Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira (born 6 October 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Leicester City.
[8] On 16 April 2013, before the season was over, Pereira agreed to join FC Porto on 1 July, moving alongside teammate Tiago Rodrigues.
[10] His maiden appearance in the UEFA Champions League took place on 26 August 2014, when he replaced the injured Casemiro late into the 2–0 home victory over Lille OSC in the play-off round.
[18] Pereira scored in consecutive wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in September 2019, both at the King Power Stadium,[19] and the following 4 March he netted the only goal against Birmingham City in the fifth round of the FA Cup to put the Foxes into the last eight for the second time in eight years.
[22] On 14 April, his 88th-minute strike closed a 2–1 victory at PSV Eindhoven (also the aggregate score) and confirmed qualification for the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
[24][25] The following campaign, he was often deployed as an inverted full-back under new coach Enzo Maresca;[26] he would step in as a holding midfielder while his team possessed the ball, and managed to stay fit as they won the league and promoted.
[30] He was part of the under-21 squad that finished second at the 2015 UEFA European Championship,[31] contributing four starting appearances and netting in the 5–0 semi-final drubbing of Germany.