Matías Pérez Acuña
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Pérez Acuña | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sarsfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Vélez Sarsfield | 32 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:32, 20 February 2016 (UTC). | |||
Matías Pérez Acuña (born 9 February 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right full back for Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División.
Career
Pérez Acuña played as a centre back in Vélez Sarsfield's youth divisions and debuted professionally in a 3–2 away victory against Rosario Central for the 2013 Inicial, replacing Fabián Cubero as right full back.[1] He was the 32nd youth player who debuted in Vélez under Ricardo Gareca's coaching.[2] The defender was an unused substitute in Vélez' victory over Arsenal de Sarandí for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina.
In an interview in 2014, the retired Argentine international right full back Javier Zanetti stated that Pérez Acuña was the best young player in his position of the Argentine league.[3]
Honours
- Vélez Sarsfield
- Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013
References
- ↑ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ↑ "'Estoy muy ansioso'". Olé (in Spanish). 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ↑ "Zanetti apuesta a Matías Pérez Acuña" (in Spanish). Insua Group. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
External links
- Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)