Juan José Perea Mendoza (born 23 February 2000) is a Colombian professional

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 lea ...

who plays as a forward for German club

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

Career

Porto and Panathinaikos

Perea played for

Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...

, helping the club to win the

2018–19 UEFA Youth League The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League was the sixth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA. The final was played on 29 April 2019 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between English sid ...

. He made three appearances in the competition for the Portuguese club. Perea joined Panathinaikos in the summer of 2019, signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He made his first appearance for Panathinaikos in the

Greek Superleague The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

against the team's 3–1 loss to OFI on 31 August 2019. On 10 November 2019, he scored his first goal in the 3–2 win for Panathinaikos in the Athenian Derby against

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

. On 1 September 2020, he joined the Greek club

Volos Volos (; ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia (regional unit), Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos ...

PAS Giannina

On 19 July 2021, Perea signed a three-year contract with

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club (), or with its full name Panipirotikós Athlitikós Síllogos Giánnina (, ''Panepirotic Athletic Club Giannina'') is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Ioannina, the capita ...

. In early January 2022, he was linked with domestic and foreign clubs, including

. PAS Giannina reportedly demanded a €1 million transfer fee with Perea's former club Panathinaikos retaining the right to claim the player by matching any offer.

VfB Stuttgart

On 8 July 2022,

announced the signing of Perea on a four-year deal. The transfer fee was reported as over €2.2 million, becoming the most expensive player sold by

Loan to Hansa Rostock

On 4 August 2023, Perea moved to 2. Bundesliga club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from ...

on a season-long loan.

Loan to FC Zürich

On 24 June 2024, he was loaned to

Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...

side

FC Zürich Fussballclub Zürich, commonly abbreviated to FC Zürich or simply FCZ, is a professional football club based in Zurich, Switzerland. The club was founded in 1896 and has won the Swiss Super League thirteen times and the Swiss Cup ten times. ...

, with an option to buy.

Career statistics

Honours

Porto youth *

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the under-19 teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions Le ...

: 2018–19 Individual *

Player of the Year: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile at Panathinaikos website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perea, Juan Jose 2000 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Footballers from Bogotá Men's association football forwards Super League Greece players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players FC Porto players Panathinaikos F.C. players Volos F.C. players PAS Giannina F.C. players VfB Stuttgart players FC Hansa Rostock players FC Zürich players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland 21st-century Colombian sportsmen 20th-century Colombian sportsmen