Lucas Perez

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Lucas Perez
Lucas Perez at Karpaty.jpg
Lucas Pérez (2012)
Personnel
Surname Lucas Pérez Martínez
birthday September 10, 1988
place of birth A Coruña ,  Spain
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
Deportivo Alavés
Montañeros CF
SD Órdenes
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2007-2009 Atlético Madrid C. 55 (18)
2009-2011 Rayo Vallecano B 44 (25)
2010-2011 Rayo Vallecano 6 0(1)
2011-2013 Karpaty Lviv 51 (14)
2013 →  Dynamo Kiev  (loan) 0 0(0)
2013-2015 PAOK Thessaloniki 32 0(9)
2014-2015 →  Deportivo La Coruña  (loan) 21 0(6)
2015-2016 Deportivo La Coruña 37 (18)
2016-2018 Arsenal FC 11 0(1)
2017-2018 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 35 0(8)
2018-2019 West Ham United 15 0(3)
2019– Deportivo Alavés 8 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2016– Galicia 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of October 6, 2019

Lucas Pérez Martínez (born September 10, 1988 in A Coruña ) is a Spanish football player on the position of center forward . After starting his football career with lower-class teams in his home country, he moved to Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine in 2011 , where he played for two years before moving to Greece to PAOK Thessaloniki . He celebrated his breakthrough in a top European league in a loan deal with Deportivo La Coruña in Spain, which signed him for the 2015/16 season . In the summer of 2016 he moved to the Premier League capital club Arsenal . After a renewed loan from La Coruña and a mixed season at West Ham United , Pérez has been playing for the first division club Deportivo Alavés since the 2019/20 season .

Club career

Beginnings in Spain

Lucas Pérez Martínez was born in A Coruña , Galicia and played for Deportivo Alavés , Montañeros CF and SD Órdenes in his youth before joining Atlético Madrid's third team , who played in the fourth-highest division in Spain . There he played for two years and then moved to the second team of Rayo Vallecano . He made his debut in the professional team on February 7, 2010 in a 3-2 home defeat against FC Cartagena . In his first season he went to the reserve in the third-rate Segunda División B on. For the 2010/11 season was promoted to the first team of the second division and came to five missions by winter. He scored his only goal in a 3-0 home win against Real Valladolid on November 6, 2010. On January 1, 2011, his contract with Rayo Vallecano ended.

Time in Ukraine and Greece

On January 17, 2011, the contractless Pérez moved to Ukraine , where he joined the first division club Karpaty Lviv . He signed a three-year contract with the Galicians . He made his debut on March 6, 2011 in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal Kiev . In the remainder of the 2010/11 season , he came on eight more missions, in which he could not score a goal.

In the following season 2011/12 he scored his first goal for Karpaty on the 2nd match day in a 1-1 draw against Chornomorez Odessa . On August 13, he scored both goals in a 2-1 home win against Zorya Luhansk . This season he came in 33 appearances across all competitions to 7 goals and 5 assists.

In the first game of the season 2012/13 , he met against Wolyn Lutsk for the first time. On November 4, 2012, he contributed a hat trick to his team in the 6-0 home win against Kryvbas Krywyj Rih . By the winter break, he had eight goals and three assists in 17 missions in the Premjer-Liha. In January 2013 he switched to league rivals Dynamo Kiev in a loan deal until the end of the season . For the capital city, however, he did not get a single assignment and later described the time in Kiev as "the worst four months of his life".

On July 5, 2013 Pérez moved for a transfer fee of 700,000 euros to the Greek first division club PAOK Thessaloniki , where he signed a three-year contract. He scored his first goal in his first league appearance on August 17 in a 3-0 home win against Skoda Xanthi FC . His next two goals came in a 3-0 away win against Panthrakikos . In the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League he scored a goal in a 2-2 group game against AZ Alkmaar and assisted one through Stelios Pozoglou . With PAOK he moved into the Greek Cup final , which was lost 4-1 to Panathinaikos Athens . During this season he scored ten goals in 50 appearances and prepared 15 more.

Breakthrough at home

After just one season, Pérez turned his back on Greece in the summer of 2014 and returned to Deportivo La Coruña in a one-year loan deal in his Galician hometown of A Coruña . His loan club, which was promoted to the Primera División in the previous season , also secured an optional purchase option. Due to a hamstring, Pérez missed his club's first league games and only came back to the Dépor squad in October . He made his debut in the top Spanish league on October 19 in a 3-0 home win against Valencia CF , in which he also scored directly. In his next appearance on the following match day against Espanyol Barcelona , Pérez had to leave the field after a quarter of an hour due to a knee injury. He made his comeback in the 4-0 home defeat against FC Barcelona on February 18, 2015, when he came on for Haris Medunjanin in the 78th minute of the game . In the next game against Granada CF he scored his second goal in his fourth appearance for his club. On the last day of the match, he scored in a 2-2 draw against champions FC Barcelona, ​​which Deportivo La Coruña saved from relegation. In his first season 2014/15 he scored six times in 21 missions and assisted in three more.

After returning to PAOK Thessaloniki, he scored once in qualifying for the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League in a 6-0 home win in the second leg of the second round against NK Lokomotiva Zagreb . He also scored in the 1-0 home win in the first leg of the third round against Spartak Trnava . These two appearances were his last for the Greek club.

On August 12, 2015, Lucas Pérez signed a permanent four-year contract with the Branquiazuis , who paid 1.5 million euros for the attacker's services. He scored his first goal of the season on matchday two in a 1-1 draw at the Estadio Mestalla at Valencia CF. From the 1-1 draw against Atlético Madrid on matchday ten, he was able to score seven league games in a row and contributed with 12 goals in 16 appearances to the surprising sixth place in the table Dépors , which went into 2016. In the second half of the season he was unable to confirm this excellent goal rate and his club also fell back to 13th position in the table by the end of the 2015/16 season . Nevertheless, with 17 goals and 10 assists in 36 league appearances, he crowned the best season of his career so far and was by far the most successful scorer of his team.

Change to the island

After the transfer had leaked to the press days earlier, the Premier League club Arsenal confirmed a commitment from Lucas Pérez on August 30, 2016 . With the club from the English capital London he signed a contract for four years. A transfer fee of around 20 million euros was due for the striker . He made his competitive debut on his 28th birthday, September 10th, in a 2-1 home win against Southampton FC, where he prepared a goal by Laurent Koscielny , who also celebrated his birthday that day. On September 20, he scored his first two goals for the Gunners in a 4-0 away win in the League Cup against Nottingham Forest . He scored a triple in the 4-1 away win in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League against Arsenal. However, his first goal in the Premier League was delayed until January 3, 2017, when he scored 3-2 in the 3-3 draw against AFC Bournemouth after being substituted on. His seventh and last goal of the season for Arsenal came in mid-January in a 2-0 away win in the FA Cup game against fifth division club Sutton United . After suffering a thigh strain in March, he did not play any more in the rest of the 2016/17 season , although he was already ready to play five game days before the end of the season.

An entertaining return to Spain

After he did not appear in the first games of the next season and Arsenal coach Unai Emery no longer had a future, after only one season he returned to his old place of work at Deportivo La Coruña on August 31, 2017, where he was for the entire season 2017/18 was borrowed. For the Galicians, threatened with relegation from the start of the season, Pérez has been a regular player by storm since his arrival. On September 30, 2017, he scored in a 2-1 home win against Getafe FC for the first time this season. In the next six missions, he met another four times. From the 13th matchday on, on November 26th, 2017, he started a five-month long goal doldrums and won with his team only one of these 18 league games. As a result, La Coruña slipped to 19th place in the table and thus on a direct relegation rank. It was not until April 6, 2018 that his and Dépor's negative streak ended with a 3-2 home win against FC Málaga , in which he was able to pocket a penalty. Three game days before the end of the season, relegation to the second division could no longer be prevented and Pérez returned to his home club Arsenal with eight goals and six assists in 35 league appearances.

Stagnation at West Ham United

On August 9, 2018, Pérez left Arsenal for good and signed a three-year deal with city rivals West Ham United . The transfer fee that the Gunners received after two years for his services was 4.4 million euros, only a fraction of the 20 million euros they had once paid. He made his debut for his new employer just nine days later when he came in for captain Mark Noble in the 77th minute of a 2-1 home defeat by AFC Bournemouth . He scored his first goal for the Hammers in the 8-0 home win in the League Cup on September 26 against Macclesfield Town . On December 4, 2018, Pérez scored his first two league goals for West Ham United in a 3-1 home win against newly promoted Cardiff City , after he was only substituted in the 40th minute for the injured Marko Arnautović . In the first few months at West Ham, he was always in cup games, but only sporadically in the Premier League. After he was able to score in the surprising cup defeat at the lower-class AFC Wimbledon on January 26, 2019 , he did not make any appearances for the first team in almost two months and was only back in action for the Hammers on March 16 in the game against Huddersfield Town . After his substitution in the 68th minute of the game, his club turned a 1: 3 deficit into a 4: 3 home win. He scored three goals in 15 league games this 2018/19 season .

Return to Spain again

As early as May 2019 it was announced that Lucas Pérez will play for the first division club Deportivo Alavés from the coming 2019/20 season , where he had once started with the sport of football. The Spaniards paid a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros for the services of the striker and provided him with a three-year contract.

National team

Pérez played a friendly game for the Galician football team against Venezuela on May 20, 2016 . The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

successes

PAOK Thessaloniki

Arsenal FC

Web links

Commons : Lucas Pérez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Armenteros y Lucas tumban al Valladolid y lanzan al Rayo In: Marca of November 6, 2010 (accessed on March 2, 2019)
  2. ↑ ОФІЦІЙНО. "Карпати" підписали іспанського нападника In: Karpaty Lviv from January 20, 2011 (accessed March 9, 2019)
  3. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 10/11 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on March 9, 2019)
  4. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 11/12 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on March 9, 2019)
  5. ↑ 'Mendietazo' del ex rayista Lucas en su 'hat-trick' con el Karpaty In: Marca from November 5, 2012 (accessed March 9, 2019)
  6. ↑ Lucas to play on loan for Dynamo Kyiv! In: Dynamo Kiev, March 1, 2013 (accessed March 17, 2019)
  7. ↑ Lucas Pérez: "En el Dinamo de Kiev pasé los cuatro meses peores de mi vida" In: Marca of 16 January 2014 (accessed on March 9, 2019)
  8. ↑ PAOK 3-0 Skoda Xanthi In: transfermarkt.at of August 17, 2013 (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  9. ↑ Panthrakikos 0-3 PAOK In: transfermarkt.at of October 27, 2013 (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  10. ↑ PAOK 2-2 AZ Alkmaar In: Sky Sports from December 12, 2013 (accessed March 17, 2019)
  11. ↑ ΠΑΟΚ-Παναθηναϊκός 1-4 (pics & vids) In: gazzetta.gr of April 26, 2014 (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  12. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 2013/14 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  13. ↑ Lucas Pérez firma su contrato y se entrenará mañana sábado en Abegondo In: Deportivo La Coruña of July 18, 2014 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  14. ↑ Cavaleiro y Lucas Pérez revolucionan al Depor In: Marca of 19 October 2014 (accessed on 18 March 2019)
  15. ↑ Las lesiones se ceban con Lucas Pérez In: lavozdegalicia.es of October 26, 2014 (accessed on March 17, 2019)
  16. ↑ Vuelve el insaciable Messi In: Marca of January 18, 2015 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  17. ↑ Deportivo La Coruna 2-2 Granada CF In: transfermarkt.at from January 25, 2015 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  18. ↑ El Barça indulta al Dépor In: Marca from May 23, 2015 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  19. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 2014/15 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  20. ↑ Like a revolver gun In: PAOK Thessaloniki, July 23, 2015 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  21. ↑ Europa League: Ο ΠΑΟΚ νίκησε 1-0 την Σπάρτακ Τρνάβα και ελπίζει In: naftemporiki.gr of July 30, 2015 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  22. ↑ Lucas Pérez, nuevo jugador del Dépor para las cuatro próximas temporadas In: Deportivo La Coruña of August 12, 2015 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  23. ↑ Valencia 1-1 Deportivo La Coruna In: Sky Sports from August 30, 2015 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  24. ↑ Barcelona held by Deportivo La Coruna as Lucas fires comeback In: ESPN of December 12, 2015 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  25. ↑ "Es imposible pedirle a alguien los 17 goles y ocho asistencias de Lucas" In: laopinioncoruna.es of September 7, 2016 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  26. ↑ Lucas Perez completes move to Arsenal In: Arsenal FC from August 28, 2016 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  27. ↑ Arsenal sign Shkodran Mustafi for more than £ 35m and Lucas Perez for £ 17.1m In: British Broadcasting Corporation, August 30, 2016 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  28. ↑ Arsenal hand full debuts to Lucas Perez and Shkodran Mustafi for visit of Southampton In: Daily Mirror, September 10, 2016 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  29. ↑ Nottingham Forest 0-4 Arsenal In: British Broadcasting Corporation, September 20, 2016 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  30. ↑ FC Basel 1-4 Arsenal In: British Broadcasting Corporation of December 6, 2016 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  31. ↑ AFC Bournemouth 3-3 Arsenal In: British Broadcasting Corporation January 3, 2017 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  32. ↑ Sutton United 0-2 Arsenal In: British Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2017 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  33. ↑ Is there a way back for Lucas Perez at Arsenal under Unai Emery? In: Sky Sports from May 31, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  34. ↑ Arsenal's Lucas Perez completes Deportivo loan after passing medical In: ESPN, September 1, 2017 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  35. ↑ Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 Getafe In: Sky Sports from September 30, 2017 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  36. ↑ Deportivo La Coruna 3-2 Malaga In: Sky Sports from April 6, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  37. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on March 18, 2019)
  38. ↑ West Ham: Lucas Perez and Carlos Sanchez complete transfer deadline day moves In: British Broadcasting Corporation of August 9, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  39. ↑ West Ham United 1-2 AFC Bournemouth In: British Broadcasting Corporation, August 18, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  40. ↑ West Ham United 9-0 Macclesfield Town In: British Broadcasting Corporation, September 26, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  41. ↑ West Ham United 3-1 Cardiff City In: British Broadcasting Corporation, December 4, 2018 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  42. ↑ AFC Wimbledon 4-2 West Ham United In: Sky Sports from January 26, 2019 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  43. ↑ West Ham United 4-3 Huddersfield Town In: British Broadcasting Corporation, March 16, 2019 (accessed March 18, 2019)
  44. ↑ Lucas Pérez - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on August 17, 2019)
  45. ↑ Lucas Perez leaves West Ham to sign for Alaves on permanent deal In: Sky Sports, June 4, 2019 (accessed August 13, 2019)
  46. ↑ West Ham continue summer clear-out as Lucas Perez returns to Spain with Alaves In: Evening Standard, June 3, 2019 (accessed August 13, 2019)
  47. ↑ La selección gallega empata con Venezuela en su fiesta del fútbol In: lavozdegalicia.es of May 21, 2016 (accessed on March 18, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Pérez, Lucas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pérez Martínez, Lucas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH A Coruña , Spain