Luis Manuel Seijas

Luis Manuel Seijas
	Seijas with Internacional in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Luis Manuel de Jesus Perez
Date of birth	23 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Valencia, Venezuela
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Caracas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Caracas
2006–2007	Banfield
2007–2008	Deportivo Táchira
2008–2011	Santa Fe
2011–2013	Standard Liège
2013	Deportivo Quito
2014–2016	Santa Fe
2016–2018	Internacional
2017–2018	→ Chapecoense (loan)
2018–2021	Santa Fe
2021–2022	Phoenix Rising
International career‡
2006–	Venezuela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:54, 23 October 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Luis Manuel Seijas Gunther (born 23 June 1986) is a Venezuelan retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

After a successful run with the Venezuelan youth squads Seijas was taken to Banfield in Argentina and later made a big impact in his home country with Deportivo Táchira and later was taken to Santa Fe that was looking to rebuild their team after finishing last in the Colombian league. Seijas signed a three-year contract with Belgian giants Standard de Liège on 30 August 2011 after a very successful time spent with Santa Fe. On 2 May 2013 he broke his contract with Standard de Liège and he left the club. On 16 July 2013, Seijas came to Terms with Ecuadorian Club, Deportivo Quito.^[1] On 23 May 2016 Seijas arrived in Porto Alegre to sign and join Internacional. Seijas signed with Phoenix Rising FC on 8 September 2021.^[2]

Club statistics

As of 29 May 2016

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Banfield	2005–06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006–07	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Deportivo Táchira	2007–08	16	4			0	0	16	4
Deportivo Táchira	Total	16	4			0	0	16	4
Santa Fe	2008	40	5			0	0	40	5
	2009	24	3			0	0	24	3
	2010	25	5			5	1	30	6
	2011	13	1	2	0	1	0	16	1
	Total	103	14	2	0	6	1	111	15
Standard Liège	2011–12	28	4	4	1	8	2	40	7
	2012–13	18	3	0	0	0	0	18	3
	Total	46	7	4	1	8	2	58	10
Deportivo Quito	2013	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Deportivo Quito	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Santa Fe	2014	35	3	8	1	4	0	47	4
	2015	21	3	7	1	17	1	45	5
	2016	14	7	0	0	8	0	22	7
	Total	70	13	15	2	29	1	114	16
Career totals		245	38	21	3	43	4	309	45

International career

Seijas has made 51 appearances for the senior Venezuela national football team since his debut in 2006.^[3]

International goals


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	23 May 2012	Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela	Moldova	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2.	11 October 2013	Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Paraguay	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Santa Fe

References

^ "Luis Manuel Seijas vers le Deportivo Quito". 16 July 2013.
^ "Phoenix Rising FC Signs Midfielder Luis Manuel Seijas". phxrisingfc.com. Phoenix Rising Communications. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.

External links

Luis Manuel Seijas at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at GolGolGol

[1] "Luis Manuel Seijas vers le Deportivo Quito". 16 July 2013.

[2] "Phoenix Rising FC Signs Midfielder Luis Manuel Seijas". phxrisingfc.com. Phoenix Rising Communications. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[3] "Venezuela - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.

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