Lucas Perez

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Not to be confused with Lucas Perez Godoy .
In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Perez and the second or maternal family name is Martinez .

Lucas Perez
Perez with Karpaty Lviv in 2011
Personal information
Full name Lucas Perez Martinez [1]
Date of birth ( 1988-09-10 ) 10 September 1988 (age 35) [2]
Place of birth A Coruna , Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3] [2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Deportivo La Coruna
Number 7
Youth career
Victoria CF
Atletico Arteixo
Alaves
Montaneros
Ordenes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls )
2007?2009 Atletico Madrid C 55 (18)
2009?2011 Rayo Vallecano B 44 (25)
2010?2011 Rayo Vallecano 6 (1)
2011?2013 Karpaty Lviv 51 (14)
2013 → Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 0 (0)
2013?2015 PAOK 32 (9)
2014?2015 → Deportivo La Coruna (loan) 21 (6)
2015?2016 Deportivo La Coruna 37 (18)
2016?2018 Arsenal 11 (1)
2017?2018 → Deportivo La Coruna (loan) 35 (8)
2018?2019 West Ham United 15 (3)
2019?2021 Alaves 62 (15)
2021?2022 Elche 18 (2)
2022 Cadiz 29 (6)
2023? Deportivo La Coruna 49 (20)
International career
2016 Galicia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:50, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Lucas Perez Martinez ( Spanish pronunciation: [?lukas ?pe?eθ ma??tineθ] ; born 10 September 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera Federacion club Deportivo de La Coruna .

After spending the first years of his career in the lower leagues, only appearing sporadically for the first team of Rayo Vallecano in the Segunda Division , he first made a name for himself with Karpaty Lviv in the Ukrainian Premier League . In 2013, he signed with PAOK from Greece, and later returned to La Liga with Deportivo , where he scored 32 goals in 93 matches.

Subsequently, he represented English clubs Arsenal and West Ham United in the Premier League , before rejoining Alaves where he had played as a youth.

Club career [ edit ]

Atletico and Rayo [ edit ]

Perez was born in A Coruna , Galicia . After appearing for three clubs as a youth he moved to Madrid and joined Atletico Madrid 's C team , playing two seasons in the Tercera Division . In summer 2009 he signed with Rayo Vallecano , helping the reserves promote from the same level in his first year .

In the 2010?11 season , Perez contributed five games and one goal (in a 3?0 home win against Real Valladolid on 6 November 2010) [4] as Rayo returned to La Liga after eight years. He continued to be mainly registered with the B side, however.

Karpaty Lviv [ edit ]

Perez after scoring a hat-trick for Karpaty in 2012

On 17 January 2011, free agent Perez joined Karpaty Lviv on a three-year deal. [5] He scored his first goal for the team on 17 July, against Chornomorets Odesa in a 1?1 Ukrainian Premier League draw.

Perez netted a hat-trick on 4 November 2012 in a 4?0 home victory over Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih , including a long-distance volley from a corner kick delivery. [6] In January 2013, he joined fellow top-division club Dynamo Kyiv on loan for the remainder of the campaign , and later labelled his experience as "a nightmare". [7]

PAOK and Deportivo La Coruna [ edit ]

On 5 July 2013, Perez signed on a fee of € 700,000 a three-year contract with Super League Greece team PAOK . [8] He scored his first competitive goal on 17 August, contributing to a 3?0 home defeat of Skoda Xanthi , and on 24 November he equalised in a 3?1 win over Aris in the Derby of Northern Greece . [9] He also helped to a runner-up run in the national cup , losing the decisive match to Panathinaikos . [10]

On 18 July 2014, Perez returned to Spain and joined his newly promoted hometown side Deportivo de La Coruna in a one-year loan deal, with a buyout clause. [11] He scored in his first official appearance, having started in a 3?0 home victory against Valencia on 19 October which also marked his top-flight debut. [12] The following matchday, he was replaced in the 15th minute of a 0?0 draw at Espanyol due to a knee injury. [13] [14]

Perez only returned to action in January 2015, [15] appearing 12 minutes in a 0?4 home loss to Barcelona . [16] On 23 May, against the same opponent at the Camp Nou , he helped Depor come from behind by scoring in the 67th minute of a 2?2 draw in the last round that prevented relegation . [17]

On 23 July 2015, in his first competitive match upon his return to PAOK, against NK Lokomotiva in the second preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League , Perez scored the opener after Robert Mak 's shot was saved, in an eventual 6?0 home rout. [18] One week later, against Spartak Trnava in the same competition, he netted the game's only goal in the first leg. [19]

On 12 August 2015, Perez signed a permanent four-year deal with Deportivo. [20] On 12 December, he took his season tally to 11 goals in only 15 games, helping to a 2?2 draw with Barcelona. [21]

Perez totalled a career-best 17 goals at the end of the campaign, eventually helping his side to escape relegation again. [22]

Arsenal [ edit ]

On 27 August 2016, Arsene Wenger said that Perez had completed a medical examination in order to join Arsenal after the paperwork was done. [23] [24] Three days later, the transfer was confirmed by the club for a reported fee of ￡17.1 million. [25] He made his competitive debut in the 2?1 Premier League home win over Southampton on 10 September, which coincided with both his birthday and that of teammate Laurent Koscielny , whom he assisted for his team's equaliser. [26]

On 20 September 2016, during an EFL Cup away match against Nottingham Forest , Perez scored his first goals for the Gunners, grabbing a brace in an eventual 4?0 victory in the third round . [27] On 6 December, he contributed three goals in 39 minutes to a 4?1 away defeat of Basel in the UEFA Champions League 's group stage , helping them win the group. [28]

On 3 January 2017, Perez netted for the first time in the domestic league, helping his team come back from 3?0 down to draw 3?3 at Bournemouth . [29] Towards the end of the month, he provided an assist to Danny Welbeck 's first-ever brace for Arsenal, in a 5?0 away win against Southampton in the FA Cup . [30]

On 31 August 2017, Perez rejoined Deportivo on a season -long loan deal. [31]

West Ham United [ edit ]

On 9 August 2018, Perez signed a three-year contract with West Ham United for a reported fee of ￡4 million. [32] He made his league debut for his new club nine days later, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute for Mark Noble in a 1?2 home loss to Bournemouth. [33] He scored his first goal for them on 26 September, in their 8?0 demolition of Macclesfield Town in the EFL Cup . [34]

On 4 December 2018, Perez scored his first league goals for 700 days: coming on for Marko Arnautovi? , he scored twice in a 3?1 home victory against Cardiff City , becoming the first West Ham player to achieve the feat as a substitute since Paulo Wanchope in 2000. [35]

Alaves [ edit ]

In May 2019, West Ham accepted an offer from Alaves for Perez for a fee of €2.5m subject to a medical. [36] He officially signed for the club on 3 June, [37] making his league debut on 18 August by playing the last minutes of the 1?0 home victory over Levante . [38] He scored his first goal on 29 September, the first in a 2?0 win against Mallorca also at the Mendizorrotza Stadium . [39]

On 29 October 2019, Perez equalised in a 1?1 home draw with Atletico Madrid, becoming the first Alaves player to score in five consecutive La Liga games since 1955. [40] He repeated the feat the following match (at Osasuna , 4?2 loss), and in the process became their first player to achieve that in six consecutive fixtures. [41] He found the net for the seventh time on 9 November against Real Valladolid , becoming the first player in the history of the competition to score in seven consecutive matches with two different teams, as he had done it before with Deportivo. [42]

Perez terminated his contract on 18 August 2021. [43]

Elche and Cadiz [ edit ]

On 31 August 2021, free agent Perez signed a one-year deal with Elche , still in the top tier. [44] The following 31 January, he moved to Cadiz of the same league on a 18-month contract. [45]

Fourth spell at Deportivo [ edit ]

Perez agreed to a return to Deportivo on 31 December 2022, with the deal being made effective at the opening of the January transfer window ; [46] the player himself paid €493,000 in order to be released. [47] [48] He scored a brace on his Primera Federacion debut eight days later, in a 3?0 win over Salamanca . [49]

On 12 May 2024, Perez scored from a direct free kick in the 1?0 victory against second-placed Barcelona B , securing the club's return to Segunda Division after four years. [50]

International career [ edit ]

Perez earned his first cap for the Galicia autonomous team on 20 May 2016, appearing in the 2?2 friendly with Venezuela . [51]

Career statistics [ edit ]

As of match played on 27 May 2023 [52] [53]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup [a] League cup [b] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rayo Vallecano 2009?10 Segunda Division 1 0 0 0 ? ? 1 0
2010?11 Segunda Division 5 1 0 0 ? ? 5 1
Total 6 1 0 0 ? ? 6 1
Rayo Vallecano B 2009?10 Tercera Division 30 20 ? ? ? 30 20
2010?11 Segunda Division B 14 5 ? ? ? 14 5
Total 44 25 ? ? ? 44 25
Karpaty Lviv 2010?11 Ukrainian Premier League 8 0 0 0 ? ? 8 0
2011?12 Ukrainian Premier League 26 6 4 0 ? 4 [c] 1 34 7
2012?13 Ukrainian Premier League 17 8 1 0 ? ? 18 8
Total 51 14 5 0 ? 4 1 60 15
Dynamo Kyiv (loan) 2012?13 Ukrainian Premier League 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0
PAOK 2013?14 Super League Greece 32 9 6 0 ? 12 [d] 1 50 10
2015?16 Super League Greece 0 0 0 0 ? 2 [c] 2 2 2
Total 32 9 6 0 ? 14 3 52 12
Deportivo (loan) 2014?15 La Liga 21 6 0 0 ? ? 21 6
Deportivo 2015?16 La Liga 36 17 1 0 ? ? 37 17
2016?17 La Liga 1 1 0 0 ? ? 1 1
Total 58 24 1 0 ? ? 59 24
Arsenal 2016?17 Premier League 11 1 3 2 4 1 3 [e] 3 21 7
Deportivo (loan) 2017?18 La Liga 35 8 2 1 ? ? 37 9
West Ham United 2018?19 Premier League 15 3 1 1 3 2 ? 19 6
Alaves 2019?20 La Liga 34 11 0 0 ? ? 34 11
2020?21 La Liga 28 4 0 0 ? ? 28 4
Total 62 15 0 0 ? ? 62 15
Elche 2021?22 La Liga 18 2 1 0 ? ? 19 2
Cadiz 2021?22 La Liga 15 3 1 1 ? ? 16 4
2022?23 La Liga 14 3 1 1 ? ? 15 4
Total 29 6 2 2 ? ? 31 8
Deportivo 2022?23 Primera Federacion 19 8 0 0 ? ? 19 8
Career total 380 116 21 6 7 3 21 7 429 132
  1. ^ Includes Copa del Rey , Ukrainian Cup , Greek Football Cup , FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League , eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours [ edit ]

PAOK

Arsenal

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Acta del partido celebrado el 20 de mayo de 2018, en Valencia" [Minutes of the match held on 20 May 2018, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation . 20 May 2018 . Retrieved 20 June 2019 . [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ^ a b "Lucas Perez: Overview" . Premier League . Retrieved 8 August 2022 .
  3. ^ Lucas Perez at AS.com (in Spanish) Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Armenteros y Lucas tumban al Valladolid y lanzan al Rayo" [Armenteros and Lucas down Valladolid and propel Rayo]. Marca (in Spanish). 6 November 2010 . Retrieved 13 July 2014 .
  5. ^ ОФ?Ц?ЙНО. "Карпати" п?дписали ?спанського нападника [Official. Karpaty signed Spanish striker] (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Lviv. 17 January 2011 . Retrieved 3 February 2011 .
  6. ^ " 'Mendietazo' del ex rayista Lucas en su 'hat-trick' con el Karpaty" ['Goal a la Mendieta' from former Rayo player Lucas in his hat-trick for Karpaty]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 November 2012 . Retrieved 8 November 2016 .
  7. ^ "Lucas Perez: "En el Dinamo de Kiev pase los peores cuatro meses de mi vida" " [Lucas Perez: "I spent the worst four months of my life at Dinamo Kiev"]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 January 2014 . Retrieved 5 December 2018 .
  8. ^ "Football: PAOK sign Spyropoulos and Lucas Perez ? club" . GlobalPost . 6 July 2013 . Retrieved 13 July 2014 .
  9. ^ "PAOK beats Aris 3?1 in Greek league" . Special Broadcasting Service . 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 3 March 2016 .
  10. ^ a b Papantonopoulou, Vassiliki (26 April 2014). "Berg inspires Panathiakos [ sic ] to Greek Cup triumph" . UEFA . Retrieved 22 November 2020 .
  11. ^ "Lucas Perez firma su contrato y se entrenara manana sabado en Abegondo" [Lucas Perez signs his contract and will train tomorrow Saturday in Abegondo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruna. 18 July 2014 . Retrieved 19 July 2014 .
  12. ^ G. Lifona, Daniel (19 October 2014). "Cavaleiro y Lucas Perez revolucionan al Depor" [Cavaleiro and Lucas Perez shake Depor up]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 6 December 2014 .
  13. ^ Aldunate, Ramiro (26 October 2014). "El Espanyol echa de menos a Sergio Garcia" [Espanyol miss Sergio Garcia]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 6 December 2014 .
  14. ^ "Las lesiones se ceban con Lucas Perez" [Injuries all over Lucas Perez]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 26 October 2014 . Retrieved 6 December 2014 .
  15. ^ "Lucas vuelve a convocatoria del Deportivo casi tres meses despues" [Lucas returns to a Deportivo callup after nearly three months]. Sport (in Spanish). 17 January 2015 . Retrieved 26 January 2015 .
  16. ^ Rincon, Jaime (18 January 2015). "Vuelve el insaciable Messi" [The insatiable Messi returns]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 26 January 2015 .
  17. ^ Aldunate, Ramiro (23 May 2015). "El Barca indulta al Depor" [Barca pardon Depor]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 24 May 2015 .
  18. ^ "Like a revolver gun" . PAOK FC. 23 July 2015 . Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
  19. ^ "Europa League: Ο ΠΑΟΚ ν?κησε 1?0 την Σπ?ρτακ Τρν?βα και ελπ?ζει" [Europa League: PAOK defeat Spartak Trnava 1?0 and hope]. Naftemporiki (in Greek). 30 July 2015 . Retrieved 30 July 2015 .
  20. ^ "Lucas Perez, nuevo jugador del Depor para las cuatro proximas temporadas" [Lucas Perez, new player of Depor for the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruna. 12 August 2015 . Retrieved 12 August 2015 .
  21. ^ "Barcelona held by Deportivo La Coruna as Lucas fires comeback" . ESPN FC . 12 December 2015 . Retrieved 13 December 2015 .
  22. ^ Cobas, Eugenio (7 September 2016). "Es imposible pedirle a alguien los 17 goles y ocho asistencias de Lucas" ["You cannot ask of anyone for Lucas' 17 goals and eight assists"]. La Opinion A Coruna (in Spanish) . Retrieved 19 September 2016 .
  23. ^ Morrissey, Paul (27 August 2016). "Arsenal boss confirms Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi have been signed (Video)" . 101 Great Goals. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019 . Retrieved 28 August 2016 .
  24. ^ "Lucas Perez completes move to Arsenal" . Arsenal F.C. 28 August 2016 . Retrieved 30 August 2016 .
  25. ^ "Arsenal sign Shkodran Mustafi for more than ￡35m and Lucas Perez for ￡17.1m" . BBC Sport . 30 August 2016 . Retrieved 30 August 2016 .
  26. ^ Malyon, Ed (10 September 2016). "Arsenal hand full debuts to Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi for visit of Southampton" . Daily Mirror . Retrieved 10 September 2016 .
  27. ^ "Nottingham Forest 0?4 Arsenal" . BBC Sport. 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 20 September 2016 .
  28. ^ Shemilt, Stephan (6 December 2016). "FC Basel 1?4 Arsenal" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 6 December 2016 .
  29. ^ Sanghera, Mandeep (3 January 2017). "AFC Bournemouth 3?3 Arsenal" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 3 January 2017 .
  30. ^ Wallace, Sam (28 February 2017). "Southampton 0 Arsenal 5, FA Cup: Gunners dispatch sorry Saints as Theo Walcott scores hat-trick and Danny Welbeck grabs a double" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 February 2017 .
  31. ^ De la Cruz, Luis (31 August 2017). "Lucas Perez returns to Deportivo on a year-long loan" . Diario AS . Retrieved 26 January 2020 .
  32. ^ "West Ham: Lucas Perez and Carlos Sanchez complete transfer deadline day moves" . BBC Sport. 9 August 2018 . Retrieved 9 August 2018 .
  33. ^ Emons, Michael (18 August 2018). "West Ham United 1?2 AFC Bournemouth" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 19 August 2018 .
  34. ^ "West Ham 8?0 Macclesfield: Hammers thrash Macclesfield to reach fourth round" . BBC Sport. 26 September 2018 . Retrieved 27 September 2018 .
  35. ^ Sanders, Emma (4 December 2018). "West Ham United 3?1 Cardiff City" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 5 December 2018 .
  36. ^ "West Ham agree to sell Lucas Perez to Alaves" . Sky Sports . 31 May 2019 . Retrieved 3 June 2019 .
  37. ^ Muro, Giuseppe (3 June 2019). "West Ham continue summer clear-out as Lucas Perez returns to Spain with Alaves" . Evening Standard . Retrieved 3 June 2019 .
  38. ^ Lara, Lorenzo (18 August 2019). "Joselu y Pacheco dan la primera victoria al Alaves" [Joselu and Pacheco give the first win to Alaves]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 30 October 2019 .
  39. ^ Garcia, Oscar (29 September 2019). "Lucas Perez and Joselu fire Alaves to victory over Mallorca" . Marca . Retrieved 30 October 2019 .
  40. ^ Benson, Ryan (30 October 2019). "Deportivo Alaves 1?1 Atletico Madrid: Late Perez stunner denies Simeone's men chance to go top" . The Hindu . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
  41. ^ "Lucas Perez sets Alaves goalscoring record with penalty against Osasuna" . beIN Sports . 3 November 2019 . Retrieved 4 November 2019 .
  42. ^ Mejias, Noelia (9 November 2019). "Lucas Perez, unico en LaLiga" [Lucas Perez, one of a kind in LaLiga] (in Spanish). El Desmarque . Retrieved 9 November 2019 .
  43. ^ "Lucas Perez finaliza su etapa en el Deportivo Alaves" [Lucas Perez ends his spell at Deportivo Alaves] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alaves. 18 August 2021 . Retrieved 26 August 2021 .
  44. ^ "FICHAJE | Lucas Perez firma por una temporada con el Elche CF" [SIGNING | Lucas Perez signs for one season with Elche CF] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 31 August 2021 . Retrieved 31 August 2021 .
  45. ^ "Lucas Perez cierra el mercado invernal" [Lucas Perez completes the winter transfer market] (in Spanish). Cadiz CF. 31 January 2022 . Retrieved 31 January 2022 .
  46. ^ "Traspaso de Lucas Perez al RC Deportivo" [Transfer of Lucas Perez to Deportivo] (in Spanish). Cadiz CF. 31 December 2022 . Retrieved 1 January 2023 .
  47. ^ Jimenez, Francisco Jose (30 December 2022). "No hay marcha atras: Lucas Perez paga de su bolsillo para irse del Cadiz" [No turning back: Lucas Perez uses own money to leave Cadiz] (in Spanish). El Desmarque . Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
  48. ^ "Paga medio millon de euros para irse de un equipo de Primera a Tercera" [He pays half a million euros in order to leave Primera team to go to Tercera ]. Ole (in Spanish). 31 December 2022 . Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
  49. ^ Martin, Jose Manuel (8 January 2023). "El enorme gesto de Lucas Perez en su debut con el Deportivo" [The enormous gesture of Lucas Perez in his debut with Deportivo]. La Razon (in Spanish) . Retrieved 9 January 2023 .
  50. ^ Yordi, Juan (12 May 2024). "El Deportivo asciende a Segunda... ¡con un gol de Lucas Perez!" [Deportivo promote to Segunda ... with goal from Lucas Perez!]. Marca (in Spanish) . Retrieved 13 May 2024 .
  51. ^ Bouzas, Fabian (20 May 2016). "La seleccion gallega empata con Venezuela en su fiesta del futbol" [Galicia national team draw with Venezuela in their football party]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish) . Retrieved 23 August 2017 .
  52. ^ Lucas Perez at Soccerway
  53. ^ Lucas Perez at FBref.com Edit this at Wikidata
  54. ^ McNulty, Phil (27 May 2017). "Arsenal 2?1 Chelsea" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 18 May 2019 .

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