Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Jhonnier Pérez Murillo | ||
Date of birth | September 18, 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Independiente (on loan from Boyacá Chicó) |
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Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
Boyacá Chicó | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2006– | Boyacá Chicó | 41 | (11) |
2009–2010 | → Gimnasia (La Plata) (loan) | 25 | (11) |
2010–2011 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2011– | → Independiente (loan) | 12 | (2) |
National team | |||
2006–2009 | Colombia U-20 | 14 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:55, 22 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Marco Jhonnier Pérez Murillo (born September 18, 1990)[1] is a Colombian football striker who currently plays for Independiente in the Argentine Primera División, on loan from Boyacá Chicó.
Pérez debuted for Boyacá Chicó F.C. in 2006 at the age of 17, and became a starter ahead more experienced strikers.[2] He played the 2009–10 Argentine Primera División season for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and helped the team avoid relegation from the first division. On 14 July 2010, Pérez signed a two-year loan deal with Real Zaragoza.[3]
However, on July 2011 the Colombian forward returned to Argentina, joining Independiente.[4]
After a great first season with his club, Pérez won a place in the Colombia national under-20 football team that played the 2009 South American Youth Championship.[5] After helping Boyacá Chicó F.C. lift the Copa Mustang, he received a call up to the full Colombia national football team.
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