Nehuén Pérez

Argentine association football player

Nehuén Pérez
Patricio Nehuén Pérez wearing a red Adidas training bib while sat in the dugout of a football stadium
Pérez with Argentina in 2022
Personal information
Full name Patricio Nehuén Pérez[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Hurlingham, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back[3]
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 18
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 63 (2)
International career‡
2017 Argentina U17 4 (0)
2019 Argentina U20 11 (1)
2020– Argentina U23 14 (2)
2022– Argentina 2 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Pre-Olympic Tournament
Winner 2020 Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Patricio Nehuén Pérez (born 24 June 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 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]

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.[18] Fernando Batista called up Pérez for the subsequent 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he scored once in three games.[4][19] Batista also picked Pérez for the U23s in the succeeding September for a Bolivia friendly.[20] Pérez received his first senior call for November 2019 friendlies with Brazil and Uruguay.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 April 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 29 0 0 0 — — — 29 0
Total 83 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 4
Career total 120 3 7 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 132 5
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 22 March 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Argentina 2022 1 0
2024 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Argentina U23

Individual

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Página oficial del Atlético de Madrid".
  3. ^ "Nehuén Pérez". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Nehuén Pérez at Soccerway
  5. ^ a b "Nació el mismo día que Messi y fue su sparring en la Selección". Clarín. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Atletico Madrid sign Nehuen Perez". FourFourTwo. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de PATRICIO PEREZ". BDFA. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Nehuén Pérez reforça FC Famalicão". Famalicão. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Nehuén Pérez will join FC Famalicão on-loan for the next season". Atlético Madrid. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. ^ "El argentino Nehuén Pérez marcó su primer gol oficial en Portugal". Grupo La Provincia. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Nehuén Pérez, clave en el inicio histórico del Famalicao". AS. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Nehuén Pérez: o teenager intocável". Record. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Nehuén Pérez, mejor defensa de la liga portuguesa en septiembre". AS. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Acuerdo con el Atlético de Madrid para la cesión de Nehuén Pérez". Granada. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Agreement with Udinese over the transfer of Nehuen Pérez". Club Atlético de Madrid. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Nehuen Perez ritorna in bianconero". www.udinese.it (in Italian). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  19. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  20. ^ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "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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