Damián Pérez

Damián Pérez
Personal information
Full name	Damián Alfredo Pérez
Date of birth	22 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Independiente
Number	15
Youth career
	Arsenal de Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2015	Arsenal de Sarandí
2015–2016	Vélez Sarsfield
2016–2018	Club Tijuana
2018	Colo-Colo
2019	San Lorenzo
2019–2020	Sporting Gijón
2020–2022	Godoy Cruz
2022	Arsenal de Sarandí
2023–	Independiente
	*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
Club	Season	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

^ ^a ^b Appearances in Supercopa Argentina
^ Appearances in Copa de la Superliga

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí

Argentine Primera División (1): 2012 Clausura
Copa Argentina (1): 2012–13
Supercopa Argentina (1): 2012

References

^ Damián Pérez at WorldFootball.net
^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Closing '11 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Closing '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Vélez sumó a su segundo refuerzo: Damián Pérez". ESPN FC (in Spanish). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Con Pérez y Bella". Olé (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Vélez le sopló el refuerzo a River y Boca". El Gráfico (in Spanish). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "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.

External links

Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (in Spanish)
Damián Pérez – Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
Damián Pérez at BDFutbol
Damián Pérez at Soccerway

[fn1-12] Appearances in Supercopa Argentina

[13] Appearances in Copa de la Superliga

[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.

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