Kevin Pereira (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon[1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 January 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay[1] | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Río Salado de Limpio | |||
2017–2018 | Capiatá | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Capiatá | 5 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Talleres | 1 | (0) |
2023 | → Juárez (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Sportivo Luqueño | 17 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Paraguay U15 | 6 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Paraguay U16 | 5 | (3) |
2021 | Paraguay U17 | ||
2022– | Paraguay U20 | 5 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC) |
Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon (born 15 January 2004) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Paraguayan side Sportivo Luqueño.
Club career
[edit]Pereira started his career with amateur side Río Salado de Limpio, and was recruited by Deportivo Capiatá at the age of thirteen.[2][3] He made his debut for Capiatá at the age of fourteen in the Copa Paraguay against Teniente Fariña, becoming the youngest professional footballer in the country at the time.[3]
Just after his eighteenth birthday, he moved to Argentina to join Talleres de Córdoba, stating that he felt "as if he were at home" with the Córdoba-based club.[4][5]
International career
[edit]Pereira has represented Paraguay at youth international level.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 18 January 2023.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Capiatá | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
2020 | Paraguayan División Intermedia | –[b] | ||||||||
2021 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Talleres | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in the Copa Paraguay
- ^ The 2020 season of the División Intermedia was cancelled by the Paraguayan Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Kevin Pereira at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Núñez, Ricardo (6 July 2021). "Kevin Pereira: "jugaré en Real Madrid"" [Kevin Pereira: "I will play for Real Madrid"]. cronica.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b "El profesional más joven" [The youngest professional]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Kevin Pereira, en Talleres "como si fuera que está en su casa"" [Kevin Pereira, in Talleres "as if he were at home"]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Villagra, Marcos (20 January 2022). "Talleres oficializó la llegada del paraguayo Kevin Pereira, el tercer refuerzo" [Talleres made official the arrival of Paraguayan Kevin Pereira, the third reinforcement]. tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Kevin Pereira at Soccerway
- ^ "Es oficial: ¡APF suspende Intermedia y 6 torneos más!" [It's official: APF suspends Intermediate and 6 more tournaments!]. versus.lanacion.com.py (in Spanish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Asunción
- Paraguayan men's footballers
- Paraguay men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Paraguayan Primera División players
- Club Deportivo Capiatá players
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Panama
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Paraguayan football forward stubs