Eric Pereira

Eric
	Eric playing for Karpaty Lviv in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Eric de Oliveira Pereira
Date of birth	5 December 1985
Place of birth	Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Voluntari
Number	27
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 March 2020

Eric de Oliveira Pereira (born 5 December 1985), known as Eric, is a Brazilian-Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Romanian club FC Voluntari.[2]

After starting out his career in native Brazil, he went on to compete professionally in Romania, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Qatar.

He achieved most success in Romania, being named the Foreign Player of the Year in 2010 and 2013. He has scored over 65 goals in the country's first division for Gaz Metan Mediaș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Voluntari and Viitorul Constanța combined.

Club career

Metropolitano

Eric started his professional career in Brazil at Metropolitano. He was loaned[3] by Metropolitano to Gaz Metan Mediaș 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 Mediaș

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 Târgu Jiu

In July 2013, Eric signed a 3-years contract with Pandurii Târgu 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 Târgu Jiu

In January 2015, he returned to Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[4]

Matsumoto Yamaga

On 30 June 2015, Matsumoto Yamaga announced the signing of Eric from Romanian club Pandurii Târgu Jiu.[5]

Viitorul Constanța

On 8 July 2017, Eric signed a one-year contract with Liga I club Viitorul Constanța.[6]

Return to Viitorul Constanța

On 12 January 2019, Eric signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Liga I side Viitorul Constanța.[7] On 14 January 2020, Eric left Viitorul Constanța and joined Voluntari[8]

Voluntari

On 14 January 2020, Eric signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Liga I side Voluntari.[9]

Personal life

In July 2011, he had his first son with his girlfriend, Romanian handball player Cosmina Dancu, named Deric.[10] He married Cosmina in May 2013.[11] In 2015 the couple's second son was born, Anthony.[12] His cousin Vitinho is also a footballer.[13]

Honours

Club

Al-Ahli

King Cup: Runner-up 2014

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Cupa Ligii: Runner-up 2014–15

Viitorul Constanța

Individual

Gazeta Sporturilor Liga I Foreign Player of the Year: 2010, 2013

References

"Liga 1 Romania - Pagina Personala a Jucatorului". lpf2.ro.
Eric a semnat cu Voluntari! Brazilianul s-a pozat în tricoul formației ilfovene. prosport.ro (in Romanian)
"Cairo, Eric e Grilo no Gaz Metan da Romênia". metropolitano.net. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
"Eric de Oliveira, bucuros că s-a întors la Pandurii". Pandurii Târgu Jiu. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Mihaitalazarica (30 June 2015). "エリック選手　パンドゥリ　タルグ　ジウより完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Matsumoto Yamaga. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
Mihaitalazarica (8 July 2017). "Eric a devenit jucătorul Viitorului" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
Mihaitalazarica (12 January 2019). "Bine ai revenit, Eric de Oliveira!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
Mihaitalazarica (14 January 2020). "Mulțumim, Eric de Oliveira!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
Mihaitalazarica (14 January 2020). "BUN VENIT, ERIC !" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
"Eric de Oliveira este oficial tatic!Vezi primele poze cu fiul vedetei lui Gaz Metan". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
"Eric vedeta lui Gaz Metan Medias s-a insurat". enational.ro. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
"Eric si-a pregatit ghetele pentru meciurile cu Pandurii". pandurul.ro. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
"Vitinho, vărul lui Eric, cel mai valoros stranier anul trecut, munceşte pe brânci în România, pentru familia nevoiaşă aflată la Rio". libertatea.ro. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

External links

Eric Pereira at Soccerway
Eric Pereira at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
Eric Pereira at FootballDatabase.eu
Eric Pereira – UEFA competition record
Eric Pereira at J.League (in Japanese)

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[1] "Liga 1 Romania - Pagina Personala a Jucatorului". lpf2.ro.

[2] Eric a semnat cu Voluntari! Brazilianul s-a pozat în tricoul formației ilfovene. prosport.ro (in Romanian)

[3] "Cairo, Eric e Grilo no Gaz Metan da Romênia". metropolitano.net. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[4] "Eric de Oliveira, bucuros că s-a întors la Pandurii". Pandurii Târgu Jiu. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[5] Mihaitalazarica (30 June 2015). "エリック選手　パンドゥリ　タルグ　ジウより完全移籍加入のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Matsumoto Yamaga. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[6] Mihaitalazarica (8 July 2017). "Eric a devenit jucătorul Viitorului" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

[7] Mihaitalazarica (12 January 2019). "Bine ai revenit, Eric de Oliveira!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[8] Mihaitalazarica (14 January 2020). "Mulțumim, Eric de Oliveira!" (in Romanian). Viitorul Constanța. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[9] Mihaitalazarica (14 January 2020). "BUN VENIT, ERIC !" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

[10] "Eric de Oliveira este oficial tatic!Vezi primele poze cu fiul vedetei lui Gaz Metan". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

[11] "Eric vedeta lui Gaz Metan Medias s-a insurat". enational.ro. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

[12] "Eric si-a pregatit ghetele pentru meciurile cu Pandurii". pandurul.ro. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[13] "Vitinho, vărul lui Eric, cel mai valoros stranier anul trecut, munceşte pe brânci în România, pentru familia nevoiaşă aflată la Rio". libertatea.ro. Retrieved 16 March 2014.