Quentin Pereira

Quentin Pereira

Personal information
Full name	Quentin Leite Pereira
Date of birth	21 April 1992
Place of birth	France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Port Vale
Number	21
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–	Port Vale	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 23 November 2016 (UTC).

Quentin Leite Pereira (born 21 April 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for English League One club Port Vale.

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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He started one game for the club, a 3–2 win over Boulogne at the Stade Auguste Delaune on 1 May.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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).^[7]

Port Vale

Pereira signed a two-year contract with English League One club Port Vale in July 2016.^[8] 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".^[9] However he had only one league start to his name before he scored a hat-trick in a reserve team match with Morecambe, after which reserve team coach Michael Brown said Pereira was close to breaking into the first team.^[10]

Style of play

Speaking in July 2016, Pereira described himself as a midfielder who plays "a simple, technical game".^[11]

Statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sochaux II	2010–11[12]	CFA Group B	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	2
	2011–12[12]	CFA Group B	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	2
Stade de Reims	2011–12[12]	Ligue 2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2012–13[12]	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Stade de Reims II	2013–14[12]	CFA 2	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3
RC Épernay Champagne	2015–16[12]	CFA 2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Port Vale	2016–17[13]	League One	13	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	16	0
Career total			73	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	76	6

1. Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

with Sochaux II

• Coupe Gambardella runner-up: 2010^[1]

References

1. "Gambardella : Sochaux battu". L'est Republican (in French). 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
2. "L'OL REJOINT LA FINALE DES RÉSERVES PROS". Olympique Lyonnais. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
3. "Le Mans vs. Reims 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
4. "Reims vs. Boulogne 3 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
5. Kancel, Gérard (3 December 2013). "RS. Regrets Pereira". L'union (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
6. "RS. Quentin Pereira is no longer Rémois". L'union (in French). 3 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. "FOOTBALL (CFA2). Epernay made his mercato". L'union (in French). 3 February 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
8. Baggaley, Mike (1 July 2016). "Port Vale sign midfielder Quentin Pereira". The Sentinel. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
9. Baggaley, Mike (14 September 2016). "Port Vale: Seb Amoros and Quentin Pereira make case for selection". The Sentinel. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
10. Baggaley, Mike (13 October 2016). "Brown reflects on mixed fortunes for Port Vale's squad players". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
11. "The First Words - Quentin Pereira". port-vale.co.uk. Port Vale FC. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
12. Quentin Pereira profile at Soccerway
13. "Games played by Quentin Pereira in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.