Rafael Enrique Pérez Almeida (born 9 January 1990), commonly known as Rafa Pérez (; ), is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a centre-back for Talleres .

Club career

Early career

Born in Cartagena, Pérez made his senior debuts with

Real Cartagena Real Cartagena is a professional Colombian football team based in Cartagena, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Jaime Morón León stadium. History The origins of Real Cartagena date back to 197 ...

in 2008. In 2012, he moved abroad, signing with

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team

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league syst ...

, but returned to his home country only a year later, after agreeing to a deal 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 ...

. On 12 December 2013 Pérez moved to Independiente Santa Fe. On 26 May of the following year he joined Portuguesa, but only appeared rarely for ''Lusa''.

Litex Lovech

On 11 January 2015, Pérez signed with Bulgarian side

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

, being given the number 5 jersey. He made his debut for the club on 28 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Ludogorets Razgrad. On 12 December 2015, he was sent off after an altercation with Miguel Bedoya in a heated league match that was eventually abandoned after the Litex players were ordered off the pitch.

CSKA Sofia

In the summer of 2016 he joined

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. Pérez remained with the "redmen"until he cancelled his contract with the team in May 2017.

Atlético Junior

On 2 June 2017, after Pérez had officially parted company with

, he joined

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...

Honours

Club

Real Cartagena * Primera B (1):

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Junior *

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(1):

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References

External links

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ESPN Deportes profile
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