
Benfica B 2017–18[13] LigaPro 10———10
Genoa (loan) 2017–18[13] Serie A 6000——60
2018–19[13] Serie A 26010——270
Total 32010——330
Bristol City (loan) 2019–20[14] Championship 1921000—202
Career total 742200000762

Honours

Benfica[13]

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 at Soccerway
  14. "Games played by Pedro Pereira in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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