Quentin Pereira

Quentin Leite Pereira (born 21 April 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Differdange 03 in the Luxembourg National Division.

Quentin Pereira
Personal information
Full name Quentin Leite Pereira
Date of birth (1992-04-21) 21 April 1992
Place of birth Reims, France
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Differdange
Number 92
Youth career
Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Sochaux II 31 (2)
2012–2014 Stade de Reims 6 (0)
2013–2014 → Stade de Reims II (loan) 17 (3)
2015–2016 RC Épernay Champagne 6 (1)
2016–2017 Port Vale 14 (0)
2019 Sant Julià 0 (0)
2019– Differdange 13 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

A former Sochaux youth team player, he played in the 2010 final of the Coupe Gambardella. He was signed to Stade de Reims in January 2012, and played six Ligue 2 games for the club as they won promotion out of Ligue 2 in 2011–12. He joined RC Épernay Champagne in the Championnat de France Amateur 2 for the 2015–16 season. He joined English club Port Vale in July 2016, though left the club in May 2017. Following a two season break from the game he joined Andorran side UE Sant Julià for the start of the 2019–20 season, before quickly moving on to Differdange of Luxembourg.

Playing career

Early career

Pereira came through the Sochaux youth team, and was a 65-minute substitute for Petrus Boumal in the 2010 final of the Coupe Gambardella at the Stade de France, where Sochaux lost to Metz on penalties following a 1–1 draw.[2] He scored two goals in 22 appearances for the reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur (fourth tier) in the 2010–11 season, helping them to qualify for the play-offs, where they were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais II.[3] He then featured nine times in the 2011–12 season, as the team finished in 13th place.

He was signed by Stade de Reims in January 2012. He made his professional debut on 19 March, coming on for Kamel Ghilas 77 minutes into a 1–0 win over Le Mans at the MMArena.[4] He started one game for the club, a 3–2 win over Boulogne at the Stade Auguste-Delaune on 1 May.[5] Stade de Reims were promoted out of Ligue 2 as runners-up in 2011–12 under head coach Hubert Fournier, and Pereira never made it onto the pitch in Ligue 1. He requested a loan move, but his request was turned down by the club.[6] He scored three goals in 17 Championnat de France Amateur 2 (CFA 2 - fifth tier) games for the Reserve team in the 2013–14 season. His contract was terminated in July 2014.[7] He spent the second half of the 2015–16 season in CFA 2 with RC Épernay Champagne, and scored one goal in six matches as the club were relegated into the Regional Leagues (sixth tier).[8]

Port Vale

Pereira signed a two-year contract with EFL League One club Port Vale in July 2016.[9] He remained on the fringes of the first team at the start of the 2016–17 season, but put in a strong substitute appearance in a 2–2 draw with Peterborough United on 10 September that coach Andy Smith said would "will pickle [manager Bruno Ribeiro's] head on elections".[10] However, he had only one league start to his name before he scored a hat-trick in a reserve team match with Morecambe in October, after which reserve team coach Michael Brown said Pereira was close to breaking into the first team.[11] However speaking as caretaker-manager four months later, Brown said that "Pereira hasn't trained great for a long time now, he has not been near it".[12] He left Port Vale following the club's relegation in May 2017 after he and Brown came to a mutual agreement to end his contract.[13]

Sant Juliá and Differdange 03

In June 2019, Pereira signed with Andorran Primera Divisió side UE Sant Julià.[14] He played both legs in their UEFA Europa League qualification preliminary round defeat to Gibraltan side Europa FC.[15][16] Pereira left the club soon afterwards and instead joined FC Differdange 03 in Luxembourg's National Division.[17]

Style of play

Speaking in July 2016, Pereira described himself as a midfielder who plays "a simple, technical game".[18]

Statistics
As of match played 8 March 2020
Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sochaux II 2010–11[19]CFA Group B222000000222
2011–12[19]CFA Group B9000000090
Total 312000000312
Stade de Reims 2011–12[19]Ligue 26000000060
2012–13[19]Ligue 10000000000
Total 6000000060
Stade de Reims II (loan) 2013–14[19]CFA 2173000000173
RC Épernay Champagne 2015–16[19]CFA 26100000061
Port Vale 2016–17[20]EFL League One14000003[lower-alpha 1]0170
UE Sant Julià 2019–20[15][16]Primera Divisió0000002[lower-alpha 2]000
Differdange 2019–20[19]Luxembourg National Division133000000133
Career total 879000050929
  1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.
  2. Appearance/s in the UEFA Europa League.

Honours
Sochaux II

References
  1. "FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2016/17". www.footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. "Gambardella : Sochaux battu". L'est Republican (in French). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. "L'OL REJOINT LA FINALE DES RÉSERVES PROS". Olympique Lyonnais. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. "Le Mans vs. Reims 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. "Reims vs. Boulogne 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. Kancel, Gérard (3 December 2013). "RS. Regrets Pereira". L'union (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  7. "RS. Quentin Pereira is no longer Rémois". L'union (in French). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  8. "FOOTBALL (CFA2). Epernay made his mercato". L'union (in French). 3 February 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  9. Baggaley, Mike (1 July 2016). "Port Vale sign midfielder Quentin Pereira". The Sentinel. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  10. Baggaley, Mike (14 September 2016). "Port Vale: Seb Amoros and Quentin Pereira make case for selection". The Sentinel. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. Baggaley, Mike (13 October 2016). "Brown reflects on mixed fortunes for Port Vale's squad players". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  12. Baggaley, Mike (17 February 2017). "Michael Brown says Sam Foley is showing true grit for Port Vale". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  13. "Port Vale: Thirteen senior players leave club after relegation to League Two". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  14. El Sant Julià presenta una part de les incorporacions, elperiodic.ad, 8 June 2019
  15. "Sant Julià-Europa - UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  16. "Europa-Sant Julià - UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  17. Differdange étoffe encore son milieu de terrain, wort.lu, 11 July 2019
  18. "The First Words - Quentin Pereira". port-vale.co.uk. Port Vale FC. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  19. Quentin Pereira at Soccerway
  20. "Games played by Quentin Pereira in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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