Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera (born 30 January 1979) is a Colombian former

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, and a current

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. Gifted with incredible stamina and pace, the

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could also be adapted at

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. He spent most of his senior career with

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, appearing in 314 competitive matches over eight

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seasons. In 2012, he signed with

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. Perea earned 72

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for the Colombia national team, in more than one decade.

Club career

Perea was born in

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. He began his professional career with

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

, moving in 2003 to Argentina with

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, with whom he won that year's Intercontinental Cup. In June 2004, Perea signed for

on a four-year deal, as another centre-back,

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, also arrived that season. Both were the starters as the ''Colchoneros'' returned to the

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in 2008–09 after a 12-year absence, with Perea appearing in 30

matches; after the campaign kicked off, he received his

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. After the signing of

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for the 2008–09, Perea saw some additional time as a right back, but eventually lost that place to another newly signed,

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. From 2009 to 2011, with the latter departed to Everton, he managed to play a total of 56 league games, with

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to the

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in his second season after a seventh-place finish. On 29 September 2011, following a Europa League match against

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, Perea became the foreign player with most competitive appearances for Atlético Madrid with 289, surpassing Argentine

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. He left the club at the end of the 2011–12 campaign at the age of 33, after having contributed 34 official matches and won the Europa League. Perea joined Mexico's

in June 2012 as a

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, winning the following year's

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and the

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. In December 2015, after one year out of football due to injury, the 36-year-old chose to retire, settling in

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and focusing on becoming a coach. In late August 2018, following a brief spell in Atlético's youth academy, Perea was appointed at Leones F.C. in his country's

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for his first head coach experience. on 28 May 2019, with the team back in the Primera B after

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, he resigned.

International career

A Colombian international since 20 November 2002, in a 0–1 friendly loss with

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played in

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, Perea appeared at the

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and

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tournaments. He was named

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before the

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against Bolivia in

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, in a first-ever win in that country (2–1), and represented his nation for nearly 12 years.Luis Amaranto Perea – International Appearances
at

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Honours

Independiente Medellín *

: 2002-II Boca Juniors *

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: 2003–04 * Intercontinental Cup: 2003 Intercontinental Cup, 2003 Atlético Madrid *

: 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, 2009–10, 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, 2011–12 *UEFA Super Cup: 2010 UEFA Super Cup, 2010 *UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup, 2007 *Copa del Rey runner-up: 2009–10 Copa del Rey, 2009–10 Cruz Azul *

: Clausura 2013 Copa MX, Clausura 2013 *CONCACAF Champions League: 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League, 2013–14

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perea, Luis Amaranto 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Colombian emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Colombian footballers Association football defenders Categoría Primera A players Independiente Medellín footballers Argentine Primera División players Boca Juniors footballers La Liga players Atlético Madrid footballers Liga MX players Cruz Azul footballers UEFA Europa League winning players Colombia international footballers 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 Copa América players 2011 Copa América players Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Colombian football managers Atlético Junior managers