Diego Pérez

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Diego Pérez
Personal information
Full name	Diego Fernando Pérez
Date of birth	May 18, 1980 (1980-05-18) (age 28)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Monaco
Number	5
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2003 2003-2004 2004-	Defensor Sporting Club Peñarol Monaco	95 (8) 13 (2) 87 (2)
National team2
2001-	Uruguay
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 22, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Diego Pérez (born May 18, 1980 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan soccer defensive midfielder who currently plays for AS Monaco in Ligue 1 after signing in 2004 from Peñarol. At the age of 19, Perez joined one of the clubs of his hometown, Defensor Sporting Club, soon becoming a first-team regular. He joined a larger club from Montevideo, CA Peñarol, in 2003 but only played 13 games with them before being shipped off to play for Didier Deschamps' AS Monaco. During his time at Monaco he has had to battle for his place in the defensive midfield spot against Lucas Bernardi, Akis Zikos and Gerard López and was especially favored by the manager Francesco Guidolin during the Italian's reign in the 2005-2006 season.

[edit] References

This article was translated from the French Wikipedia article Diego Perez on 20th October.

[edit] External links

• Diego Perez atYahoo! sports
• Player Profile (French)

v • d • e AS Monaco FC – current squad 1 Vallaurio • 2 Monsoreau • 3 Berthod • 4 Modesto • 5 Pérez • 6 Pokrivač • 7 Bernardi • 8 Almirón • 10 Menez • 11 Nené • 12 Adriano Pereira • 13 Muratori • 14 Martin • 16 Ruffier • 17 Gakpé • 18 Piquionne • 20 González • 21 Meriem • 22 Bolívar • 23 Leko • 24 Mongongu • 25 Cufré • 26 Sambou • 27 Lescure • 28 Bakar • 30 Roma • Manager: Ricardo