Rubén Pérez
Pérez taking a goal kick for Gimnàstic (2011)
Personal information
Full name Rubén Pérez Chueca[1]
Date of birth (1980-08-07) 7 August 1980[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Helios
1997–1999 Stadium Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Figueruelas 14 (0)
2000–2002 Huesca 33 (0)
2002–2004 Alavés B 68 (0)
2004–2006 Badajoz 50 (0)
2006–2014 Gimnàstic 239 (0)
2014 Huesca 12 (0)
2014–2015 Torreforta 16 (0)
2015 Reus 0 (0)
Total 432 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén Pérez Chueca (born 7 August 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He spent most of his career with Gimnàstic, representing the club in all three major levels of Spanish football and appearing in 241 competitive matches in eight years.[2]

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Pérez began his career with CF Figueruelas in the Segunda División B, moving to Tercera División with neighbouring SD Huesca in the summer of 2000 and achieving promotion to the former in his first season. He continued competing at that level the following years, with Deportivo Alavés B and CD Badajoz.[3]

In January 2006, Pérez signed with Gimnàstic de Tarragona of Segunda División, playing his first game with the Catalan team on 26 February against Lorca Deportiva CF.[4] He appeared in a further 16 matches as the campaign ended in promotion.[5]

In 2006–07, Pérez battled with Albano Bizzarri for first-choice status, making his La Liga debut on 28 October 2006 in a 1–3 home loss to Real Madrid.[6] Both players ended the season with roughly the same number of appearances, and Nàstic returned to where they had come from in June.[5]

Pérez played second-fiddle to loanee Roberto in the 2007–08 season, but regained his starting position subsequently, with relegation to the third division befalling in 2012.[5] In July of that year, he renewed his contract for two more seasons with the option to a third.[7]

On 31 January 2014, after being left out of the squad for the campaign, Pérez cut ties with Gimnàstic[8] and moved to fellow third-tier SD Huesca on 3 February.[9] He left the latter club in May,[10] and joined amateurs CDC Torreforta in August, where he was used as a centre-back.[11]

On 28 January 2015, Pérez returned to the goal and the third division, signing for CF Reus Deportiu.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rubén Pérez at AS.com (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Nástic homenajea a sus exjugadores con más de 200 actuaciones, Pani entre ellos (Nástic honour their former players with more than 200 appearances, Pani included); Sport Cartagena, 30 April 2015 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Badajoz y Rubén Pérez, dos trayectorias opuestas (Badajoz and Rubén Pérez, two opposite paths); Hoy, 16 March 2006 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Nástic entra en ascenso (Nástic enter promotion zone); Mundo Deportivo, 27 February 2006 (in Spanish)
  5. 1 2 3 ¿Qué fue de Rubén Pérez Chueca? (What happened to Rubén Pérez Chueca?); Vavel, 24 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Gimnastic de Tarragona 1–3 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 28 October 2006
  7. ↑ Ruben Pérez renueva su contrato con el Nàstic (Rubén Pérez renews his contract with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Nàstic rescindeix el contracte de Rubén Pérez (Nàstic terminate the contract of Rubén Pérez); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 31 January 2014 (in Catalan)
  9. ↑ El Huesca ficha al portero zaragozano Rubén Pérez (Huesca sign Zaragoza-born goalkeeper Rubén Pérez); Heraldo de Aragón, 3 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Rubén Pérez y Tariq quedan desvinculados del Huesca (Rubén Pérez and Tariq cut ties with Huesca); Diario del AltoAragón, 15 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ La curiosa historia de Rubén Pérez, de portero a central (The curious story of Rubén Pérez, from goalkeeper to stopper); Diario AS, 20 October 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ CF Reus: Rubén Pérez vuelve bajo palos (CF Reus: Rubén Pérez again between the posts); Diari de Tarragona, 28 January 2015 (in Spanish)
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