 Eric with Karpaty Lviv in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eric de Oliveira Pereira | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Nova Iguaçu, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mediaș (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | CFZ de Brasília | ||
| 2006 | Paraná | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Metropolitano | 5 | (3) |
| 2007–2011 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 117 | (36) |
| 2011–2012 | Karpaty Lviv | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 22 | (4) |
| 2013 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 18 | (11) |
| 2014 | Al-Ahli | 9 | (1) |
| 2015 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 13 | (2) |
| 2015 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | Najran | 12 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | (6) |
| 2017–2018 | Viitorul Constanța | 20 | (7) |
| 2018 | Al-Markhiya[a] | 9 | (3) |
| 2019 | Viitorul Constanța | 12 | (8) |
| 2020–2021 | Voluntari | 17 | (2) |
| 2021 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 294 | (87) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023–2024 | Farul Constanța (scout) | ||
| 2024– | Mediaș (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eric de Oliveira Pereira (born 5 December 1985), known as Eric, is a Brazilian[3] former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After starting out his career in native Brazil, he went on to amass numerous stints in Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Qatar. He achieved most success in Romania, representing in the country Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Viitorul Constanța and Voluntari.
With 66 goals in the Liga I, Eric has been the top foreign goalscorer of the Romanian championship since 2020. Previously, he was named the Foreign Player of the Year twice, in 2010 and 2013.
- ^ "Liga 1 Romania - Pagina Personala a Jucatorului". lpf2.ro.
- ^ Eric de Oliveira at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ "Eric, fotbalistul îndrăgostit de România. "Nu mă mai întorc în Brazilia"" [Eric, the footballer in love with Romania. "I'm not going back to Brazil"] (in Romanian). Dcnews.ro. 2 July 2020.
"VIDEO EXCLUSIV Eric regretă că n-a îmbrăcat tricoul naționalei României: "Puteam fi primul străin care făcea asta"" [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Eric regrets not wearing the Romanian national team shirt: "I could have been the first foreigner to do that"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 December 2019.
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