Joel Bertoti Padilha ( ''Joel''; born July 24, 1980 in

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, Brazil), more commonly known as Joel, is a Brazilian

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defender who last played for Rangers in the

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Career

Wofoo Tai Po (2006–2009)

Joel joined

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(

Tai Po FC Tai Po Football Club (), also known as Wofoo Tai Po due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier League. In the 2018–19 season, Tai Po successfully won their first t ...

) in September 2006. He established himself as an important first team player immediately and scored a debut goal(The first home game of

, against South China). He became an immediate solution of the team's weakness in defending header and also added a lot of quality in attacking. Besides his passing and run from deep position ability, Joel's attacking header and free kick skills made him the top scorer of the team with 6 goals in 2006/2007, along with striker

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. Joel changed his jersey number from 28 to 6 in season 2007/2008, which he scored 7 times and became the third top scorer in the team, and the top scoring defender among the Hong Kong First Division League.

South China AA

Joel joined South China at the beginning of the 2010 season. On 18 December 2011, he scored two goals, one with a header and the other with a penalty kick, to inflict the first defeat of

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's league season. In January 2012, he was named the Most Valuable Player in the 2011-12 Hong Kong First Division League for December 2011 by the Hong Kong Sports Press Association.花絮祖爾紅噹噹膺 12月 MVP
''Apple Daily''. 27 January 2012.

References

External links

Joel Bertoti Padilha
at HKFA
CBF Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joel 1980 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football defenders Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players Tai Po FC players China League One players Guangdong Sunray Cave players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Hong Kong First Division League players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China Hong Kong League XI representative players