Edixon Perea Valencia (; born 20 April 1984) is a Colombian

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 ...

Football career

Perea was born in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

. He played 29 games in the 2005 season for

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 ...

before joining

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. He was one of the players who helped the Colombian youth team reach the third place in the

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. He was on trial at the English Premier League Club Blackburn Rovers in 2010.

Club statistics

''Updated to games played as of 16 December 2013.''

International career

Perea is also on the

Colombia national football team The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member ...

where he has been called upon during the qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup. He played for the Colombia national team at the Copa America in

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and

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International goals – Colombia

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perea, Edixon 1984 births Living people Footballers from Cali Colombian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Colombia men's under-20 international footballers Colombia men's international footballers 2004 Copa América players 2007 Copa América players Atlético Huila footballers Deportes Quindío footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Atlético Nacional footballers FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players UD Las Palmas players Cruz Azul footballers Changchun Yatai F.C. players Deportivo Cali footballers Budapest Honvéd FC players Categoría Primera A players Liga MX players Ligue 1 players Segunda División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Chinese Super League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Colombian expatriate sportspeople in France Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in China Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary