Joel (footballer, born 1980)
 Joel with South China in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Bertoti Padilha | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Torres, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995-2000 | Caxias | 16 | (4) |
| 2000-2003 | São José-RS | 48 | (6) |
| 2003-2005 | Brasil de Pelotas | 54 | (8) |
| 2005–2006 | Esportivo | 16 | (1) |
| 2006–2006 | Caxias | 10 | (1) |
| 2006–2009 | Tai Po | 45 | (17) |
| 2009–2010 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | 46 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | South China | 30 | (9) |
| 2014 | Rangers | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2014 | |||
Joel Bertoti Padilha (Chinese: 祖爾 Joel; born 24 July 1980), commonly known as Joel, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Club career[edit]
Tai Po[edit]
Joel joined Tai Po in September 2006. He established himself as an important first team player immediately and scored a debut goal(The first home game of Tai Po, 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 Christian Annan.
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[edit]
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 Kitchee's league season.[1] 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.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 祖爾頭頂腳踢 南華破傑志金身 Apple Daily. 19 December 2011.
- ^ (in Chinese)花絮 祖爾紅噹噹膺 12月 MVP Apple Daily. 27 January 2012.
External links[edit]
- Joel Bertoti Padilha at HKFA
- CBF Database[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese)
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
- Tai Po FC players
- China League One players
- Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. players
- Hong Kong Rangers FC players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Hong Kong League XI representative players
- Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul