Iván Pérez (footballer, born 1976)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.
Iván Pérez
Personal information
Full name Iván Pérez Muñoz
Date of birth (1976-01-29) 29 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Real Madrid B 31 (7)
1996–1997 Real Madrid 3 (1)
1996–1997 → Extremadura (loan) 16 (0)
1997–1999 Betis 27 (1)
1999 Bordeaux 10 (3)
1999–2004 Deportivo La Coruña 5 (0)
2001 → Numancia (loan) 13 (2)
2001–2002 → Leganés (loan) 32 (3)
2004–2005 Girona 20 (2)
Total 155 (19)
International career
1991–1992 Spain U16 18 (13)
1992 Spain U17 4 (2)
1993–1994 Spain U18 8 (1)
1996–1998 Spain U21 8 (5)
1997 Spain U23 2 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1998 Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iván Pérez Muñoz (born 29 January 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He amassed La Liga totals of 64 games and four goals over eight seasons, representing five clubs including Real Madrid and Deportivo.

Club career

Coming from Real Madrid's youth system, Madrid-born Pérez became a professional in 1994 with the reserves before making his first appearance with the first team the next season.[2] Whilst under contract he had a loan spell with CF Extremadura, leaving in 1997 to sign with Real Betis and later playing briefly in France for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, before joining Deportivo de La Coruña in 1999.

With the Galicians, Pérez was a member of the 1999–2000 championship-winning squad, but only featured in three La Liga matches throughout the campaign, making just five league appearances over the course of three seasons combined. He later had loan stints at CD Numancia[3] and CD Leganés, retiring in 2005 after one year with lowly Girona FC.

International career

In arguably the finest moment of his career, Pérez scored the only goal in the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final, as Spain beat Greece.[4]

Personal life

Pérez was the younger brother of another footballer, Alfonso Pérez. Both began their careers with Real Madrid, and they played together for two seasons at Betis.[5]

Honours

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ "Iván Pérez". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ Goles de UEFA (UEFA goals); Mundo Deportivo, 22 April 1996 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ a b 1998: Iván Pérez applies finishing touch; at UEFA
  5. ^ El Madrid mantiene el liderato sufriendo (Madrid stay on top after suffering); Marca, 8 February 2008 (in Spanish)