Miguel Pérez (footballer)

Miguel Pérez

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil
Date of birth	(1980-05-28) 28 May 1980
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000	Onda
2001	Burriana	17	(1)
2001–2002	Getafe	24	(3)
2002–2005	Numancia	86	(6)
2005–2006	Gimnàstic	7	(0)
2006–2008	Alavés	19	(1)
2008–2011	Levante	47	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Aracil.

Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel alˈfonso ˈpeɾeð]; born 28 May 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Pérez was born in Madrid. During his career, spent mostly in the second division, he represented CD Onda (Villarreal CF's feeder club), Getafe CF, CD Numancia (appearing in 19 games in 2004–05's La Liga), Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Deportivo Alavés and Levante UD. He made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 28 August 2004, coming on as a first-half substitute to help Numancia to a 1–1 home draw against Real Betis.

Pérez contributed with 18 matches – only two complete, 842 minutes, no goals – in the 2009–10 season, as Levante returned to the top division after two years. Aged 30, he was released in the 2011 January transfer window, without no official appearances whatsoever in the first half of the campaign.

Personal life

Pérez's younger brother, Álex, is also a footballer. He played in Real Madrid's youth academy, and both represented Catalonia' Gimnàstic in 2005–06.

Their father, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pilipiux, was also a footballer. Born in Argentina he settled in Spain after retiring, having played in the country for namely Real Madrid and Real Zaragoza.

External links

• Miguel Pérez profile at BDFutbol
• Miguel Pérez at Soccerway

• El Betis se ahoga en Soria (Betis drowns in Soria); El País, 29 August 2004 (Spanish)
• El Levante inscribe a Wellington y da la baja a Miguel Pérez (Levante registers Wellington and releases Miguel Pérez); Marca, 21 January 2011 (Spanish)