Nehuén Pérez

Patricio Nehuén Pérez (born 24 June 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Granada, on loan from Atlético Madrid.[3]

Nehuén Pérez
Personal information
Full name Patricio Nehuén Pérez
Date of birth (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000
Place of birth Hurlingham, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Club information
Current team
 Granada
(on loan from Atlético Madrid)
Number 3
Youth career
La Quinta de Los Pibes
Unión de Tesei
2007–2017 Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Argentinos Juniors 0 (0)
2018– Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Argentinos Juniors (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2020 → Famalicão (loan) 23 (1)
2020– → Granada (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2017 Argentina U17 4 (0)
2019 Argentina U20 11 (1)
2020– Argentina U23 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Pérez joined Argentinos Juniors' system in 2007, after spells with La Quinta de Los Pibes and Unión de Tesei.[4] He first appeared in the club's first-team squad under manager Alfredo Berti during the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season which culminated with the defender making his debut in a Copa Argentina tie with Independiente de Chivilcoy on 9 May 2018.[3] In July, Pérez was signed by La Liga's Atlético Madrid.[3][5] He was immediately loaned back to Argentinos Juniors.[3][6] Pérez was an unused substitute ten times in 2018–19, prior to making his league debut during a 2–1 defeat to Tigre on 12 November.[3]

On 10 July 2019, Pérez joined newly promoted Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a season-long loan.[7][8] His opening appearance for them came in the Taça da Liga versus Covilhã on 3 August.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 31 August, netting in a league victory away from home against Aves.[9][10][11] He was named as the league's best defender for August.[12] In total, Pérez appeared twenty-five times during his time with Famalicão as they placed sixth.[3] He returned to his parent club ahead of the 2020–21 season, subsequently going unused on the bench for all three of Atlético's opening La Liga fixtures.[3]

On 5 October 2020, Pérez was loaned to fellow La Liga side Granada.[13] He made his debut on 25 October away to Getafe, which preceded his first UEFA Europa League appearances arriving on 5 November in Cyprus against Omonia.[3]

International career

Pérez represented Argentina at U17 level, making four appearances at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile.[3] He also trained with the senior squad in June 2017 and at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[4][5] In December 2018, Pérez was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[14] Fernando Batista called up Pérez for the subsequent 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he scored once in three games.[3][15] Batista also picked Pérez for the U23s in the succeeding September for a Bolivia friendly.[16] Pérez received his first senior call for November 2019 friendlies with Brazil and Uruguay.[17]

Career statistics
As of 6 January 2021.[3]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2017–18 Primera División 0010——0010
Atlético Madrid 2018–19 La Liga 0000—000000
2019–20 0000—000000
2020–21 0000—000000
Total 000000000000
Argentinos Juniors (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 300000—0030
Famalicão (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 2311010—00251
Granada (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 3020—3[lower-alpha 1]00080
Career total 29140103000371
  1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

Honours
Argentina U23

References
  1. https://www.atleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/nehuen-perez-2018-2019
  2. "Nehuén Pérez". World Football. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. "Argentina - N. Pérez". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. "Nació el mismo día que Messi y fue su sparring en la Selección". Clarín. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  5. "Atletico Madrid sign Nehuen Perez". FourFourTwo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. "Ficha Estadistica de PATRICIO PEREZ". BDFA. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. "Nehuén Pérez reforça FC Famalicão". Famalicão. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. "Nehuén Pérez will join FC Famalicão on-loan for the next season". Atlético Madrid. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. "El argentino Nehuén Pérez marcó su primer gol oficial en Portugal". Grupo La Provincia. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. "Nehuén Pérez, clave en el inicio histórico del Famalicao". AS. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. "Nehuén Pérez: o teenager intocável". Record. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  12. "Nehuén Pérez, mejor defensa de la liga portuguesa en septiembre". AS. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  13. "Acuerdo con el Atlético de Madrid para la cesión de Nehuén Pérez". Granada. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  15. "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  17. "Lista de convocados de la Selección Mayor y Sub 23 para la doble fecha FIFA de noviembre". AFA. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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