Juan Pérez (footballer, born 1980)

Juan de Dios Pérez Quijada[1] (born 1 January 1980 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Tauro.

Juan Pérez
Personal information
Full name Juan de Dios Pérez Quijada
Date of birth (1980-01-01) January 1, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tauro
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Panama Viejo 11 (2)
2002–2004 Tauro 33 (4)
2005 Sporting '89 15 (0)
2006–2007 Tauro 44 (3)
2008–2009 Juventude 60 (1)
2009– Tauro 148 (8)
International career
2007–2013 Panama 38 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2015

Club career

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After starting his career at local side Panama Viejo, Pérez almost spent the rest of his career at Tauro except for a short spell at Sporting '89 and in Brazil with Juventude whom he joined in 2008.[2]

International career

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Pérez made his debut for Panama in a January 2007 friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago and has earned a total of 39 caps including an unofficial match against Guyana in 2010, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3] and played at the 2007[4] and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His final international was a July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Canada.

Honors

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Panamá Viejo
Tauro

References

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