SOCCER PLAYER

Joel Castro Pereira

1996 - Today

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Joel Dinis Castro Pereira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈɛl diˈniʃ ˈkaʃtɾu pɨˈɾɐjɾɐ]; born 28 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Reading. Pereira joined Manchester United's youth system in 2012. He made three first-team appearances for the club and spent time on loan at Rochdale, Belenenses, Vitória de Setúbal, Kortrijk, Hearts and Huddersfield Town. In July 2021, he joined Dutch club RKC Waalwijk after his contract at United expired. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Castro Pereira is the 10,539th most popular soccer player (up from 19,351st in 2024), the 871st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 1,040th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Swiss Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joel Castro Pereira ranks 10,539 out of 21,273. Before him are Iván Piris, Masafumi Yoshida, Nigel Martyn, Nando Rafael, Alireza Beiranvand, and Ryoko Takara. After him are Paul Stalteri, Cheick Diabaté, Youssef Safri, Alex Král, Brad Smith, and Cata Díaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Joel Castro Pereira ranks 244. Before him are Ten, AleXa, Maxi Gómez, Kevin Diks, Almoez Ali, and Valentino Lazaro. After him are Răzvan Marin, Vitalii Skakun, Pia Mia, Soufiane El Bakkali, Hwang In-beom, and Nico Elvedi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Joel Castro Pereira ranks 871 out of 1,015. Before him are Gregor Stähli (1968), Sandra Hess (1968), Mirjam Ott (1972), Sergei Aschwanden (1975), Guido Acklin (1969), and Oliver Zaugg (1981). After him are Nico Elvedi (1996), Marc Hottiger (1967), Dominic Andres (1972), Simone Niggli-Luder (1978), Viktor Röthlin (1974), and Andreas Küttel (1979).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among soccer players born in Switzerland, Joel Castro Pereira ranks 130. Before him are Ruben Vargas (1998), David Degen (1983), Michael Lang (1991), Raphaël Wicky (1977), Amir Abrashi (1990), and Jürg Studer (1966). After him are Nico Elvedi (1996), Marc Hottiger (1967), Mario Eggimann (1981), Valentin Stocker (1989), Dan Ndoye (2000), and Jonas Omlin (1994).

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