Antonio Perera
Perera for Botev Plovdiv in the 2022–23 season
Personal information
Full name Antonio Perera Calderón
Date of birth (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997
Place of birth Novelda del Guadiana, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Botev Plovdiv
Number 20
Youth career
Gévora
Flecha Negra
Diocesano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Extremadura B 23 (3)
2017 Extremadura 6 (1)
2017–2020 Alavés B 83 (4)
2020–2022 Alavés 0 (0)
2020–2022 → Istra 1961 (loan) 44 (0)
2022– Botev Plovdiv 25 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Antonio Perera Calderón (born 8 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv.[1]

Career

Perera was born in Novelda del Guadiana, Badajoz, Extremadura, and represented CD Gévora, CP Flecha Negra and CD Diocesano as a youth.[2] In 2016, after finishing his formation, he moved to Extremadura UD; initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División, he also featured for the first team in Segunda División B during the campaign.

In November 2017, Perera signed a three-year contract with Deportivo Alavés, being assigned to the B-side also in the fourth division.[3] He was a regular starter for the B's during the following years, helping in their promotion to the third level in 2019.

On 19 August 2020, Perera signed a new four-year contract with the Babazorros, being immediately loaned to Croatian First Football League side NK Istra 1961 for one year.[4] He made his professional debut on 8 November, coming on as a late substitute for Slavko Blagojević in 5–0 away loss against GNK Dinamo Zagreb.

On 5 August 2022, Perera was transferred to Bulgarian First League club PFC Botev Plovdiv.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Antonio Perera at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Antonio Perera, el futbolista del futuro" [Antonio Perera, the footballer of the future] (in Spanish). El Periódico Extremadura. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Perera: "Estoy feliz de haber llegado a un proyecto tan ambicioso como es el Deportivo Alavés"" [Perera: "I am happy to have arrived in such an ambitious project as Deportivo Alavés"] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Antonio Perera saldrá cedido al NK Istra" [Antonio Perera will move out on loan at NK Istra] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Antonio Perera, traspasado al PFC Botev Plovdiv" [Antonio Perera, transferred to PFC Botev Plovdiv] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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