Nerea Pérez
{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nerea Pérez
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Nerea Pérez Machado
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|11}}
| birth_place = Benidorm, Spain
| height = 1.63 m
| currentclub = Villarreal
| clubnumber = 14
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 2009–2011
| clubs1 = Hércules
| years2 = 2011–2020
| clubs2 = Levante
| caps2 = 216
| goals2 = 17
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = Santa Teresa
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2021–
| clubs4 = Villarreal
| caps4 = 11
| goals4 = 0
| pcupdate = 21:49, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
}}
{{family name hatnote|Pérez|Machado|lang=Spanish}}
Nerea Pérez Machado (born 11 January 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Villarreal of the Primera División.
Club career
Growing up in Benidorm, Pérez had always desired to be a footballer.{{cite web |url=https://plazaradio.valenciaplaza.com/nerea-perez-futbolista-santa-teresa-badajoz-podcast|title=Tiempo en Femenino - Programa 116|publisher=Plaza Radio |date=4 June 2021|accessdate=19 August 2021|last=Cosín|first=Raúl|language=Spanish}} After nine years of playing at Levante, she signed for Santa Teresa, who had just gained promotion to the Primera División at that time.{{cite web |url=https://as.com/futbol/2020/06/15/femenino/1592221554_653544.html|title=Nerea Pérez ficha por el Santa Teresa tras dejar el Levante|work=Diario AS |date=15 June 2020|accessdate=19 August 2021|last=Gil|first=Aimara|language=Spanish}} She would make 26 league appearances for Santa Teresa in the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=1600|title=Nerea|publisher=BDFutbol|accessdate=19 August 2021}} On 2 July 2021, she then transferred to Villarreal to become their first signing of that season.{{cite web |url=https://www.revistapoble.net/2021/07/02/nerea-perez-primer-refuerzo-para-el-villarreal-femenino/|title=Nérea Pérez, primer refuerzo para el Villarreal Femenino|publisher=Poble|date=2 July 2021|accessdate=19 August 2021|language=Spanish}}
International career
Pérez represented Spain at under-17 and under-19 level. She played in the team that finished third in the U-17 World Cup and the team that finished second in the 2012 UEFA Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.informacion.es/deportes/2012/07/17/nerea-regresa-plata-6784445.html|title=Nerea regresa con la plata|publisher=Información|date=17 July 2012|accessdate=19 August 2021|last=Fuster|first=Vicente|language=Spanish}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.laliga.es/jugador/nerea-perez Profile] at La Liga {{in lang|es}}
- {{Twitter|nereap10}}
{{Villarreal CF (women) squad}}
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Category:Spanish women's footballers
Category:Levante UD Femenino players
Category:Footballers from the Province of Alicante
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Villarreal CF (women) players
Category:Sporting Plaza de Argel players
Category:Santa Teresa CD players