Joel (footballer, born 1980)

Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bertoti and the second or paternal family name is Padilha.

Joel

Joel with South China in 2014

Personal information
Full name|  Joel Bertoti Padilha
Date of birth|  (1980-07-24) 24 July 1980 (age 45)
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|  Hong Kong Rangers|  6|  (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals 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

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### Tai Po

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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

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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

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1. ^ 祖爾頭頂腳踢 南華破傑志金身 Apple Daily. 19 December 2011.
2. ^ (in Chinese)花絮 祖爾紅噹噹膺 12月 MVP Apple Daily. 27 January 2012.

## External links

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* Joel Bertoti Padilha Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at HKFA
* CBF Database[permanent dead link] (in Portuguese)

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Chen Jianlong

|  Guangdong Sunray Cave captain
2009–2010  | Succeeded by

Li Zhihai

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2011–12 Hong Kong Top Footballer

* GK: Yapp Hung Fai
* DF: Lo Kwan Yee
* DF: Joel
* DF: Rehman
* DF: Cancela
* MF: Chu Siu Kei
* MF: Lam Ka Wai
* MF: Baise
* MF: Lee Hong Lim
* FW: Tarrés
* FW: Nakamura

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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