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João Pedro Pereira Silva

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Playing position
  
Striker

Role
  
Footballer

Number
  
21

Height
  
1.89 m


1999–2009
  
Aves

Weight
  
80 kg

Name
  
Joao Pereira

Career start
  
2009

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Full name
  
Joao Pedro Pereira Silva

Date of birth
  
(1990-05-21) 21 May 1990 (age 25)

Place of birth
  
Vila das Aves, Portugal

Current team
  
F.C. Pacos de Ferreira (#21 / Forward)

João Pedro Pereira Silva (born 21 May 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Italian club U.S. Salernitana 1919 as a striker.

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Club career

Born in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso, Silva joined the youth system of local C.D. Aves at the age of 10. He eventually made his professional debut for the club during the 2009–10 season, with the northerners in the second division, and made an immediate impact by finishing as the league's second top scorer with 14 goals as the team finished comfortably in mid-table.

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Silva signed for Premier League side Everton on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, on 9 June 2010. In the last hours of the following transfer window, without having made any official appearances with the Toffees, he returned to Portugal, joining U.D. Leiria on loan; on 14 May 2011, the last matchday of the Portuguese season, he scored two of his four goals in the Primeira Liga for the team, in a 3–3 away draw against S.L. Benfica.

For the 2011–12 campaign, Silva continued on loan and in his country's top division, joining Vitória F.C. in a season-long move. He scored in his first competitive game, a 2–1 home win against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, netting in the 91st minute; on 31 January 2012, he was recalled from his loan.

On 9 July 2012, Silva signed for PFC Levski Sofia on a three-year contract. He made his official debut ten days later, appearing as a substitute in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against FK Sarajevo.

Released by Levski in the 2013 summer, Silva took his game to Italy, where he represented A.S. Bari and U.S. Città di Palermo, the first club from Serie B and the second in Serie A. He left the latter on 26 August 2015, signing a one-year deal with Paços de Ferreira the following day.

Club statistics

As of 1 June 2015

References

João Pedro Pereira Silva Wikipedia