Luis Amaranto Perea
 Perea playing for Atlético Madrid |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Turbo, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Atlético Madrid | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2003 | Independiente Medellín | 117 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Boca Juniors | 16 | (0) |
| 2004– | Atlético Madrid | 216 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Colombia | 57 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 February 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera (born 30 January 1979 in Turbo) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid in the Spanish first division.
Gifted with incredible stamina and pace,[1] the central defender can also be adapted at right back.
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[edit] Club career
Perea began his professional career with Independiente Medellín, moving in 2003 to Argentina with Club Atlético Boca Juniors, with whom he won the Intercontinental Cup in 2003.
In June 2004, Perea signed for Atlético de Madrid, on a four-year deal,[2] as another centre-back, Pablo Ibáñez, also arrived that season. Both were the starters as the colchoneros returned to the UEFA Champions League after a 12-year absence, with Perea appearing in 30 league matches. After the season kicked off, he received his Spanish passport.[3]
After the signing of ACF Fiorentina's Tomáš Ujfaluši for 2008–09, Perea saw some additional time as a right defender, but eventually lost that place to another newly-signed, Dutch John Heitinga. From 2009–11, with the latter departed to Everton, he managed to appear in 56 league games for the club combined, with UEFA Europa League qualification in his second season after a seventh-place finish.
On 29 September 2011, following an Europa League appearance against Stade Rennais FC, Perea became the foreign player with most official appearances for Atlético Madrid with 289, surpassing Argentine Jorge Griffa.[4]
[edit] International career
A Colombian international since 10 September 2003, in a 0–4 loss in Bolivia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Perea appeared for the nation at the 2007 and 2011 Copa América tournaments.
Perea was named captain before the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia in La Paz. Colombia went on to win 2-1, making Perea the first captain of Colombia to win a match in La Paz.
[edit] Honours
- Boca Juniors
- Atlético Madrid
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007
- UEFA Europa League: 2009–10
- UEFA Super Cup: 2010
- Copa del Rey: Runner-up 2009–10
[edit] References
- ^ No hay peor astilla que la del mismo palo (Nothing worse than the apple who does not fall far from the tree); ESPN Deportes, 11 March 2004 (Spanish)
- ^ Atlético sign defender Perea; UEFA.com, 11 June 2004
- ^ Atlético allowed to register Cléber; UEFA.com, 2 August 2007
- ^ Perea, el extranjero con más partidos (Perea, foreign with more games); UEFA.com, 29 September 2011 (Spanish)
[edit] External links
- Atlético Madrid official profile
- BDFutbol profile
- Luis Perea at National-Football-Teams.com
- Luis Perea – FIFA competition record
- Transfermarkt profile
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Antioquia Department
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Spanish people of African descent
- Spanish people of Colombian descent
- Colombian footballers
- Association football defenders
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Boca Juniors footballers
- La Liga footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 Copa América players
- 2011 Copa América players
- Colombian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
