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César Pérez (footballer)

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César Pérez
Personal information
Full name César Ignacio Pérez Maldonado
Date of birth (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Defensa y Justicia
Youth career
2013–2019 Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Magallanes 42 (4)
2022–2024 Unión La Calera 59 (7)
2024– Defensa y Justicia 2 (0)
International career
2015 Chile U15 5 (1)
2019 Chile U17 11 (0)
2020 Chile U20 3 (0)
2022– Chile U23 10 (1)
2023– Chile 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2024

César Ignacio Pérez Maldonado (born 29 November 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine club Defensa y Justicia.

Club career

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Pérez came to Magallanes youth system in 2013 and joined the first team in 2019.[1] After spending four seasons in the Primera B de Chile with Magallanes, for the 2022 season he moved to Unión La Calera in the Chilean Primera División.[2]

In July 2024, Pérez moved to Argentina and signed with Defensa y Justicia.[3]

International career

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At youth level, Pérez represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2017 South American Championship[4] and Chile U17 at both the 2019 South American Championship, where Chile was the runner-up, and the 2019 FIFA World Cup.[5]

At under-20 level, he represented Chile in the Granja Comary International Tournament, a friendly championship in Teresópolis, Brazil, playing all the matches against Peru U20,[6] Bolivia U20,[7] and Brazil U20.[8]

On 31 August 2022, he represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23.[9] He was included in the final squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,[10][11] where Chile won the silver medal.[12] In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.[13]

At senior level, he was called up to the training microcycle in March 2021 of Chile by the coach Martín Lasarte along with his teammate Julián Alfaro.[14] He received his first call-up for the friendly matches in June 2023[15] and made his debut in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ecuador on 21 November 2023 by replacing Erick Pulgar at the minute 70.[16]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 29 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2023 1 0
2024 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Chile U23

References

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  1. ^ "César Pérez ya entrena junto al Primer Equipo y sueña con hacer un buen papel en el próximo Mundial sub 17". Club Deportivo Magallanes (in Spanish). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Unión La Calera fichó a ex seleccionado juvenil César Pérez en el cierre del libro de pases". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ Reyes, Luis (24 July 2024). "Un nuevo chileno ficha en Argentina". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-15". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ Quijada, Vicente (7 October 2020). "César Pérez y el Sudamericano Sub 20 del próximo año: "Sabemos cómo hay que prepararse"". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se impuso a Bolivia y se mantiene invicta en Brasil" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Chile 1 - Perú 0: goles, resumen y resultado" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Team roster CHI – Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  13. ^ "La Roja Sub 23 presentó la nómina definitiva para el Preolímpico". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Uno fue desechado por la U: Quiénes son los dos jugadores de Primera B que Lasarte convocó a la selección". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Todos hablaban de la renovación en la Roja y ahora ocurrió esto". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Darío Osorio y César Pérez: lo más rescatable en derrota de La Roja en Quito". El Observador (in Spanish). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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