Sergio Pérez (footballer, born 1997)

Sergio Pérez Jaén (born 20 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD El Ejido as a left winger.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Jaén.
Sergio Pérez
Personal information
Full name Sergio Pérez Jaén
Date of birth (1997-06-04) 4 June 1997
Place of birth Gerena, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 El Ejido
Youth career
Sevilla
San José
2014–2015 Lucena
2015–2016 Recreativo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Lucena 1 (0)
2016–2017 Recreativo B 34 (9)
2017–2019 Almería B 67 (10)
2018 Almería 1 (0)
2019–2020 Cádiz B 27 (2)
2019 Cádiz 0 (0)
2020– El Ejido 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Pérez was born in Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, and was an AD San José youth graduate. On 21 November 2014 he joined Segunda División B side Lucena CF,[1] and made his senior debut the following 26 April by playing 26 minutes in a 0–6 away loss against Real Betis B.[2]

In November 2015, Pérez moved to Recreativo de Huelva and returned to youth football.[3] He was promoted to the reserves in July of the following year,[4] and scored his first senior goals on 4 September by netting a brace in a 3–0 home win against CD San Roque.

On 16 July 2017 Pérez moved to another reserve team, UD Almería B in the fourth division.[5] He made his first-team debut on 17 August of the following year, coming on as a late substitute for Joaquín Arzura in a 0–1 away loss against Cádiz CF for the Segunda División championship.[6]

Pérez scored his first professional goal on 18 October 2018, netting the opener in a 3–1 home defeat of CF Reus Deportiu, for the season's Copa del Rey. On 16 August of the following year, he moved to Cádiz on a two-year contract[7] and was assigned to the B-side also in the third division.[8]

On 20 August 2020, Pérez agreed to a deal with CD El Ejido, still in division three.[9]

Personal life

Pérez's younger brother, Perotti, is also a footballer and plays for Sevilla's U-19 team as a winger.

References
  1. "El Lucena CF ficha a los sub-23 José Manuel Pavón y Pablo Navas y al juvenil Sergio Pérez" [Lucena CF sign the under-23s José Manuel Pavón and Pablo Navas and the juvenil Sergio Pérez] (in Spanish). Lucena Hoy. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "El Lucena es goleado por el Betis B (6–0)" [Lucena is thrashed by Betis B (6–0)] (in Spanish). Diario de Córdoba. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "El Juvenil A se refuerza en ataque con el mediapunta Sergio Pérez" [Juvenil A bolster in attack with attacking midfielder Sergio Pérez] (in Spanish). Albiazules. 14 November 2015.
  4. "Juanma Rodríguez y Raúl Molina, técnicos del Recre B" [Juanma Rodríguez and Raúl Molina, managers of Recre B] (in Spanish). Recreativismo. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. "El máximo goleador del filial se marcha al Almería B" [The top goalscorer of the reserves moves to Almería B] (in Spanish). Albiazules. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  6. "Álex Fernández da la primera victoria de la temporada al Cádiz" [Alex Fernández gives the first victory of the season to Cádiz] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. "Sergio Pérez refuerza la banda del filial". eldesmarque.com. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  8. "Sergio Pérez llega desde Almería" [Sergio Pérez arrives from Almería] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  9. "El CD El Ejido firma al extremo Sergio Pérez Jaén" [CD El Ejido sign the winger Sergio Pérez Jaén] (in Spanish). CD El Ejido. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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