Joel António Soares Ferreira (born 10 January 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato de Portugal club Maia Lidador.
Club career Born in Porto, Ferreira spent his first four years as a senior with local team Gondomar S.C. in the third division. In summer 2015 he signed with C.D. Mafra, making his professional debut on 8 August by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Gil Vicente F.C. in the Segunda Liga.
On 21 June 2016, after suffering relegation, Ferreira signed a three-year deal with G.D. Estoril Praia. He first appeared in the Primeira Liga on 15 August, starting a 0–2 home loss to C.D. Feirense.
Ferreira returned to the second tier on 12 July 2018, joining Académica de Coimbra. He continued competing at that level the following seasons with Mafra and F.C. Arouca, contributing 22 matches (26 in all competitions) in 2020–21 as the latter club won two promotions in two years to return to the top flight.
On 21 January 2022, after only four official games in the first half of the campaign, Ferreira left the Estádio Municipal de Arouca as a free agent and returned to division two with G.D. Chaves. In the following years, he represented Leixões SC (second tier) and C.D. Trofense (Liga 3).
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueTaça de PortugalTaça da LigaOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGondomar2011–12Segunda Divisão21010——2202012–13Segunda Divisão30000——3002013–14Campeonato Nacional de Seniores32300——3232014–15Campeonato Nacional de Seniores 30000——300Total113310——1143Mafra2015–16LigaPro3700000—370Estoril2016–17Primeira Liga2702000—2902017–18Primeira Liga1500010—160Total4202010—450Académica2018–19LigaPro1800000—180Mafra 2019–20LigaPro2452110—276Arouca2020–21Liga Portugal 22201000202502021–22Primeira Liga101020—40Total230202020290Chaves2021–22Liga Portugal 2 10000000102022–23Primeira Liga 000000—00Total1000000010Leixões2022–23Liga Portugal 2 2403020—2902023–24Liga Portugal 2 000000—00Total2403020—290Trofense2023–24Liga 38000——802024–25Liga 326100——261Total34100——341Career total3169101602033410
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