Iván Pérez (footballer, born 1976)
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| Full name | Iván Pérez Muñoz[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1976[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1997 | Real Madrid B | 31 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Real Madrid | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | → Extremadura (loan) | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Betis | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Bordeaux | 10 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Deportivo La Coruña | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | → Numancia (loan) | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Leganés (loan) | 32 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Girona | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Total | 157 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Spain U16 | 18 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Spain U17 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Spain U18 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Spain U21 | 8 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Iván Pérez Muñoz (born 29 January 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He amassed La Liga totals of 64 games and four goals over seven seasons, representing five clubs including Real Madrid and Deportivo.
Club career
Coming from Real Madrid's youth system, Madrid-born Pérez became a professional in 1994 with the reserves. He made his first appearance with the first team the next season.[2]
Whilst under contract, Pérez had a loan spell with CF Extremadura, leaving in summer 1997 to sign for Real Betis.[3] He later played briefly in the French Ligue 1 with FC Girondins de Bordeaux,[4] before joining Deportivo de La Coruña on a five-year contract in 1999.[5]
With the Galicians, Pérez was a member of the 1999–2000 championship-winning squad, but only featured in three La Liga matches throughout the campaign, totalling just ten appearances over the course of three seasons in spite of consistenly being his side's top scorer in preseason.[6][5] He scored his only goal on 9 March 2000, a fruitless 2–1 home win against Arsenal in the round of 16 of the UEFA Cup after a 5–1 loss in England.[7]
Following loan stints at CD Numancia[8] and CD Leganés, Pérez retired aged 29 after one year with Segunda División B club Girona FC.[6]
International career
In arguably the finest moment of his career, Pérez scored the only goal in the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final, as Spain beat Greece.[9] He also found the net in the quarter-finals of the tournament.[4]
Personal life
Pérez was the younger brother of another footballer, Alfonso Pérez. Both began their careers with Real Madrid, and played together for two seasons at Betis.[10][11]
Honours
Deportivo
Spain U21
References
- ^ a b c d Iván Pérez at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Goles de UEFA (UEFA goals); Mundo Deportivo, 22 April 1996 (in Spanish)
- ^ Las memorias de un Betis con solera, entre la discusión de Luis Aragonés y las cestas de Navidad de Lopera: "No irse, que ahora os voy a dar una caña de lomo" (Memories of a Betis with tradition, between the argument of Luis Aragonés and Lopera's Christmas baskets: "Don't leave, because now I'm going to give you a pork loin"); Relevo, 1 March 2025 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b El Superdépor lo rompió y el Leganés lo terminó de hundir, pero pudo salir con libros de autoayuda: "Me puse a llorar en la ducha, vino el utillero y me dio un abrazo" (Superdépor broke him and Leganés finished sinking him, but he was able to come out of it with self-helf books: "I started crying in the shower, the kitman came in and gave me a hug"); Relevo, 2 March 2025 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Iván Pérez Muñoz y su errático paso por el Dépor: "Me ofrecían siete años de contrato y pedí cinco, la cagué" (Iván Pérez Muñoz and his erratic spell at Dépor: "They offered me a seven-year contract and I asked for five, I blew it"); El Desmarque, 14 February 2024 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Pichichis de pretemporada (Pre-season top scorers); La Voz de Galicia, 23 July 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Arsenal stroll into quarters; BBC Sport, 9 March 2000
- ^ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ a b 1998: Iván Pérez applies finishing touch; at UEFA
- ^ El Madrid mantiene el liderato sufriendo (Madrid stay on top after suffering); Marca, 8 February 2008 (in Spanish)
- ^ Los Fekir, tras la estela de Alfonso e Iván Pérez Muñoz (The Fekirs, following in Alfonso and Iván Pérez Muñoz's footsteps); ABC, 7 February 2021 (in Spanish)
- ^ #ANosaHistoria: La Liga blanquiazul cumple 20 años (#ANosaHistoria: White-and-blue League celebrates 20th birthday); Deportivo La Coruña, 19 May 2020 (in Spanish)
External links
- Iván Pérez at BDFutbol
- Iván Pérez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)