Damián Pérez

Damián Pérez
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)

Damián Alfredo Pérez (born 22 December 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Independiente.

Career

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]

Career Statistics

As of match played 20 July 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 41 0
2013-14 Primera División 31 1 1 0 8 0 1[a] 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[b] 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
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Supercopa Argentina
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa de la Superliga

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí

References

  1. ^ Damián Pérez at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Closing '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Vélez sumó a su segundo refuerzo: Damián Pérez". ESPN FC (in Spanish). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Con Pérez y Bella". Olé (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Vélez le sopló el refuerzo a River y Boca". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Damián Pérez, nuevo refuerzo de Godoy Cruz, tycsports.com, 26 October 2020
  10. ^ Arsenal concretó el regreso de Damián Pérez, grupolaprovincia.com, 9 February 2022
  11. ^ Damián Pérez at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2020.