Ricardo Pereira (footballer, born 1993)
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Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira (born 6 October 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for EFL Championship club Leicester City.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Barbosa and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
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Full name | Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 30)[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* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 139 | (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) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC) |
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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.