| Gabriel Pereira | |
| Full Name: | Gabriel Pereira Magalhães dos Santos |
| Birth Date: | 2000 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Volta Redonda, Brazil |
| Height: | 1.88 m[1] |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Copenhagen |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Araruama |
| Youthyears2: | 2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sampaio Corrêa-RJ |
| Youthyears3: | 2019–2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | Volta Redonda |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Volta Redonda |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Vilafranquense (loan) |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Vilafranquense |
| Caps3: | 16 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Gil Vicente |
| Caps4: | 38 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | Copenhagen |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 22 June 2024 |
Gabriel Pereira Magalhães dos Santos (born 7 May 2000) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen.
Pereira began playing football with his local club Araruama as a defensive midfielder for 4 years, before moving to the youth side of Sampaio Corrêa-RJ in late 2017 and transitiong to a centre-back.
In 2019, he was scouted by Volta Redonda and finished his development with their under-20s.[2] On 27 January 2020, he signed his first professional contract with Volta Redonda until 2023.[3]
On 3 August 2021, he moved to Liga Portugal 2 side Vilafranquense on loan with an option to buy.[4] His option was activated for the second season, and he ended up making 46 league appearances with Vilafranquense.
On 30 January 2023, Pereira signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Primeira Liga club Gil Vicente,[5] for a reported fee of €650.000 for 50% of the player's economic rights.[6]
Pereira is an ambidextrous centre-back who is a great tackler in 1v1 situations and when recovering from deep. He is an excellent passer who can eliminate pressure, and can also play long-diagonals to start up offensive play. He opts for risky maneuvers sometimes instead of making the most conventional decisions.[7]
| Season | League | State league | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Volta Redonda | 2020 | Série C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Série C | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| Vilafranquense (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga Portugal 2 | 30 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Vilafranquense | 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Gil Vicente | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Primeira Liga | 31 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||||
| Copenhagen | 2024–25 | Danish Superliga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 97 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 2 | |||