Daniel Fernando Pérez Reyes (born 11 August 1975) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

–born Chilean former 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 le ...

who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

Club career

Born in

Trelew Trelew (, from cy, tref "town" and the name of the founder, Lewis Jones) is a city in the eastern part of the Chubut Province of Argentina. Located in Patagonia, the city is the largest and most populous in the low valley of the Chubut River, wit ...

Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

, Pérez started his career at hometown club Comisión de Actividades Infantiles in the Argentine third-tier in 1998. He played there two seasons, netting eight goals in 43 appearances. In January 2000, Pérez successfully joined Chilean powerhouse Universidad Católica after being on trial, but he was immediately loaned to Everton from the top-tier too. In his first full professional season he performed well in

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...

–based club, scoring six goals in 30 league games. Despite it, the season ended with Everton finishing bottom of the league, and being relegated to Primera B. Once settled in Católica, he helped the team to win their eight league title, after reaching the 2002 Torneo Apertura title with

Juvenal Olmos Juvenal Olmos (born October 4, 1962) is a Chilean football manager who is current manager of Mexican club Veracruz. Olmos was born in Santiago de Chile. His management of the Chile national team was unsuccessful, as they failed to get past the ...

as head coach. On 5 January 2004, he refused a contract extension and then moved to

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

for play the

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

. There he helped the team to win the Torneo Apertura. On 18 January 2006, he joined Católica's rivals Universidad de Chile. After an unsuccessful tournament, he didn't continue with ''The Lions'' for economical and sports reasons amid the club's bankruptcy. Then he signed for Palestino from Chilean first-tier too. In December 2006, it was reported that Pérez returned to Everton — coached by his former manager Juvenal Olmos — for play the 2007 Torneo Apertura. After Olmos resignal, he wasn't considered by new coach Jorge García and was released from the club. On 28 July 2007, he joined Argentine third-tier club

Guillermo Brown William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or ''Almirante'' Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's successes in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-Frenc ...

. After playing 34 games and score nine goals in the 2007–08 season he retired from football.

Personal life

He naturalized Chilean by descent, due to his father is Chilean.

Honours

Club

;Universidad Católica * Primera División de Chile: 2002 Apertura ;Cobreloa * Primera División de Chile: 2004 Apertura

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Daniel 1975 births Living people Footballers from Chubut Province Argentine men's footballers Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine emigrants to Chile Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Comisión de Actividades Infantiles footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers Deportivo Madryn players Grupo Universitario de Tandil players Torneo Argentino A players Chilean Primera División players Torneo Argentino B players Torneo Argentino C players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Men's association football forwards