Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López (born 11 June 1995) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as an

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for club Cagliari and the Uruguay national team.

Club career

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and

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, he traveled to

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to participate in a ten-day training session at

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. On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against

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. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0. Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over

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at the

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. On 15 July 2015,

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side

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confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by

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, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for

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. On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival

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. Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against

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. He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title. On 31 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Italian club Cagliari.

International career

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the

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. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping

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qualify for the

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. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion,

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. He was called up to the full

squad in the autumn of 2017. He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against

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at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.''

Honours

Nacional *

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , en, First Division Professional League, local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional football league in Uru ...

: 2014–15 PSV *

: 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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: 2015,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereiro, Gaston 1995 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Association football midfielders Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Eredivisie players Serie A players Serie B players Uruguay youth international footballers Uruguay under-20 international footballers Club Nacional de Football players 2015 South American Youth Football Championship players PSV Eindhoven players Cagliari Calcio players 2019 Copa América players Uruguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Italy Uruguay international footballers