Eric Pereira

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Eric
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Personal information
Full name Eric de Oliveira Pereira
Date of birth (1985-12-05) December 5, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
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Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Najran SC
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Metropolitano 5 (3)
2008–2011 Gaz Metan Mediaş 117 (36)
2011–2012 Karpaty Lviv 6 (0)
2012–2013 Gaz Metan Mediaş 22 (4)
2013–2014 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 18 (11)
2014–2015 Al-Ahli 9 (1)
2015 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 13 (2)
2015 Matsumoto Yamaga 0 (0)
2015– Najran SC 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2015

Eric de Oliveira Pereira (born December 5, 1985 in Nova Iguaçu) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Najran SC in the Saudi Professional League.

Career

Eric started his professional career in Brazil at Metropolitano. He was loaned[1] by Metropolitano to Gaz Metan Mediaş in the 2007-2008 Liga II season, a season in which he scored 10 goals helping the team to gain promotion to Liga I. After that season Gaz Metan bought him from Metropolitano.

Gaz Metan

In his first Liga I season 2008-2009, he played in 25 games and scored 3 goals. In the 2009-2010 season he played in 30 games and scored 8 goals. In the 2010-2011 season he played in 31 games and scored 15 goals, helping the team finish in the 7th place in Liga I, a place that gained Gaz Metan's first ever qualification in the UEFA Europa League because Politehnica Timişoara that finished 2nd in that season was relegated by the Romanian Football Federation because they did not fulfill the licence conditions to play in European competitions or Liga I. He was awarded the Liga I Foreign Footballer of the Year individual trophy in 2010.

In the 2011-2012 he made his debut in European competitions playing both legs against Kuopion Palloseura. He didn't play against 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FK Austria Wien in Gaz Metan's campaign because his contract with the team finished and he moved in Ukraine to play for Karpaty Lviv. He played 6 games there and returned to Gaz Metan Mediaş after that season.

In the 2012-2013 season he was Gaz Metan's captain and played in 22 games and scored 4 goals.

Pandurii

In July 2013, Eric signed a 3-years contract with Pandurii Targu Jiu, the Liga I runner-up, following here his former coach from Gaz Metan, Cristian Pustai. With Pandurii, he advanced to the group stage of Europa League, participating in 8 matches. On 13 September 2013, Eric scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Dinamo Bucharest. After a week, he scored the only goal of Pandurii in the 1-1 drawn with CFR Cluj.

Al-Ahli

In January 2014, Eric transferred to Al-Ahli from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a team contending in the Saudi Professional League and runner up for last years Asian Champions League.

Return to Pandurii

In January 2015, he returned to Pandurii.[2]

Private life

In July 2011 he had his first son with his girlfriend the Romanian handball player Cosmina Dancu named Deric.[3] On May 2013 he got married with Cosmina Dancu.[4] His cousin Vitinho is also a footballer.[5]

Honours

Individual

References

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