Brayann Pereira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brayann Leancely Christva Pereira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Quentin, France | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NEC Nijmegen | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2017 | Saint-Quentin | ||
| 2017–2021 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Lens II | 20 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Lens | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Auxerre II | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Auxerre | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → NEC (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2024– | NEC | 57 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | France U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | France U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | France U19 | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | France U20 | 8 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 May 2023 | |||
Brayann Leancely Christva Pereira (born 21 May 2003) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club NEC.
Club career
Pereira made his professional debut for RC Lens on 22 January 2022, replacing Gaël Kakuta in the 83rd minute of a 2–0 home Ligue 1 loss against Olympique de Marseille, as his side was already two scores down at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis.[2]
On 12 July 2022, Pereira signed a three-year contract with Auxerre.[3] On 2 February 2023, Pereira was loaned to Bourg-Péronnas in Championnat National.[4] On 4 August 2023, Pereira moved on a new loan to NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.[5]
On 21 March 2024, NEC exercised their purchase option and signed a three-year contract with Pereira.[6]
International career
Pereira was born in France, and is of Angolan and Congolese descent. He is a youth international for France.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 August 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens II | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Lens | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Auxerre | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Auxerre II | 2022–23 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| NEC (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| NEC | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2026–27 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 57 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 3 | ||
| Career Total | 105 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 3 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in European play-offs
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2022[9]
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: November 2024,[10] May 2025[11]
References
- ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ Le Marquis, Florent; Rego, Raul (22 January 2022). "Lens 0-2 OM, Ligue 1, résultat et résumé du match". L'Équipe (in French). Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ↑ "BRAYANN PEREIRA SIGNE À L'AJA" (in French). Auxerre. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ↑ "BRAYANN PEREIRA PRÊTÉ PAR L'AJA" (in French). Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ "N.E.C. huurt Brayann Pereira met koopoptie van AJ Auxerre" [NEC loans Brayann Pereira with an option to buy from AJ Auxerre] (in Dutch). NEC Nijmegen. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "N.E.C. licht koopoptie in contract Brayann Pereira" [NEC exercises purchase option in Brayann Pereira's contract] (in Dutch). NEC. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ "Le jeune défenseur de Lens Brayann Pereira va passer professionnel à 16 ans". L'Équipe.
- ↑ Brayann Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ↑ "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ↑ "PSV and N.E.C. main suppliers to the Eredivisie Team of the Month for November". Eredivisie. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ "Eredivisie Team of the Month: AZ leads the way". Eredivisie. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
External links
- Brayann Pereira at Soccerway
- Brayann Pereira at the French Football Federation (in French)
Categories:
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Sportspeople from Saint-Quentin, Aisne
- French sportspeople of Angolan descent
- French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
- French men's footballers
- Footballers from Oise
- France men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Eredivisie players
- RC Lens players
- AJ Auxerre players
- Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French football defender, 2000s birth stubs