Ariel Roberto Pereyra Legallais (born 11 November 1973) is a retired Argentine–born Chilean footballer that has played at Godoy Cruz, Venezuela and several clubs in Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Roberto Pereyra Legallais | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Godoy Cruz | 101 | (26) |
| 1998 | Santiago Wanderers | 18 | (4) |
| 1999–2004 | Everton | 17 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | → Coquimbo Unido (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Italmaracaibo | 21 | (4) |
| 2005–2010 | Unión La Calera | 184 | (81) |
| 2011–2012 | Curicó Unido | 67 | (20) |
| 2013 | Unión La Calera | 8 | (2) |
| Total | 416 | (141) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2015–2016 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 2016 | Magallanes | ||
| 2017 | San Marcos | ||
| 2018 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2021 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 2022 | Deportes Melipilla | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editPereyra began his career at Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, professional club of his natal city Mendoza. There he played more than 100 games and scored 26 goals. In 1998, he moved to Chile and joined to Santiago Wanderers. He had an unsuccessful spell at Valparaíso's side. That season Wanderers was relegated to the Primera B after finishing in the annual table's bottom. Following a brief spell in Coquimbo Unido in 2001, the incoming year he moved to Everton (Wanderers' archi–rival), where he helped the team to won the 2003 Primera B championship (Chile second-level tournament).
In June 2005, after the entire 2004 in Venezuelan football playing for Italmaracaibo, Pereyra returned to Chile, signing for Unión La Calera, where he coincided with players such as Víctor Rivero and Christian Riffo.[1] There he broke a record after reaching score more than 100 goals in the Chilean football. In 2008 he was Primera B tournament goalscorer.[2]
In late 2010, he left Unión La Calera after five years playing there.[3] After his unusual decision to disassociate from Unión La Calera (considering which the team achieved the promotion to 2011 Primera División de Chile season),[3] then he moved to Curicó Unido,[4] when he played two seasons (2011 and 2012).
Managerial career
editIn 2021, he was the manager of San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[5] In 2022, he worked as the manager of Deportes Melipilla.[6]
Honours
editClub
edit- Everton
- Unión La Calera
Individual
edit- Primera B goalscorer (2): 2010, 2011
References
edit- ^ @MemoriaCement12 (10 May 2021). "Unión La Calera 2006" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Los 100 Goles del FANTASMITA Pereyra". Pasionxelrojo. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Supuesto lío amoroso deja a Unión La Calera sin sus dos máximas figuras". Emol. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Ya está lista la dupla 'Pe-Pe' en Curicó Unido". Canal del Fútbol. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Ariel Pereyra asumió la banca de San Antonio Unido con la misión de evitar el descenso a Tercera". G5noticias (in Spanish). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Ariel Pereyra se transformó en director técnico de Deportes Melipilla". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
External links
edit- Ariel Pereyra at Football-Lineups
- Roberto Ariel Pereyra at BDFA (in Spanish)