Juan de Dios Pérez Quijada (born 1 January 1980) is a Panamanian

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er who plays as a midfielder for Tauro.

Club career

After starting his career at local side

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, Pérez almost spent the rest of his career at Tauro except for a short spell at Sporting '89 and in Brazil with Juventude whom he joined in 2008.

International career

Pérez made his debut for

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in a January 2007

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against

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and has earned a total of 39 caps including an unofficial match against Guyana in 2010, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 5

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matches and played at the

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and

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s. His final international was a July

match against

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Honors

;Panamá Viejo * ANAPROF: 2000–01 ;Tauro * ANAPROF: 2003 (A), 2003 (C), 2006 (C), 2007 (A), 2010 (A) Panama *

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runner-up:

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* * 1980 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Men's association football midfielders Panamanian men's footballers 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen Panama men's international footballers 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Panamá Viejo F.C. players Tauro F.C. players Sporting San Miguelito players Esporte Clube Juventude players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil {{Panama-footy-bio-stub