Joshua Pereira
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| Full name | Joshua Bernard Pereira | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Geylang International | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | National Football Academy | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Young Lions | 63 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Geylang International | 80 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Singapore U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Singapore U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Singapore U22 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Singapore | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 02:14, 23 November 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Joshua Bernard Pereira (born 10 October 1997) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays either as a midfielder or defender for Singapore Premier League club Geylang International, whom he captains and the Singapore national team.
When Joshua was studying at the Singapore Sports School, he was selected for a week-long stint with J.League club Albirex Niigata's under-18 squad in Japan.
Joshua started his career with the National Football Academy and caught the eye while representing the national under-18 team during their qualification tournament for the 2016 AFC Under-19 Championship.[1]
In December 2015, he won the 2015 Dollah Kassim Award and trained with Ligue 1 side, AS Saint-Étienne from 11 to 19 March 2016.[2][3]
Club career
Young Lions
He signed for Young Lions for the 2016 S.League season and impressed the pundits although the team failed to perform as expected.[4]
Geylang International
In 2020, he signed for Geylang International.[5]
Joshua was named the Club captain for the 2023 Singapore Premier League season onwards.
International career
Pereira was part of the U21 team which played China U21 team in 2016.[6] He captained the U22 in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship qualification in 2019.
In September 2022, Pereira received his first call up to the senior Singapore squad for the 2022 VFF Tri-Nations Series held in Vietnam.[7] He made his international debut in a 4-0 friendly loss to Vietnam[8] before collecting his second cap in the same friendly tournament in a 1–1 draw against India.[9]
Later in December, Pereira was part of the national team for the 2022 AFF Championship.[10]
Personal life
Pereira studied hospitality and tourism management at Temasek Polytechnic.[2]
Honours
Individual
- Dollah Kassim Award recipients: 2015
- Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2022
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 Aug 2022. Caps and goals may not be correct
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | Singapore League Cup |
Asia | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions | 2016 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 18 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 2 | |
| Geylang International | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| Total | 65 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | |
| Career total | 121 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 | |
- Young Lions are ineligible for qualification to AFC competitions in their respective leagues.
