Ricardo Pereira

Vitória Guimarães

Born in Lisbon of Cape Verdean descent, Pereira began playing youth football with local Benfica, signing in 2010 with Naval after a six-year spell at Sporting CP's academy. He moved to Vitória de Guimarães after only one year, completing his development with the club. Pereira made his first-team – and Primeira Liga – debut on 1 April 2012, playing 12 minutes in a 3–1 home win over Paços de Ferreira. He scored six goals in as many games in the 2012–13 edition of the Taça de Portugal, including the 2–1 winner in the final against Benfica as the Minho Province side won the tournament for the first time in their history.

Porto

On 16 April 2013, before the season was over, Pereira agreed to join Porto on 1 July, moving alongside teammate Tiago Rodrigues. He alternated constantly between the first and the second teams during his early tenure, also being reconverted to a full-back by manager Paulo Fonseca. His maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 26 August 2014, when he replaced the injured Casemiro late into the 2–0 home victory over Lille in the play-off round. In summer 2015, after only 33 first-team appearances over two seasons, Pereira was loaned for two years to French club Nice. He made his debut in Ligue 1 on 12 September, playing the entire 0–1 home loss to Guingamp. Pereira was voted as the French League's best full-back by the International Centre for Sports Studies in April 2016.

Leicester City

On 17…

Pereira won 35 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring 12 goals. He was part of the under-21 squad that finished second at the 2015 UEFA European Championship, contributing four starting appearances and netting in the 5–0 semi-final victory over Germany. On 6 November 2015, Pereira was called up to the full side for the second time, ahead of friendlies against Russia and Luxembourg. He made his debut in the former match, featuring eight minutes in the 1–0 defeat in Krasnodar. Pereira was selected by manager Fernando Santos for his 2018 FIFA World Cup squad. He made his debut in the competition on 30 June, playing the entire 2–1 loss to Uruguay in the round of 16.

Club

As of match played 2 May 2026

International

Vitória Guimarães

Taça de Portugal: 2012–13 Porto

Primeira Liga: 2017–18 Leicester City

FA Cup: 2020–21 FA Community Shield: 2021 EFL Championship: 2023–24 Portugal U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2015 Individual

Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2017–18 Leicester City Player of the Season/Players' Player of the Season: 2018–19