Verónica Pérez

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Verónica Pérez

| image = Veronica Perez 2013 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Pérez in 2013

| full_name = Verónica Raquel Pérez Murillo{{cite news |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |title=List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |work=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-date=10 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410062327/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|5|18}}

| birth_place = Hayward, California, United States{{cite web |url=http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=44119 |title=Las Mediocampistas de la Selección Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015 |language=es |work=Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. |access-date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610110010/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=44119 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| height = 1.58 m{{Cite web |url=http://ligafemenil.mx/cancha/jugador/138777/eyJpZENsdWIiOiAxMTE4MH0=/veronica-raquel-perez-murillo |publisher=LIGA MX Femenil |access-date=16 July 2019 |title=Veronica Perez |language=es}}

| position = Attacking midfielder

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2002–2005 | youthclubs1 =PSV Union & Pleasanton Rage

| youthyears2 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs2 = Crystal Springs Uplands High School

| collegeyears1 = 2006–2009

| college1 = Washington Huskies

| collegecaps1 = 83

| collegegoals1 = 21

| years1 = 2009

| clubs1 = Seattle Sounders Women

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2010

| clubs2 = Saint Louis Athletica

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012

| clubs3 = Seattle Sounders Women

| caps3 = 14

| goals3 = 12

| years4 = 2012

| clubs4 = Stjarnan

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2013

| clubs5 = Western New York Flash

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2014

| clubs6 = Washington Spirit

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2016

| clubs7 = Canberra United

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = KIF Örebro DFF

| caps8 = 20

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2018

| clubs9 = OSA FC

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2019

| clubs10 = PacNW Women

| caps10 = 6

| goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2019–2020

| clubs11 = Tijuana

| caps11 = 5

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2020–2021

| clubs12 = América

| caps12 = 17

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2021–2022

| clubs13 = Atlas

| caps13 = 37

| goals13 = 5

| years14 = 2022–2023

| clubs14 = Tijuana

| caps14 = 33

| goals14 = 3

| years15 = 2023–2024

| clubs15 = Al Qadsiah FC

| caps15 = 14

| goals15 = 3

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalteam1 = United States U23

| nationalyears1 = 2009

| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

| nationalteam2 = Mexico

| nationalyears2 = 2010–2016

| nationalcaps2 = 84{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=329786/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701180528/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=329786/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2011 |title=Profile |publisher=FIFA.com |access-date=18 June 2015}}

| nationalgoals2 = 9

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 22 July 2019

| nationalteam-update = 18 June 2015

}}

Verónica Raquel Pérez Murillo (born 18 May 1988) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Saudi Women's Premier League club Al Qadsiah FC. Born in the United States, she represented the Mexico women's national team. Between 2009 and 2016 she also played in professional leagues in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

Perez retired from international football in 2017 after the newly created Liga MX Femenil restricted eligibility to compete to only Mexico-born players.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/20113854/mexican-women-soccer-league-restricts-rosters-native-born-players-only |title=Mexican women's soccer league restricts rosters to native-born players only |publisher=ESPN |date=20 July 2017}} Two years later, when the Mexican Football Federation allowed foreign-born Mexican players, she joined Club Tijuana.{{Cite web |url=http://xolos.com.mx/noticias/xoloitzcuintles/5954/veronica-perez-signs-with-club-tijuana.html |title=Veronica Perez signs with Club Tijuana |publisher=Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente |date=20 June 2019 |access-date=22 June 2019 |archive-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621004748/http://xolos.com.mx/noticias/xoloitzcuintles/5954/veronica-perez-signs-with-club-tijuana.html |url-status=dead }}

Early life

Her parents are Bernardo Pérez and Irene Murillo. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico.{{cite web |title=Veronica Perez Player Bio |url=https://gohuskies.com/news/2013/4/18/208216977.aspx |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=16 September 2012}} Perez attended Crystal Springs Uplands School where she played one year of soccer, earning first team, All-League honors. During her Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years she played for PSV Union FC and in her junior and senior years, she played for the club team, Pleasonton Rage, and represented the Far West region Olympic Development (ODP) team at the 2005 U.S. Youth Soccer Adidas Cup.{{cite web |title=The Magic of Veronica Perez |url=http://sounderswomen.com/home/640799.html |publisher=Seattle Sounders Women |access-date=16 September 2012 |archive-date=24 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003907/http://sounderswomen.com/home/640799.html |url-status=dead }}

=University of Washington=

Pérez played for the University of Washington Huskies and was twice named to the All-Pac-10 second team. Pérez left the University of Washington ranked in the all-time top-10 in several categories, including third in shots (194) and games played (83), fourth in game-winning goals (8), tied for sixth in goals (21) and eighth in points (53).

Club career

Perez was selected as the 37th pick overall in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) draft by the Saint Louis Athletica in 2010. After the WPS folded, Perez began training again with the Mexico women's national football team.

Perez played for the Seattle Sounders Women during the 2009 and 2012 seasons and was a leading scorer.{{cite web |title=Seattle Sounders Women 2012 Statistics |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22380.html#STATS |publisher=United Soccer League |access-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715204110/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2012/22380.html |archive-date=15 July 2012}}

During the summer of 2012, Pérez and her Sounders teammate and fellow University of Washington alum, Kate Deines, played for Stjarnan in Iceland's top division. The team won the Icelandic Women's Cup after a 1–0 win over Valur.{{cite web |title=Kate Deines and Veronica Perez Win Icelandic Cup |url=http://www.prostamerika.com/2012/08/27/kate-deines-and-veronica-perez-win-icelandic-cup/69899 |publisher=Prost Amerika |access-date=16 September 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082603/http://www.prostamerika.com/2012/08/27/kate-deines-and-veronica-perez-win-icelandic-cup/69899 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Starnan FC profile |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/veronica-raquel-perez-murillo/156982/ |publisher=Stjarnan FC |access-date=16 September 2012}}

On 11 January 2013, Perez joined the Western New York Flash as part of the NWSL Player Allocation for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.{{cite web |title=NWSL Allocation Easier Said than Done |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/8836654/espnw-nwsl-allocation-easier-said-done |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402215815/http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/8836654/espnw-nwsl-allocation-easier-said-done |archive-date=2 April 2013}}{{cite web |title=Player distribution sees NWSL take shape |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=1983348/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117181922/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/women/news/newsid=1983348/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2013 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=6 April 2013}}

3 March 2014, Western New York Flash traded Perez and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick to the Washington Spirit in exchange for a 2014 and 2015 international roster spot.{{cite web |url=http://equalizersoccer.com/2014/03/03/de-vanna-perez-find-new-homes-during-nwsl-trade-flurry/ |title=Equalizer Soccer – De Vanna, Perez find new homes during trade flurry|date=3 March 2014 }} After she did not receive allocation status for the 2016 seasons, her NWSL rights were acquired by Seattle Reign FC in March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://nwslsoccer.com/home/911365.html |title=TWO PLAYERS SELECTED IN NWSL DISTRIBUTION DRAFT – National Women's Soccer League}}

Pérez joined Swedish top division club KIF Örebro DFF in January 2016.{{cite web |url=http://talacheros.mx/veronica-perez-da-el-salto-a-europa |title=Verónica Pérez da el salto a Europa |work=Talacheros FC |access-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309114013/http://talacheros.mx/veronica-perez-da-el-salto-a-europa |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

In 2018, Perez played for OSA FC in the Women's Premier Soccer League.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wpslsoccer.com/roster_players/25317373 |title=OSA XF - 2018 Regular Season - Roster - #17 - Veronica Perez - M |publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League}} She moved to PacNW Women the next year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wpslsoccer.com/roster_players/33113630 |title=PacNW Women - 2019 Regular Season - Roster - #17 - Veronica Perez - |publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League}} After playing for short tenures at Tijuana, América and Atlas, she joined Saudi club Al Qadsiah FC in October 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.oncediario.com/notas/46419-liga-mx-femenil-veronica-perez-al-qadsiah-womens-sports-club-arabia-saudita |title=Se lanzó pa' Asia |publisher=OnceDiario |language=es |date=9 October 2023 }}

International career

Perez played for both the Mexico women's national football team and the United States women's national under-23 soccer team during the Summer of 2009. On 5 November 2010, she scored the winning goal for Mexico in the CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying game against the United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/sports/soccer/07soccer.html?hp |work=The New York Times |title=Mexico Upsets U.S. Women in Cup Qualifying |date=6 November 2010}}{{cite web |title=A chance at soccer south of the border |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-02-la-sp-womens-soccer-20110103-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 January 2011 |access-date=6 April 2013}} In mid-2011, Pérez represented Mexico in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany.{{cite web |title=Former University of Washington forward Veronica Perez playing for Mexico in World Cup |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/worldcup/2015442811_perez28.html |publisher=Seattle Times |access-date=16 September 2012}} In October of that year, she led Mexico to a third-place finish in the 2011 Pan American Games. Perez retired from international duty after the Liga MX Femenil restricted play to only Mexico-born players.

Career statistics

=International goals=

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	5 November 2010	Cancún, Mexico	{{fbw\|USA}}	align=center\|2–1	align=center\| 2–1	2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying
2.	22 April 2011	Chía, Colombia	{{fbw\|COL}}	align=center\|1–0	align-center\| 3–2	Friendly
3.	22 October 2011	Guadalajara, Mexico	{{fbw\|COL}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	2011 Pan American Games
4.	27 January 2012	Vancouver, Canada	{{fbw\|CAN}}	align=center\|1–2	align=center\| 1–3	2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5.	25 November 2014	Veracruz, Mexico	{{fbw\|CRC}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
6.	11 March 2015	Larnaca, Cyprus	{{fbw\|ITA}}	align=center\|3–2	align=center\| 3–2	2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
7.	9 June 2015	Moncton, Canada	{{fbw\|COL}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
8.	23 January 2016	Foshan, China	{{fbw\|KOR}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 2–0	2016 Four Nations Tournament

Coaching career

Perez is an assistant coach for her former club, PSV Union FC.

Honors

Western New York Flash

NWSL Shield: 2013

References

External links

{{FIFA player}}
{{UEFA player}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20150610110010/http://www.femexfut.org.mx/portalv2/aspx/WEB_DetalleNoticia.aspx?pnIDNtca=44119 Profile] at Mexican Football Federation {{in lang|es}}
{{Liga MX Femenil player}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100313010656/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/stlouis/players/bios/veronica-perez Saint Louis Athletica player profile]
[https://gohuskies.com/news/2013/4/18/208216977.aspx Washington player profile]
[http://www.sounderswomen.com/home/610966.html Seattle Sounders Women player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818131833/http://www.sounderswomen.com/home/610966.html |date=18 August 2012 }}
[http://www.wnyflash.com/?template=template&form_id=42&page=roster.cfm Western New York Flash player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603213214/http://www.wnyflash.com/?template=template&form_id=42&page=roster.cfm |date=3 June 2013 }}
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{{WorldFootball.net}}