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Chilean footballer and journalist

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Salas.
Eros Pérez
Personal information
Full name Eros Roque Pérez Salas
Date of birth (1976-06-03) 3 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team Deportes Melipilla (manager)
Youth career
Palestino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Palestino 85 (3)
2000–2001 Colón 29 (1)
2001 Internacional 3 (0)
2002 Gimnasia LP 6 (0)
2002–2003 Lanús 22 (0)
2003–2004 Skoda Xanthi 17 (1)
2004–2009 Universidad Católica 132 (12)
2010 Unión San Felipe 18 (2)
2011 Ñublense 22 (0)
Total 334 (19)
International career
2001–2006 Chile 6 (0)
Managerial career
2016 Colegio Emaus
2020 Lautaro de Buin U20
2020–2021 Deportes Melipilla (youth)
2021 Deportes Melipilla (caretaker)
2022– Deportes Melipilla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eros Roque Pérez Salas (born 3 June 1976) is a Chilean former footballer, manager and journalist.

Club career

Pérez started playing football at Palestino lower divisions, where was promoted to first-adult team in 1994. After completing three goals in 85 appearances playing for the club until mid-2000, the incoming year he moved to Argentina’s Colón de Santa Fe to face the 2000–01 Argentine football season.

Once finished that season, he left Colón and joined Brazilian giants Internacional de Porto Alegre. However, after only playing three league games and didn’t play during the national cup due to an injury, he returned to Argentina, joining Gimnasia La Plata, where he also failed to have continuity, playing only six league games.

For the 2002–03 season, Pérez signed for Lanús, making 22 appearances. Nevertheless the next season, he moved to Skoda Xanthi from Greece. There he played 17 games and scored one time.

In mid-2004, he returned his homeland, joining Chilean powerhouse Universidad Católica. At Católica, Pérez became an unmovable player and team’s captain, he helped the club to win the 2005 Torneo Clausura and to reach that season’s Copa Sudamericana semifinals. He completed a total of twelve goals in 132 appearances during his period between 2004 and 2009 and was one of the referents during that seasons alongside players like Jorge Ormeño or the keeper José María Buljubasich.

After finishing his contract with Universidad Católica, on 18 December 2009, it was reported that Pérez joined Unión San Felipe, freshly promoted to top-level in the age. His first goal came in his debut against Colo-Colo in a 3–2, where scored a 30-meter goal.

In 2011, he signed for Ñublense, being presented in a friendly match against Audax Italiano where both team draw 2–2. At the end of the season he announced his retirement from football.

Coaching career

In 2020, he worked as the coach of Lautaro de Buin at under-20 level, next he moved to Deportes Melipilla as the head coach of the youth ranks. In 2021, he coached Deportes Melipilla as a caretaker during the promotion playoff to Primera División due to the head coach, John Armijo, tested positive by COVID-19.

Post-retirement

From 2012 to 2019, Pérez performed as a football commentator and analyst for the Chilean TV channel Canal del Fútbol. At the same time, he coached the football team of Colegio Emaus.

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica

References

  1. "Eros Pérez también llegó a la Católica". Emol. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. "La UC es el nuevo campeón del fútbol chileno". Emol. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. "Unión San Felipe suma refuerzos". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. "Unión San Felipe es el equipo que presenta más refuerzos para el 2010". Diario El Sur. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. "En vivo: San Felipe dio el golpe ante Colo Colo en el inicio del Torneo de Apertura". ADN Radio. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. "Conozca los últimos refuerzos que buscarán ser protagonistas este 2011". Emol. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. "Eros Pérez anuncia su retiro: 'Podía quedar inválido'". La Tercera. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. "Eros Peéez". Latina Producciones (in Spanish). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  9. Huerta, Rodrigo (25 February 2021). "La desconocida anécdota que marcó el ascenso de Meliplla" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  10. Cortés, Dayana (8 February 2019). ""El Trovador del Gol" y Eros Pérez fueron desvinculados del Canal del Fútbol". El Filtrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  11. "Chilevisión entrevista a nuestro Eros Pérez – Colegio Emaus". ColegioEmaus.cl (in Spanish). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

External links

Chile squad – 2001 Copa América
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Deportes Melipilla – managers
(c) = caretaker manager
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