Marco Pérez (Colombian footballer)

Marco Jhonnier Pérez Murillo (born September 18, 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Junior.[1]

Marco Pérez
Personal information
Full name Marco Jhonnier Pérez Murillo
Date of birth (1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Quibdó, Colombia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Junior
Number 17
Youth career
Bocayá Chicó
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Boyacá Chicó 41 (11)
2009–2010Gimnasia (loan) 25 (9)
2010–2011Zaragoza (loan) 16 (1)
2011Independiente (loan) 12 (2)
2012Belgrano (loan) 16 (0)
2012O'Higgins (loan) 13 (2)
2013–2014 Independiente Medellín 35 (6)
2014–2019 Deportes Tolima 168 (56)
2019–2020 Al-Raed 27 (4)
2020–2021 Deportivo Cali 18 (4)
2021 Once Caldas 7 (0)
2022–2023 Águilas Doradas 58 (27)
2024– Junior 1 (0)
International career
2006–2009 Colombia U20 14 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2023

Career edit

Pérez debuted for Boyacá Chicó in 2006 at the age of 17 and became a starter ahead of more experienced strikers.[2] He played the 2009–10 Argentine Primera División season on loan with Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, and helped the team avoid relegation from the first division. On 14 July 2010, Pérez signed a two-year loan deal with La Liga club Real Zaragoza.[3] However, in July 2011 the Colombian forward left Zaragoza after poor performances, and returned to Argentina, joining Independiente.[4]

In January 2012, he joined Belgrano, but had a very poor spell, making 18 appearances without scoring a single goal. In July 2012, he joined Chilean club O'Higgins. In January 2013, he joined Independiente Medellín, leaving after the 2014 Apertura. He joined Deportes Tolima for the 2014 Finalizacion, and was part of the squad that won the 2018 Apertura title against Atlético Nacional. In 2020, he joined Deportivo Cali on a one year contract, and left when it expired in 2021.

Perez has been capped internationally with Colombia at the u-20 level, playing from 2006 to 2009.

Career statistics edit

As of match played 28 March 2019[5]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boyacá Chicó 2009 Categoría Primera A 16 3 0 0 5 1 21 4
Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) (loan) 2009–10 Argentine Primera División 25 9 0 0 25 9
Real Zaragoza (loan) 2010–11 La Liga 16 1 2 0 18 1
Independiente (loan) 2011–12 Argentine Primera División 12 2 0 0 4 1 16 3
Belgrano (loan) 2011–12 Argentine Primera División 16 0 2 0 18 0
O'Higgins (loan) 2012 Primera División of Chile 13 2 7 3 2 0 22 5
Independiente Medellín 2013 Categoría Primera A 25 6 5 1 30 7
2014 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 35 6 5 1 0 0 40 7
Deportes Tolima 2014 Categoría Primera A 17 3 6 2 23 5
2015 41 13 6 1 5 0 52 14
2016 20 4 4 0 24 4
2017 41 13 5 4 2 1 48 18
2018 39 19 0 0 39 19
2019 9 4 2 2 2 0 13 6
Total 168 56 23 9 9 1 200 66
Career totals 300 79 39 13 20 3 359 95

International career edit

After a great first season with his club, Pérez won a place in the Colombia national under-20 football team that played the 2009 South American Youth Championship.[6] After helping Boyacá Chicó F.C. lift the Copa Mustang, he received a call up to the full Colombia national football team.

Honours edit

Club

Boyacá Chicó
Deportes Tolima


Individual

References edit

  1. ^ MARCOS JOHNIER PEREZ – BDFA
  2. ^ El Real Zaragoza ficha a Marco Pérez Murillo Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Marco Pérez presentado Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Marco Pérez ya es de Independiente" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  5. ^ Marcos Perez at Soccerway
  6. ^ Por un cupo al Mundial de Egipto viajó la Sub-20 de Colombia al Suramericano de Venezuela – Futbolred