Manny Perez (soccer)

Emanuel "Manny" Perez (born February 19, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club North Carolina FC on loan from Celtic.

Manny Perez
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Perez
Date of birth (1999-02-19) February 19, 1999
Place of birth Garner, North Carolina, United States
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
North Carolina FC
(on loan from Celtic)
Number 2
Youth career
2014–2017 North Carolina FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 NC State Wolfpack 29 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Celtic 0 (0)
2019–North Carolina FC (loan) 35 (1)
National team
2018 United States U20 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 3, 2020

Career

College

Perez played two years of college soccer at North Carolina State University between 2017 and 2018, making a total of 29 appearances for NCSU, scoring 6 goals and tallying 9 assists.[1]

Celtic

On January 31, 2019, Perez joined Scottish Premiership side Celtic.[2] Perez was immediately loaned out to USL Championship side North Carolina FC.[3] He was again loaned to North Carolina FC ahead of the 2020 USL Championship season.[4]

North Carolina FC

After joining the club on loan, Perez made his first team debut for North Carolina in a 4–1 win against defending champions Louisville City.[5] He went on to make 23 appearances for the club that he represented during his youth.[6] Of those games he started 12 times.[6] He returned to NCFC for a second season on loan during the 2020 season. This was a season that was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic and shortened from the standard amount of games; however, Perez went on to make a further 14 appearances for his boyhood club before returning to Celtic.[7]

Personal life

Perez was born in the United States, and is of Mexican descent.[8]

Career statistics

As of December 20, 2019
Club Season League Playoffs Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic F.C. 2019 SPFL 00
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
North Carolina FC (loan) 2019 USL Championship 1411020171
2020 21 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Total 35 1 1 0 2 0 38 1
Career total 351100000381

References

  1. "Manny Perez – 2018 – Men's Soccer". NC State University Athletics.
  2. Staff, Newsroom. "Manny Perez and Andrew Gutman join Celtic with eye to the future". www.celticfc.net.
  3. Communications, NCFC (January 31, 2019). "NCFC Youth Academy Standout Signs with Celtic FC, Returns on Loan with North Carolina FC". North Carolina FC.
  4. "North Carolina FC Secures Loan Deal for Garner Native, Celtic F.C. Winger Manny Perez". North Carolina FC. February 5, 2020.
  5. "USA – E. Perez – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  6. "USA – E. Perez – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  7. "Manny Perez". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  8. Coombs, Dan (February 1, 2019). "Five facts about new Celtic signing Manny Perez". Here Is The City.


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