Nehuén Pérez
 Pérez with Argentina in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patricio Nehuén Pérez[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 June 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hurlingham, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[3] | |||||||||||||
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Current team |
Porto (on loan from Udinese) | |||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| La Quinta de Los Pibes | ||||||||||||||
| Unión de Tesei | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2017 | Argentinos Juniors | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Argentinos Juniors | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Famalicão (loan) | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Granada (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Udinese (loan) | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Udinese | 72 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | → Porto (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Argentina U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U20 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020– | Argentina U23 | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Argentina | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Patricio Nehuén Pérez (born 24 June 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Porto, on loan from Serie A club Udinese, and the Argentina national team.[4]
Club career
Pérez joined Argentinos Juniors' system in 2007, after spells with La Quinta de Los Pibes and Unión de Tesei.[5] He first appeared in the club's first-team squad under manager Alfredo Berti during the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season which culminated with the defender making his debut in a Copa Argentina tie with Independiente de Chivilcoy on 9 May 2018.[4] In July, Pérez was signed by La Liga's Atlético Madrid.[4][6] He was immediately loaned back to Argentinos Juniors.[4][7] Pérez was an unused substitute ten times in 2018–19, before making his league debut during a 2–1 defeat to Tigre on 12 November.[4]
On 10 July 2019, Pérez joined the newly promoted Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a season-long loan.[8][9] His opening appearance for them came in the Taça da Liga versus Covilhã on 3 August.[4] He scored his first senior goal on 31 August, netting in a league victory away from home against Aves.[10][11][12] He was named as the league's best defender for August.[13] In total, Pérez appeared twenty-five times during his time with Famalicão as they placed sixth.[4] He returned to his parent club ahead of the 2020–21 season, subsequently going unused on the bench for all three of Atlético's opening La Liga fixtures.[4]
On 5 October 2020, Pérez was loaned to fellow La Liga side Granada.[14] He made his debut on 25 October away to Getafe, which preceded his first UEFA Europa League appearances arriving on 5 November in Cyprus against Omonia.[4]
On 28 August 2021, Pérez joined Italian side Udinese on a season-long loan.[15] On 29 July 2022, he transferred to Udinese,[16] signing a five-year contract.[17]
On 30 August 2024, Pérez moved on loan to Porto, with an option to buy.[18]
International career
Pérez represented Argentina at U17 level, making four appearances at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile.[4] He also trained with the senior squad in June 2017 and at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[5][6] In December 2018, Pérez was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[19] Fernando Batista called up Pérez for the subsequent 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he scored once in three games.[4][20] Batista also picked Pérez for the U23s in the succeeding September for a Bolivia friendly.[21] Pérez received his first senior call for November 2019 friendlies with Brazil and Uruguay.[22]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 November 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Argentinos Juniors | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Famalicão (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Granada (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Udinese (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Udinese | 2022–23 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 92 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4 | ||
| Porto (loan) | 2024–25 | Primeira Liga | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | 136 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 5 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 19 November 2024[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
Argentina U23
Individual
- Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: September 2019[23]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Página oficial del Atlético de Madrid".
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nehuén Pérez at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Nació el mismo día que Messi y fue su sparring en la Selección". Clarín. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Atletico Madrid sign Nehuen Perez". FourFourTwo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de PATRICIO PEREZ". BDFA. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez reforça FC Famalicão". Famalicão. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez will join FC Famalicão on-loan for the next season". Atlético Madrid. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "El argentino Nehuén Pérez marcó su primer gol oficial en Portugal". Grupo La Provincia. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez, clave en el inicio histórico del Famalicao". AS. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez: o teenager intocável". Record. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez, mejor defensa de la liga portuguesa en septiembre". AS. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Acuerdo con el Atlético de Madrid para la cesión de Nehuén Pérez". Granada. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Nehuen Pérez renueva hasta 2026 y este curso jugará cedido en el Udinese". Club Atlético de Madrid (in European Spanish). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Agreement with Udinese over the transfer of Nehuen Pérez". Club Atlético de Madrid. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Nehuen Perez ritorna in bianconero". www.udinese.it (in Italian). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Nehuén Pérez é Dragão" [Nehuén Pérez is a Dragon] (in ot). Porto. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Mayor y Sub 23 para la doble fecha FIFA de noviembre". AFA. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Agustín Marchesín, Nehuén Pérez, Bruno Fernandes, Rúben Lameiras, Miguel Bandarra e João Pedro Sousa também foram distinguidos". Liga Portugal. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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