Diogo Pereira (Brazilian footballer)

Diogo Pereira
Personal information
Full name Diogo Junior Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[1]
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward[1]
Team information
Current team
 Phitsanulok
Number 90
Youth career
2007–2010 Palmeiras
2010 Guarani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Guarani 14 (0)
2011 Comercial 0 (0)
2011–2013 Bragantino 2 (0)
2012 → Santacruzense (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Noroeste (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Marília 0 (0)
2014 Novorizontino 0 (0)
2014 Grêmio Barueri 4 (0)
2015 → Aimoré (loan) 0 (0)
2016 Rio Branco-SP 0 (0)
2016 Itabaiana 10 (0)
2017 J. Malucelli 0 (0)
2017–2018 Becamex Bình Dương 6 (3)
2018 SHB Đà Nẵng 13 (1)
2018–2019 Nam Định 33 (19)
2021–2022 Than Quảng Ninh 1 (0)
2023 Phuket Andaman
2024– Phitsanulok
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2019

Diogo Junior Pereira (born 27 March 1990) is a Brazilian footballer. He last played for Thai club Phitsanulok as a forward.

Club career

Born in São Paulo, Pereira represented the under-17 team of Palmeiras as a youth.[2] He joined Guarani academy in 2010, and made his professional debut with the senior team in the same year. He joined Clube Atlético Bragantino of Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in the following year. However he failed to break to the first team and to get more playing opportunities, he joined Associação Esportiva Santacruzense on loan. In 2012 playing for Santacruzense he impressed Noroeste scoring a brace while playing against.[3] A few months later, he joined Noroeste on loan for the second half of year, scoring the winner goal on Copa Paulista final.[4] In the following years, he continued to play for lower division clubs - Marília Atlético Clube, Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino, Grêmio Barueri, Clube Esportivo Aimoré (loan),[1] Itabaina amongst others.[5]

On 8 June 2017, Pereira moved abroad and signed for Vietnamese club Becamex Binh Duong.[6] On 2018, Pereira moved abroad and signed for different Vietnamese club SHB Da Nang.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Aimoré contrata atacante Diogo Pereira para o Gauchão 2015 [Aimoré hires striker Diogo Pereira for the Gauchão 2015]". Correio do Povo. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "União acerta com o atacante Diogo Pereira [Union strikes with striker Diogo Pereira]". Diário. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Copa Paulista: 'Carrasco' reforça o ataque [Copa Paulista: 'Carrasco' reinforces the attack]" (in Portuguese). JCNET. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Noroeste vence e é bicampeão da Copa Paulista" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Diogo Pereira é mais um reforço da Olímpica de Itabaiana para a sequência do estadual [Diogo Pereira is another reinforcement of the Olympic of Itabaiana for the sequence of the state]". 31 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "B.Bình Dương chiêu mộ tiền đạo người Brazil có chiều cao 1m84 [Bian Duong recruited Brazilian striker with a height of 1m84]". Vietnam Hay. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2017.