Luis Carlos "Coroncoro" Perea (born 29 December 1963) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a

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Club career

Perea was born in Turbo. During his career he played mainly 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 ...

, where he would debut in 1983, and

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the oth ...

, but also had brief spells with

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 ...

and Deportes Tolima. Abroad, Perea represented

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in Mexico, and he won the

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with Nacional. He moved to the United States in 1999, intending to sign with the

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; he did not join either club and retired from playing, but began working as a player development coach at the Miami Strike Force.

International career

Over seven years, Perea played 78 games and scored two goals for the Colombia national team. This included six appearances at the

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and the 1994

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s combined. Perea participated in four Copa América finals, and netted his first international goal in the

1993 Copa América The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between 15 June and 4 July. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL w ...

, in the 88th minute of the quarter-final match against

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(1–1 after 120 minutes,

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win).

International goals

:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Perea goal.''

Personal life

Perea was named in a list of the top 100 prominent

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living in

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. His son, Luis Alberto, was also a footballer. A forward, he played for a host of clubs in several countries.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perea, Luis Carlos 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Antioquia Department Colombian people of African descent Colombian footballers Association football defenders Categoría Primera A players Independiente Medellín footballers Atlético Nacional footballers Atlético Junior footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Liga MX players Toros Neza footballers Colombia international footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players Colombian expatriate footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States