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Kevin Pereira
Personal information
Full name Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon[1]
Date of birth (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 20)
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)
2023Juárez (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

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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

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Pereira has represented Paraguay at youth international level.[1]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 18 January 2023.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
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
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Paraguay
  2. ^ The 2020 season of the División Intermedia was cancelled by the Paraguayan Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kevin Pereira at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "El profesional más joven" [The youngest professional]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Kevin Pereira at Soccerway
  7. ^ "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.