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Damián Pérez
Argentine footballer
Damián Alfredo Pérez (born 22 December 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Independiente.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damián Alfredo Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-12-22) 22 December 1988 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2015 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 152 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Vélez Sarsfield | 23 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Club Tijuana | 73 | (2) |
| 2018 | Colo-Colo | 13 | (0) |
| 2019 | San Lorenzo | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sporting Gijón | 29 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Godoy Cruz | 38 | (1) |
| 2022 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 37 | (0) |
| 2023– | Independiente | 29 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:05, 22 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Pérez started his professional career playing for Arsenal de Sarandí in a 1–4 defeat to Newell's Old Boys, on 16 March 2008, playing as a left winger.[2] In the 2011 Clausura, he became a regular starter for Arsenal. Playing mainly as a left full back, Pérez totaled 13 games (12 as a starter).[3]
The Argentine defender was also a regular starter for Arsenal in the team's first national league title, the 2012 Clausura, in which he played 17 games (all as a starter), scoring once (in the 14th fixture 4–1 victory over San Martín de San Juan).[4] Pérez also started in the team's victory against Boca Juniors for the 2012 Supercopa Argentina (first edition of the tournament) and was a regular starter in the 2012–13 Copa Argentina winning campaign (including the 3–0 victory against San Lorenzo de Almagro in the final).
After playing 186 games with Arsenal de Sarandí (counting both domestic and international competitions), and despite being wanted by Argentine powerhouses Boca Juniors and River Plate, the full back joined Vélez Sarsfield on a free transfer for the second half of the 2015 Argentine Primera División.[5][6][7]
On 18 July 2019, Pérez signed a two-year contract with Spanish club Sporting de Gijón.[8] However, he moved to Godoy Cruz back in Argentina on 26 October 2020.[9]
On 9 February 2022, Pérez returned to his former club, Arsenal de Sarandí, on a deal until the end of 2022.[10]
- As of match played 20 July 2020[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal de Sarandí | 2007-08 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2010-11 | Primera División | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | Primera División | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 2012-13 | Primera División | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 2013-14 | Primera División | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Primera División | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Primera División | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 151 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 3 | ||
| Vélez Sarsfield | 2015 | Primera División | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Club Tijuana | 2016-17 | Liga MX | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 | Liga MX | 37 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 45 | 2 | ||
| Total | 73 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 3 | ||
| Colo-Colo | 2018 | Primera División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
| San Lorenzo | 2018-19 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Sporting Gijón | 2019-20 | Segunda División | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 294 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 353 | 7 | ||
- Appearances in Supercopa Argentina
- Appearances in Copa de la Superliga
- Arsenal de Sarandí
- Damián Pérez at WorldFootball.net
- "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Closing '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Vélez sumó a su segundo refuerzo: Damián Pérez". ESPN FC (in Spanish). 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Con Pérez y Bella". Olé (in Spanish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Vélez le sopló el refuerzo a River y Boca". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- "Damián Pérez, último fichaje sportinguista" [Damián Pérez, latest Sporting signing] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- Damián Pérez, nuevo refuerzo de Godoy Cruz, tycsports.com, 26 October 2020
- Arsenal concretó el regreso de Damián Pérez, grupolaprovincia.com, 9 February 2022
- Damián Pérez at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (in Spanish)
- Damián Pérez – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Damián Pérez at BDFutbol
- Damián Pérez at Soccerway