Matías Pérez Acuña

Matías Pérez Acuña (born 9 February 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right full back for Club Atlético Tigre in the Argentine Primera División.

Matías Pérez
Personal information
Full name Matías Pérez Acuña
Date of birth (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Tigre
Number 17
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Vélez Sarsfield 38 (1)
2016–2017 → Quilmes (loan) 26 (1)
2018– Tigre 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:04, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Acuña.

Career

Pérez Acuña played as a centre back in Vélez Sarsfield's youth divisions and debuted professionally in a 3–2 away victory against Rosario Central for the 2013 Inicial, replacing Fabián Cubero as right full back.[1] He was the 32nd youth player who debuted in Vélez under Ricardo Gareca's coaching.[2] The defender was an unused substitute in Vélez' victory over Arsenal de Sarandí for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina.

In an interview in 2014, the retired Argentine international right full back Javier Zanetti stated that Pérez Acuña was the best young player in his position of the Argentine league.[3]

Honours
Vélez Sarsfield

References
  1. "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. "Estoy muy ansioso". Olé (in Spanish). 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  3. "Zanetti apuesta a Matías Pérez Acuña" (in Spanish). Insua Group. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
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