Domestic-league season · Reading.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3870 | 6.91 |
 Friendlies Clubs | 34 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 6.6 |
Pereira's current-season form is down 64% on last season (Season 22→8), while his Rating eased 38→31. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 22).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Reading · 12th | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 31 | 8 |
| 2024/25 | Reading · 7th | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 38 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | Reading · 17th | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.96 | 31 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | Waalwijk · 9th | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 47 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | Waalwijk · 10th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 51 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | Huddersfield · 20th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.75 | 53 | 4 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Joel Pereira is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Reading, rated 30.6 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 338th of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (93.5% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pereira.
Judged on this season alone, Pereira graded 8 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 26th of 35 of the 35 goalkeepers in the League One, on 7 clean sheets across 43 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 22 → 8). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, 24th of 35 of the 35 goalkeepers in the League One. At 30 Pereira is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.5 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
7 clean sheets in 43 appearances (16% of games).
With a Rating of 30.6, Pereira carries the 24th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the League One of 35. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~19), then tapers with age. At 30, Pereira sits on 9.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Pereira's projected Rating — 30.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
