| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1963-05-13) 13 May 1963 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1987 | Nîmes | 188 | (57) |
| 1987–1989 | Montpellier | 32 | (11) |
| 1988–1989 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 35 | (7) |
| 1989–1992 | Paris Saint-Germain | 92 | (15) |
| 1992–1994 | Monaco | 49 | (6) |
| 1994–1995 | Lille | 21 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Nîmes | 14 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Shanghai Shenhua | 16 | (2) |
| Total | 447 | (99) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1992 | France | 22 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christian Perez (born 13 May 1963) is a French former footballer who played as a forward first and later as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Perez amassed Ligue 1 totals of 268 games and 44 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing Nîmes Olympique (making his debut in the competition at the age of 16, he went on to appear for the club in all three major levels of French football), Montpellier HSC, Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC and Lille OSC.
Perez retired in 1997 at 34, after two years in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua FC.
International career
Perez earned the first of his 22 caps for the France national team on 19 November 1988, starting and scoring in a 2–3 away defeat against Yugoslavia for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals by coach Michel Platini, he played three incomplete games in an eventual group exit in Sweden.
Honours
Nîmes
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1995–96
References
- ""Des presidents comme Borelli, il n'en reste plus beaucoup"" ["Presidents like Borelli, we don't have many of those anymore"] (in French). Sofoot. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- "Papin strikes as France deny hosts Sweden". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Near miss no comfort as France hold England". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Soaring Denmark finish off fancied France". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
External links
- Christian Perez at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Christian Perez at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Christian Perez at National-Football-Teams.com
| France squad – UEFA Euro 1992 | ||
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- French people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople of Spanish descent
- Footballers from Marseille
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Men's association football forwards
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Nîmes Olympique players
- Montpellier HSC players
- Paris Saint-Germain FC players
- AS Monaco FC players
- Lille OSC players
- Chinese Super League players
- Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
- France men's international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- French expatriate sportspeople in China
- 20th-century French sportsmen