Ariel Pereyra (defender)

For the striker, see Ariel Roberto Pereyra.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereyra.

Ariel Pereyra

Personal information
Full name	Ariel Gustavo Pereyra
Date of birth	(1973-10-02) 2 October 1973
Place of birth	Berazategui, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
1984–1991	Gimnasia de La Plata
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–2001	Gimnasia de La Plata	168	(26)
2002–2004	Colón	102	(5)
2004–2006	San Lorenzo	37	(4)
2007	Huachipato	18	(0)
2008	Unión La Calera	15	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 March 2012

Ariel Gustavo Pereyra (born 2 October 1973) is an Argentine retired footballer that played as centre back. He played more than of 200 games at the Argentine Primera División and his last club was Unión La Calera.

Pereyra began his football career at Gimnasia de La Plata youth ranks at a very young age, being after promoted to the first adult team in the 1992–93 season, making his official debut against Belgrano in a 1–1 draw. After nine years in that club, in 2002, he joined to Colón de Santa Fe and then to Argentine powerhouse San Lorenzo de Almagro, two years later.

In January 2007, Pereyra moved to Chilean Primera División club Huachipato, playing the Apertura Tournament, in where his team qualified to the Copa Sudamericana of that year, being immediately eliminated by Colo-Colo. After of fail to play the Clausura Tournament, he joined to Primera B side of the same country, Unión La Calera, in where he finished his football career, after of play just 15 games in the second tier tournament.

After of his retirement, Pereyra accepted the work of be the coach of the youth ranks of his former club Gimnasia de La Plata, declaring also that he wants direct the first adult team of Primera División.

External links

• Pereyra at Football Lineups
• Argentine Primera statistics(in Spanish)