Ricardo Pereira (footballer, born 1993)

Ricardo Pereira

Pereira playing for Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira[1]
Date of birth	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2][1]
Position(s)	Full-back
Team information
Current team	Leicester City
Number	21
Youth career
2001–2004	Futebol Benfica
2004–2010	Sporting CP
2010–2011	Naval
2011–2012	Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Vitória Guimarães	30	(0)
2013	Vitória Guimarães B	1	(0)
2013–2015	Porto B	18	(2)
2013–2018	Porto	46	(4)
2015	→ Nice II (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2017	→ Nice (loan)	50	(2)
2018–	Leicester City	143	(10)
International career
2012	Portugal U19	3	(1)
2012–2013	Portugal U20	14	(4)
2013–2015	Portugal U21	18	(7)
2016	Portugal U23	1	(0)
2015–2019	Portugal	7	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira (born 6 October 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Leicester City.

After starting out at Vitória de Guimarães – winning the 2013 Taça de Portugal and being the competition's top scorer in the process – he signed with Porto, being part of the squad that won the 2017–18 Primeira Liga but also spending two years on loan to French club Nice. In May 2018, he joined Leicester City for €25 million.

A senior international since 2015, Pereira represented Portugal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.