Christian Perez
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-05-13) 13 May 1963
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1987 Nîmes 188 (57)
1987–1989 Montpellier 32 (11)
1988–1989 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 35 (7)
1989–1992 Paris Saint-Germain 92 (15)
1992–1994 Monaco 49 (6)
1994–1995 Lille 21 (0)
1995–1996 Nîmes 14 (1)
1996–1997 Shanghai Shenhua 16 (2)
Total 447 (99)
International career
1988–1992 France 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Perez (born 13 May 1963) is a French former footballer who played as a forward first and later as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Perez amassed Ligue 1 totals of 268 games and 44 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing Nîmes Olympique (making his debut in the competition at the age of 16, he went on to appear for the club in all three major levels of French football), Montpellier HSC, Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC and Lille OSC.[1]

Perez retired in 1997 at 34, after two years in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua FC.

International career

Perez earned the first of his 22 caps for the France national team on 19 November 1988, starting and scoring in a 2–3 away defeat against Yugoslavia for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals by coach Michel Platini, he played three incomplete games in an eventual group exit in Sweden.[2][3][4]

Honours

Nîmes

References

  1. ↑ ""Des presidents comme Borelli, il n'en reste plus beaucoup"" ["Presidents like Borelli, we don't have many of those anymore"] (in French). Sofoot. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Papin strikes as France deny hosts Sweden". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Near miss no comfort as France hold England". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Soaring Denmark finish off fancied France". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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