Hugo Pérez Balderas (born 16 December 2002) is a Spanish

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 plays as a central defender for

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deporti ...

Club career

Pérez was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, and joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2014, after representing

CF Gavà Club de Futbol Gavà is a Spanish football team based in Gavà, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1922 it plays in 1ª Catalana – Group 2, holding home games at ''Estadi La Bòbila'', with a capacity of 2,550 seats. Histor ...

's youth setup EF Gavà and UE Cornellà. He left the former in 2017, and finished his formation with Deportivo Alavés. Pérez made his senior debut with the reserves on 1 November 2020, playing the last 16 minutes in a 3–0

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

away loss against Racing de Santander. He left the club in 2022, and subsequently joined Villarreal CF's C-team in

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera División RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional divisions ...

shortly after. Pérez made his professional debut with

on 7 October 2022, starting in a 3–1 away loss against Sporting de Gijón in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

Personal life

Pérez's father Raúl was also a footballer and a defender. He played mainly in the third tier, only appearing professionally with Elche CF and

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloca ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Hugo 2002 births Living people Footballers from Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera Federación players Deportivo Alavés B players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players