César Pérez (footballer)
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Full name | César Ignacio Pérez Maldonado | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
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
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*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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 29 June 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Chile | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Chile U23
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Reyes, Luis (24 July 2024). "Un nuevo chileno ficha en Argentina". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-15". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se impuso a Bolivia y se mantiene invicta en Brasil" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Chile 1 - Perú 0: goles, resumen y resultado" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Team roster CHI – Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 23 presentó la nómina definitiva para el Preolímpico". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- César Pérez at Soccerway
- César Pérez at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 2002 births
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Living people
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Deportes Magallanes footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Defensa y Justicia footballers
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile
- 2024 Copa América players