Joel Castro Pereira
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Joel Castro Pereira is a goalkeeper currently playing in Manchester Under-21 team.
Joel Castro Pereira | |||||||||||||||||||||
Full Name | Joel Dinis Castro Pereira | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth | 28 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Age | 28 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Birth | Boudevilliers, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous club/s | Neuchatel Xamax |
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Youth career
Joel joined Manchester United in July 2012 after a trial. His performances in the 2013-14 FA Youth Cup received a lot of praise despite Manchester United's failure to make the quarter-finals.
In October 2015, Joel joined Rochdale on loan for a month, he made one appearance for the club and was named man of the match. He returned to United for only a week before rejoining Rochdale on loan until the start of January 2016.
International
Joel is eligible to play for both Portugal and Switzerland. Most recently he's been capped by Portugal's U19 side but has previously appeared at U18 level for Portugal and both U16 and U15 level for Switerland.
Career statistics
Club | Season | Under-18 | Under-19 | Under-21 | Total | ||||||||||||||||
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Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | C.S. | Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | C.S. | Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | C.S. | Starts | Subs | Goals | Assists | C.S. | ||
Manchester United | 2013-14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2014-15 | — | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
2015-16 | — | — | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
Career total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
C.S. = Clean Sheets