Quentin Leite Pereira (born 21 April 1992) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder. A former Sochaux youth team player, he played in the

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final of the Coupe Gambardella. He was signed to

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in January 2012, and played six

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games for the club as they won promotion out of

in 2011–12. He joined

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in the

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for the 2015–16 season. He joined English club Port Vale in July 2016, though left the club in May 2017. Following a two-season break from the game he joined Andorran side UE Sant Julià for the start of the 2019–20 season, before quickly moving on to Differdange of Luxembourg. He joined CA Vitry in 2022.

Career

Early career

Pereira came through the Sochaux youth team and was a 65-minute substitute for

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in the

final of the Coupe Gambardella at the

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, where Sochaux lost to Metz on penalties following a 1–1 draw. He scored two goals in 22 appearances for the reserve team in the

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(fourth tier) in the

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season, helping them to qualify for the play-offs, where they were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais II. He then featured nine times in the 2011–12 season, as the team finished in 13th place. He was signed by

in January 2012. He made his professional debut on 19 March, coming on for

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77 minutes into a 1–0 win over

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at the MMArena. He started one game for the club, a 3–2 win over

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at the Stade Auguste-Delaune on 1 May. Stade de Reims were

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out of

as runners-up in 2011–12 under head coach

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, and Pereira never made it onto the pitch in

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. He requested a loan move, but the club turned down his request. He scored three goals in 17

(CFA 2 - fifth tier) games for the Reserve team in the 2013–14 season. His contract was terminated in July 2014. He spent the second half of the 2015–16 season in CFA 2 with

, and scored one goal in six matches as the club were relegated into the Regional Leagues (sixth tier).

Port Vale

Pereira signed a two-year contract with

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club Port Vale in July 2016. He remained on the fringes of the first-team at the start of the 2016–17 season, but put in a strong substitute appearance in a 2–2 draw with Peterborough United on 10 September that

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Andy Smith said would "will pickle manager Bruno Ribeiro's] head on elections". However, he had only one league start to his name before he scored a hat-trick in a reserve team match with

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in October, after which reserve team coach Michael Brown said Pereira was close to breaking into the first-team. However, speaking as

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four months later, Brown said that "Pereira hasn't trained great for a long time now, he has not been near it". He left Port Vale following the club's relegation in May 2017 after he and Brown came to a mutual agreement to end his contract.

Later career

In June 2019, Pereira signed with Andorran Primera Divisió side UE Sant Julià. He played both legs in their UEFA Europa League qualification preliminary round defeat to Gibraltan side

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. Pereira left the club soon afterwards and instead joined FC Differdange 03 in Luxembourg's National Division. He joined CA Vitry in 2022.

Style of play

Speaking in July 2016, Pereira described himself as a midfielder who plays "a simple, technical game".

Career statistics

Honours

Sochaux II * Coupe Gambardella runner-up:

References

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