Nicolás Perea (born August 6, 1992) is a Colombian-born American footballer who last played as a midfielder for Indy Eleven in USL Championship. Perea also plays beach soccer and represents the United States at the international level.

Nicolás Perea
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-06) August 6, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Syracuse Orange 76 (10)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Ocean City Nor'easters 12 (2)
2014 K-W United FC 9 (0)
2015–2016 Jacksonville Armada 24 (0)
2017–2018 Rio Grande Valley FC 33 (3)
2019 Des Moines Menace 12 (2)
2019 Indy Eleven 5 (0)
International career
2019– United States beach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021

Career

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College

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Perea played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2011 and 2014.[1]

While at college, Perea played with USL PDL sides Ocean City Nor'easters,[2] and K-W United.[3]

Professional

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Perea signed his first professional contract with second-tier NASL side, Jacksonville Armada on February 10, 2015.[4]

Perea joined United Soccer League side Rio Grande Valley in September 2017.[5]

After playing the 2019 USL League Two season with Des Moines Menace, Perea signed with USL Championship club Indy Eleven on August 27, 2019.[6]

International

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Perea participated in a beach soccer camp training in Ft. Lauderdale where he was scouted by the United States national beach soccer team coach Francis Farberoff. In January 2019, Perea started to get call-ups for the national beach soccer team and on May 16, 2021, he was called up to represent the US at the 2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.[7] Perea was part of the team that qualified the United States to a consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Nick Perea – Men's Soccer". Syracuse University Athletics.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2015-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "K-W United FC". SportsEngine. April 22, 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015.
  4. ^ "Beswicks Sports |". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  5. ^ "Nicolas Perea". Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  6. ^ "INDY ELEVEN SIGNS MIDFIELDER NICO PEREA". IndyEleven.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Get to Know the U.S. Beach Men's National Team". USSoccer.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "USA and El Salvador qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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