Gastón Pereiro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereiro and the second or maternal family name is López.
Gastón Pereiro
Pereiro in 2022 with Cagliari
Personal information
Full name Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Genoa
Number 11
Youth career
–2008 Racing Club Montevideo
2008–2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Nacional 39 (11)
2015–2020 PSV 118 (44)
2020–2024 Cagliari 63 (8)
2023 → Nacional (loan) 18 (2)
2024 → Ternana (loan) 18 (5)
2024– Genoa 2 (0)
International career
2012–2015 Uruguay U20 21 (8)
2017–2021 Uruguay 13 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2024

Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1] (born 11 June 1995)[2] is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Genoa.

Club career

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and Rodrigo Amaral, he traveled to England to participate in a ten-day training session at Liverpool.[4]

On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Oriente Petrolero. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0.[5] Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over Racing at the Estadio Centenario.

On 15 July 2015, Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by Memphis Depay, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for Adam Maher.[6] On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival Ajax.[7] Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against Genemuiden.[8]

He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.[9]

On 31 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Italian club Cagliari.[10] On 17 January 2023, Pereiro returned to Nacional on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[11] On 18 January 2024, Pereiro moved on a new loan to Ternana.[12] On 29 August 2024, his contract with Cagliari was terminated by mutual consent.[13] On 14 October 2024, he join Genoa as free agent.[14]

International career

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping Uruguay qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion, Serbia.

He was called up to the full Uruguay squad in the autumn of 2017.[15] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Poland at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2024[17]
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2013–14 Primera División 15 5 — 6[b] 0 — 21 5
2014–15 24 6 — 1[b] 1 — 25 7
Total 39 11 — 7 1 — 46 12
PSV 2015–16 Eredivisie 29 11 3 3 6[c] 0 1[d] 0 39 14
2016–17 30 10 2 1 5[c] 0 1[d] 0 38 11
2017–18 28 11 3 0 2[e] 0 — 33 11
2018–19 27 10 0 0 8[c] 1 1[d] 0 36 11
2019–20 4 2 1 0 3[e] 0 0 0 8 2
Total 118 44 9 4 24 1 3 0 154 49
Cagliari 2019–20 Serie A 10 1 0 0 — — 10 1
2020–21 15 2 1 0 — — 16 2
2021–22 29 4 2 1 — — 20 5
2022–23 Serie B 9 1 2 0 — — 11 1
2023–24 Serie A 0 0 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 63 8 7 1 — — 70 9
Nacional (loan) 2023 Primera División 18 2 — 5[b] 1 1[f] 0 24 3
Ternana 2023–24 Serie B 18 5 — — 2[g] 1 20 6
Genoa 2024–25 Serie A 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 258 70 16 5 36 3 6 1 316 79
  1. ^ Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b c Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya
  7. ^ Appearances in Serie B relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 7 October 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Uruguay 2017 1 0
2018 4 2
2019 5 2
2020 0 0
2021 3 1
Total 13 5

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.[19]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2018 NRG Stadium, Houston, United States  Mexico 4–1 4–1 Friendly
2. 16 October 2018 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan  Japan 1–1 3–4 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup
3. 22 March 2019 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Uzbekistan 1–0 3–0 2019 China Cup
4. 25 March 2019 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Thailand 2–0 4–0
5. 9 September 2021 Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay  Ecuador 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nacional

PSV

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b Gastón Pereiro at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Gastón Pereiro" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Juveniles a Liverpool de Inglaterra: Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín, Rodrigo Amaral y Gastón Pereiro" (in Spanish). elnacional.com.uy. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Nacional sufrió un resbalón" (in Spanish). referi.uy. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ^ "PSV complete Gastón Pereiro signing". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. ^ "PSV dominated the game against Ajax: 1-2". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 4 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. ^ "PSV cruised to a 6-0 win past SC Genemuiden". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  9. ^ "PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax to seal title". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Gastón Pereiro al Cagliari" (Press release) (in Italian). Cagliari. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Pereiro al Nacional" (in Italian). Cagliari. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Dal Cagliari arriva il fantasista Gastón Pereiro" [The playmaker Gastón Pereiro arrives from Cagliari] (in Italian). Ternana. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Risoluzione consensuale con Gastón Pereiro" [Mutual resolution with Gastón Pereiro] (in Italian). Cagliari. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Official: Gaston Pereiro signs for Genoa as free agent".
  15. ^ "El futuro de la celeste está asegurado".
  16. ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)".
  17. ^ Gastón Pereiro Club Stats
  18. ^ "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Speler van de Maand: Gastón Pereiro" (in Dutch). FOX Sports NL.

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