Alejandro "Álex" Pérez Navarro (born 11 August 1991) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Born in

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, Pérez played for no fewer than five clubs as a youth, finishing his development with local Getafe CF, with whom he signed in 2006 from another team in the

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. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the Segunda División B, only missing nine league games in the 2010–11 season as the side retained their status in their first-ever year in that tier. Pérez made his official debut with Getafe's first team on 27 October 2010, featuring the full 90 minutes against

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in the round of 32 in the

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(1–1 away draw and aggregate win). On 16 December he played his first match in the

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the last minutes of the first half of a 1–0 group stage victory over BSC Young Boys. On 20 August 2013, Pérez was loaned out to

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n club

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in a

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-long move. After 15 competitive appearances, he returned to Spain in the following

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and joined

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; he only totalled 110 minutes for the latter, and had a straight

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on his debut, a 2–3 home loss to Real Madrid Castilla on 15 March 2014. On 24 September 2015, Pérez signed for

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side

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until the end of the campaign. He scored once in five games as his team missed out on the play-offs, his first professional goal concluding their 3–1 home win over

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in the last matchday. Pérez returned to Spain and its Segunda División on 12 August 2016, joining

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. He scored his first-ever goal as a professional in his country on 27 May 2017, helping to defeat his former club Getafe 1–0 at the Estadio José Zorrilla. In the summer of 2017, Pérez moved to

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in the same league. He totalled 60 official matches over two second-division seasons, scoring in a 2–1 away loss against

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on 8 December 2017. On 31 August 2019, Pérez signed a one-year contract with Arminia Bielefeld of the German

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. The following 14 August, he returned to his home country after agreeing to a two-year deal with division two newcomers

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

. On 20 August 2021, after Logroñés' relegation, Pérez joined CD Lugo also of the second tier on a one-year contract.

References

External links

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Levski official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Alex 1991 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Getafe CF B players Getafe CF footballers SD Huesca footballers Recreativo de Huelva players Real Valladolid players Sporting de Gijón players UD Logroñés players CD Lugo players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Levski Sofia players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players North Carolina FC players 2. Bundesliga players Arminia Bielefeld players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany