Isaías Ignacio Peralta Clavería (born 21 August 1987) is a Chilean former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Isaías Peralta
Personal information
Full name Isaías Ignacio Peralta Clavería
Date of birth (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Winger
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Unión Española 19 (3)
2009 Deportes Iquique 3 (0)
2010 Trasandino 34 (7)
2011–2012 Unión San Felipe 12 (0)
2012Deportes Temuco (loan) 5 (3)
2013 San Marcos 4 (0)
2014–2015 San Antonio Unido 46 (9)
2015–2016Iberia (loan) 21 (1)
2017–2018 Deportes Santa Cruz 16 (1)
2018 San Antonio Unido 7 (1)
2019–2021 Deportes Valdivia 20 (1)
2021 Coquimbo Unido 3 (0)
Total 190 (26)
International career
2007 Chile U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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He developed his career in his homeland, playing for clubs such as Unión Española, Deportes Iquique, Unión San Felipe, Deportes Temuco, among others.[1] His last club was Coquimbo Unido in the 2021 season[2] and made official his retirement on 29 May 2023.[1]

International career

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Peralta represented Chile at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, playing only one match.[3] In the semi-finals against Argentina, he was almost tasered to death and lost consciousness for over 20 minutes after Chilean players clashed with Canadian police. He was also verbally and physically abused by the police, leading to allegations of racism and police brutality from Chilean fans.[4][5]

Honours

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Coquimbo Unido
Chile

References

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  1. ^ a b "Se retira del fútbol otro de los históricos Mundialistas Sub 20 de Canadá 2007... Solo quedan 11 activos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ @coquimbounido (9 March 2021). "El mundialista Sub 20 con la generación dorada nacional de @LaRoja desembarca en el puerto AURINEGRO" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Isaías PeraltaFIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ^ Campbell, Morgan; Toronto Star: CSA seeking witnesses to Chile brawl; 24 July 2007 Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Toronto melee a global dust-up Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine", thestar.com. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
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