Facundo Pereyra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Facundo Abel Pereyra | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Zárate, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2011 | Estudiantes (BA) | 121 | (24) |
| 2009 | → Palestino (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Audax Italiano | 34 | (15) |
| 2012–2014 | San Luis | 14 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | → Gimnasia LP (loan) | 66 | (24) |
| 2014– | PAOK | 28 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Facundo "Fanouris" Abel Pereyra (born 3 September 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for PAOK FC in Greece as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Early career
Pereyra began his career at the amateur team of his country, Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in 2006. He remained in Estudiantes until June 2009, date when Pereyra left the club for the Chilean professional club, Palestino, joining to the club on loan. He made his professional at the First Division of that country, in a 2–1 win over Cobreloa, entering to the field in the 55th minute.[2]
However, Pereyra only played three games, not scoring goals, which meant his return to Argentina to play again at Estudiantes de Buenos Aires.
Audax Italiano
Pereyra was training with the Argentine First Division club Godoy Cruz in January 2011.[3] After of not pass the football test,[4] was signed by the Chilean club, Audax Italiano.[5]
On 29 January 2011, he made his Audax debut against his old club Palestino, in the first week of the Apertura Tournament. In his second game for the team, Pereyra scored a twice in a 3–2 win over Cobresal.[6] The fat one (his nickname) became a key player of the team, being usually used as playmaker by the coach Omar Labruna. Pereyra scored again, in a 2–1 win over Colo-Colo,[7] and in the 4–0 win to Santiago Wanderers.[8]
San Luis
The fifth foreign player of San Luis, the Argentine midfielder Facundo Pereyra, will be presented with the team until January 12, 2012, as the official site of the club stated.[9] "I'm settling down on the team, putting about and working on double session on the physical side to be as fast as possible to the technical," Pereyra said at a press conference. The Argentine midfielder said that he will help the club with its goals. Club's president Jose Antonio Roman, said that the player signed a three-year contract and expects to debut immediately.[10]
Pereyra, played only few games with San Luis without making any impact, before he transferred on a loan to Gimnasia LP. Undoubtedly, Pereyra had a protagonistic role in the club during the 2012/13 season. But, unlike a year ago, when Gimnasia LP won promotion to Argentine Primera División and the name Pereyra became the talk up of several major clubs like San Lorenzo de Almagro and Racing Club de Avellaneda, the club made a major financial effort to keep him in the club, especially the last half, where alternated several ups and downs made from the coaching staff is now seemed that his priority is to play in Europe.[11]
PAOK
PAOK announced the signing of Facundo Abel Pereyra. The 26-year old Argentinian player penned a two-year contract. Pereyra crosses the Atlantic for the first time in his career. The diminutive Argentinian (1,70 m.) plays as attacking midfielder or second striker and had two very good seasons at Gimnasia LP, scoring 24 goals in 66 matches. In 2012-13, he starred in the team’s promotion to Argentinian top-flight football. His contract with Gimnasia LP expired this summer, however his deal with San Luis, who had been taken over by Jaguares de Chiapas, was still in effect, despite lodging a complaint before FIFA. After his letter of clearance was sent, the Argentinian signed his contract with the club.[12] He scored his first goal on a home-game against Kalloni F.C. after using a very nice pass. He is also known as Fanouris for Greek fans. This is a nickname gaved to him by PAOK's coach Angelos Anastasiadis, which is a Greek-Christian name.
On a December title match against Olympiakos at Karaiskaki stadium PAOK upset the odds by winning 2-1 to open a five-point lead at the top of the Super League table and pose as a genuine challenger for the title for the first time in the last three decades. In front of 33,000 Olympiakos fans in Piraeus PAOK led on the 43rd minute as a wonderful counter attack by Facundo Pereyra picked Dimitris Salpingidis; he passed the ball on to Giannis Skondras whose cross was not cleared by the Olympiakos defense to land on the feet of Stefanos Athanasiadis. The Greece striker opened the score with a tap-in, with the goal coming against the run of play. Five minutes into the second half PAOK restored its lead after David Fuster's equalizer, with a spectacular volley after a 40-yard through-ball by Ergys Kaçe.[13]
References
- ↑ "Profile at Audax web site".
- ↑ "Facundo Pereyra debutó en Chile". Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ↑ "Facundo Pereyra estará a prueba". Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Pereyra no pasó la prueba". Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ "Facundo Pereyra es el sexto refuerzo de Audax". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ↑ "Audax Italiano consiguió una trabajada victoria ante Cobresal". Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ↑ "Audax desdibujó a Colo-Colo en su vuelta a La Florida". Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ "Audax Italiano goleó sin piedad a un débil Wanderers". Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ "Facundo Pereyra cerca de reportar con San Luis". 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "El argentino Facundo Pereyra firma por tres años con el San Luis". 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "Gimnasia no hará un esfuerzo para retener a Facundo Pereyra". 23 May 2014.
- ↑ "Facundo Pereyra joins PAOK". 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Pereyra volley sees PAOK beat Olympiakos away". 3 December 2014.
All references are in Spanish, due to the scarcity of news in English about this player
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