Juan Manuel Pérez Ruiz (born 15 July 1996) is a Spanish

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 for

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Almudévar Almudévar (In Aragonese: ''Almudébar'' or also ''Almudébal'') is an municipality of the province of Huesca (Aragón, Spain). Geography Integrated into the comarca Hoya de Huesca, its situated 20 km from the provincial capital. The mun ...

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...

, Pérez joined

CA Osasuna Club Atlético Osasuna (, ''Osasuna Athletic Club''), or simply Osasuna, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre. It was founded on 24 October 1920 and plays in La Liga, the top division of Spanish football. The team's ...

's youth setup in June 2013 at the age of 16, from

. On 26 October 2014 he made his senior debut with the reserves, starting in a 2–1

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

home win against

CD Iruña Club Deportivo Iruña is a Spanish football team based in Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1939, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Paternain'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. The club is named after the ...

. On 8 June 2017, Pérez agreed to a professional contract, but remained appearing regularly with the B's. On 19 August 2018, as both first-team goalkeepers Sergio Herrera and Rubén Martínez were injured, he made his professional debut by starting in a 0–1 away loss against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. On 27 November 2019, Pérez renewed his contract until 2022, and made his

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

debut four days later, starting in a 4–2 away defeat of

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

. On 20 January 2023, Pérez signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

in division two.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Osasuna *

: 2018–19

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Juan 1996 births Living people People from Hoya de Huesca Footballers from the Province of Huesca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CA Osasuna B players CA Osasuna players SD Huesca footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen