Diego Pérez

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Personal information
Diego Pérez
Full name	Diego Fernando Pérez
Date of birth	May 18, 1980 (age 26)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	178 cm
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Monaco
Number	5
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2003 2003-2004 2004-	Defensor Sporting Club Peñarol Monaco	95 (8) 13 (2) 52 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 22, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 22, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

For the former Uruguayan tennis player see Diego Perez (tennis).

Diego Pérez (born May 18, 1980 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan soccer defensive midfielder who currently plays for AS Monaco in Ligue 1 after signing in 2004 from Peñarol. At the age of 19, Perez joined one of the clubs of his hometown, Défensor Sporting, soon becoming a first-team regular. He joined a larger club from Montevideo, CA Peñarol, in 2003 but only played 13 games with them before being shipped off to play for Didier Deschamps' AS Monaco. During his time at Monaco he has had to battle for his place in the defensive midfield spot against Lucas Bernardi, Akis Zikos and Gerard López; and was especially favored by the manager Francesco Guidolin during the Italian's reign in the 2005-6 season.

[edit] Reference

All this article was translated from the French Wikipedia article Diego Perez, accessed 20 October 2006.

[edit] External link

Diego Perez atYahoo! sports
Player Profile (French)

AS Monaco FC - Current Squad
1 Warmuz \| 2 Monsoreau \| 3 Dos Santos \| 4 Modesto \| 5 Pérez \| 6 Plašil \| 7 Bernardi \| 8 Gerard \| 9 Koller \| 10 Menez \| 11 Grax \| 13 Licata \| 14 Martin \| 15 Touré \| 16 Ruffier \| 17 Gakpé \| 18 Kallon \| 19 Vargas \| 20 Piquionne \| 21 Meriem \| 22 Bolívar \| 23 Leko \| 25 Cufré \| 26 Lô Sambou \| 27 Nimani \| 28 Maurice-Belay \| 29 Mangani \| 30 Roma \| 32 Givet \| 40 Quesnel