Ricardo Pereira
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Leicester.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2887 | 6.76 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 6.9 |
Scout report
Ricardo Pereira is a 32-year-old central defender at Leicester, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 1 assists in 38 appearances, a Season grade of 34, top 17% of Championship centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.6, ranking 430th of 495 in the Championship. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (69.7% 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 34 — a strong campaign that ranks top 17% of the 89 centre-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 → 34). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 29, 74th of 89 of the 89 centre-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 8.8 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.
Output in context · Leicester finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side
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.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 69.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Defensive volume. 5.49 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 28.6, Pereira carries the 74th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 89, 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Championship with 600+ minutes this season.
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