Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Missed 3 of Leicester's ~46 games this season through 3 injury absences (unfit, injured). He still appeared 38 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2887 | 6.76 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6.9 |
Pereira's current-season form is up 825% on last season (Season 4→37), while his Rating eased 33→30. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 53).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Leicester · 23rd | 38 | 2 | 1 | 6.76 | 30 | 37 |
| 2024/25 | Leicester · 18th | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 33 | 4 |
| 2023/24 | Leicester · 1st | 39 | 3 | 3 | 7.26 | 49 | 53 |
| 2022/23 | Leicester · 18th | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6.54 | 50 | 5 |
| 2021/22 | Leicester · 8th | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6.89 | 62 | 16 |
| 2020/21 | Leicester · 5th | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6.63 | 67 | 18 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Ricardo Pereira is a 32-year-old full-back at Leicester, rated 29.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 432nd of 493 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (74.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.49 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pereira.
Judged on this season alone, Pereira graded 37 — a strong campaign that ranks top 19% of the 77 full-backs in the Championship, on 4 clean sheets and 5.487 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 37). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 70th of 77 of the 77 full-backs in the Championship. At 32 Pereira is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Pereira missed 3 games through injury (unfit, injured) out of roughly 46 this season. The 38 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
5.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 38 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 29.5, Pereira carries the 70th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Championship of 77, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Leicester finished 23rd of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
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 (~23), then tapers with age. At 32, Pereira sits on 9.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Pereira's projected Rating — 29.5 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.
€25M total transfer fees · 4 moves
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