Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda (born November 14, 2000) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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Youth

Perea lived in

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, United States, for the first five years of his life, playing for Old Mars FC and West Florida Premier. He moved to Colombia where he enrolled in the

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional association football, football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the countr ...

youth academy aged six. In 2013, Perea was part of the Atlético Nacional team that won the prestigious national youth tournament .

Club career

Atlético Nacional

On July 10, 2017, Perea made his senior debut for Atlético Nacional as a 77th minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Santa Fe. In doing so he became the first player born in the 21st century to play for the club. He scored his first goal for the team on April 19, 2019, in a 4–0 victory over Patriotas.

Orlando City

On December 9, 2019, Perea joined

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team Orlando City on loan ahead of the 2020 season. He made his debut for the team as a substitute on February 29, 2020 in the season opener as the team drew 0–0 with

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...

. A week later, Perea made his first start, registering an assist on the team's first goal of the season scored by Chris Mueller as Orlando lost 2–1 away to

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, la ...

. After making 28 appearances in his debut season with Orlando, Perea had his loan move made permanent as part of the club's end of season roster moves on December 2, 2020. Perea scored his first goal in

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competition on May 10, 2022, the winner in a 2–1 round of 32 victory over the

Philadelphia Union

On December 6, 2022, Perea was traded to

in exchange for $750,000 in General Allocation Money with the potential for an additional $100,000 in GAM if certain contract conditions are met and will also retain a portion of any future transfer fee.

International career

Born in Tampa, Florida, Perea holds

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with the

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and

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. In 2017, Perea was part of the Colombia under-17 teams at both the Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-17 and

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. In May 2019, Perea was called up to the Colombia under-20 squad for the

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as an injury replacement for

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and started all five games as Colombia reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by eventual winners

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. In December 2020, Perea was called up to the

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for the first time for a friendly against

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as a replacement following

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's withdrawal but did not appear in the game. On January 12, 2021, while at a training camp with the United States under-23 team, it was announced that Perea was granted a one-time switch by FIFA to represent the United States competitively. He made his debut for the United States on January 31, 2021, as a half-time substitute for

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in a 7–0 friendly win over

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. Perea conceded a

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which was saved by Matt Turner. Perea was named to the final 20-player United States under-23 roster for the

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in March 2021.

Personal life

Andrés is the son of former soccer player and Atlético Nacional under-20 coach Nixon Perea.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honors

Orlando City *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perea, Andres 2000 births Living people Soccer players from Tampa, Florida Colombian footballers Colombia youth international footballers Olympic soccer players of the United States United States men's international soccer players American soccer players American sportspeople of Colombian descent People with acquired Colombian citizenship Categoría Primera A players Atlético Nacional footballers Association football midfielders Major League Soccer players Orlando City SC players United States men's under-23 international soccer players Colombia under-20 international footballers