Daniel "Dani" Pérez Guerrero (born 26 July 2005) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

Betis Deportivo Balompié Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at Ciudad Depo ...

Professional career

Pérez is a youth product of

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

, and worked his way up their youth sides before being promoted to their reserves in 2022. On 5 October 2022, he signed a professional contract with Betis until 2025 and started training with their senior squad. He made his senior and professional debut with

as a late substitute in a 3–0

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win over

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on 3 November 2022.

International career

Pérez is a youth international for Spain, having played up to the Spain U18s.

Personal life

Pérez is the cousin of the Olympic gymnast Ana Pérez. He is currently dating Annalise Box who attends Hereford sixth form college.

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* * * 2005 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish men's footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Real Betis players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Primera Federación players Segunda Federación players {{Spain-footy-bio-stub