João Pereira (footballer, born 1984)
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Pereira as manager of Sporting CP B in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Pedro da Silva Esmail Pereira | ||
| Birth name | João Pedro da Silva Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alanyaspor (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1994 | Domingos Sávio | ||
| 1994–2003 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Benfica B | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Benfica | 58 | (4) |
| 2006 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Gil Vicente | 25 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Braga | 67 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Sporting CP | 61 | (3) |
| 2012–2015 | Valencia | 55 | (0) |
| 2015 | Hannover 96 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Sporting CP | 28 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Trabzonspor | 106 | (3) |
| 2021 | Sporting CP | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Portugal U15 | 7 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Portugal U16 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002 | Portugal U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U19 | 15 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Portugal U21 | 28 | (1) |
| 2009 | Portugal B | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Portugal | 40 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024 | Sporting CP B | ||
| 2024 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2025 | Sporting CP B | ||
| 2025– | Alanyaspor | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
João Pedro da Silva Esmail Pereira (born 25 February 1984) is a Portuguese professional manager and former footballer who played as a right-back. He is the manager of Süper Lig club Alanyaspor.
An attacking player, he was also known for his fiery temperament that led to altercations with adversaries and referees numerous times. In his country, he represented both Benfica and Sporting CP, winning the 2004–05 Primeira Liga with the former. He also spent two and a half seasons in Spain with Valencia and three and a half in Turkey with Trabzonspor, winning the 2019–20 Turkish Cup before returning to Sporting in February 2021, where he again won the domestic league, eventually amassing Primeira Liga totals of 233 matches and nine goals. Internationally, he represented Portugal at Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup.
After retiring in 2022, Pereira began his coaching career at Sporting's reserves, before taking charge of the first team in November 2024. He left his position one month later.