Samu Pérez

Samu Pérez
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Pérez Fariña
Date of birth	26 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Tegueste, de la Calle Arriba. Canarias.
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Valladolid B
Number	1
Youth career
	Juventud Laguna
2014–2016	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2018	Sevilla C
2018	Sevilla B
2018–	Valladolid B
2020–	Valladolid
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 July 2020

Samuel "Samu" Pérez Fariña (born 26 April 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Valladolid Promesas as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Tegueste, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Pérez joined Sevilla FC's youth setup in 2014, from Juventud Laguna CF.^[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 17 September of that year, starting in a 0–2 Tercera División home loss against CD Gerena.

Pérez subsequently became a regular starter for Sevilla C in the following campaigns, and on 1 June 2018 he made his professional debut with the reserves by starting in a 1–2 away loss against Lorca FC for the Segunda División championship.^[2] On 5 July, he moved to another reserve team, Real Valladolid B in Segunda División B.^[3]

Pérez made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 16 July 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for José Antonio Caro in a 1–3 away loss against SD Eibar.^[4]

^ "Juvenil | Samu Pérez, un 'Guardián' canario para el Sevilla FC" [Juvenil | Samu Pérez, a Canarian 'Guardian' for Sevilla FC] (in Spanish). Fútbol Carrasco. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "¡Hasta pronto, Segunda!" [See you soon, Segunda!] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "El Promesas refuerza tres posiciones" [Promesas strengthen three positions] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "El Eibar da una lección de pegada" [Eibar give it a lesson of power] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.