Patricio Nehuén Pérez (born 24 June 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Udinese and the Argentina national team.[4]
 Pérez with Argentina in 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patricio Nehuén Pérez[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 June 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hurlingham, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back[3] | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Udinese | |||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| La Quinta de Los Pibes | ||||||||||||||
| Unión de Tesei | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2017 | Argentinos Juniors | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Argentinos Juniors | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Famalicão (loan) | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Granada (loan) | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Udinese (loan) | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Udinese | 70 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Argentina U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Argentina U20 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2020– | Argentina U23 | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Argentina | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career
Pérez joined Argentinos Juniors' system in 2007, after spells with La Quinta de Los Pibes and Unión de Tesei.[5] He first appeared in the club's first-team squad under manager Alfredo Berti during the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División season which culminated with the defender making his debut in a Copa Argentina tie with Independiente de Chivilcoy on 9 May 2018.[4] In July, Pérez was signed by La Liga's Atlético Madrid.[4][6] He was immediately loaned back to Argentinos Juniors.[4][7] Pérez was an unused substitute ten times in 2018–19, before making his league debut during a 2–1 defeat to Tigre on 12 November.[4]
On 10 July 2019, Pérez joined the newly promoted Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a season-long loan.[8][9] His opening appearance for them came in the Taça da Liga versus Covilhã on 3 August.[4] He scored his first senior goal on 31 August, netting in a league victory away from home against Aves.[10][11][12] He was named as the league's best defender for August.[13] In total, Pérez appeared twenty-five times during his time with Famalicão as they placed sixth.[4] He returned to his parent club ahead of the 2020–21 season, subsequently going unused on the bench for all three of Atlético's opening La Liga fixtures.[4]
On 5 October 2020, Pérez was loaned to fellow La Liga side Granada.[14] He made his debut on 25 October away to Getafe, which preceded his first UEFA Europa League appearances arriving on 5 November in Cyprus against Omonia.[4]
On 28 August 2021, Pérez joined Italian side Udinese on a season-long loan.[15] On 29 July 2022, he transferred to Udinese,[16] signing a five-year contract.[17]
International career
Pérez represented Argentina at U17 level, making four appearances at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship in Chile.[4] He also trained with the senior squad in June 2017 and at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[5][6] In December 2018, Pérez was selected for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[18] Fernando Batista called up Pérez for the subsequent 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he scored once in three games.[4][19] Batista also picked Pérez for the U23s in the succeeding September for a Bolivia friendly.[20] Pérez received his first senior call for November 2019 friendlies with Brazil and Uruguay.[21]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 May 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Argentinos Juniors | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Madrid | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Famalicão (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Granada (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Udinese (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| Udinese | 2022–23 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 36 | 4 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 90 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 127 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 5 | ||
International
- As of match played 22 March 2024[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Argentina U23
Individual
- Primeira Liga Defender of the Month: September 2019[22]