Rubén Pérez Chueca

Rubén Pérez

Pérez taking a goal kick for Gimnàstic (2011)
Personal information
Full name Rubén Pérez Chueca
Date of birth (1980-08-07) 7 August 1980
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Helios
1997–1999 Stadium Casablanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Figueruelas 14 (0)
2000–2002 Huesca 33 (0)
2002–2004 Alavés B 68 (0)
2004–2006 Badajoz 50 (0)
2006–2014 Gimnàstic 239 (0)
2014 Huesca 12 (0)
2014–2015 Torreforta 16 (0)
2015 Reus 0 (0)
Total 432 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Chueca.

Rubén Pérez Chueca (born 7 August 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He spent most of his career with Gimnàstic, competing with the club in all three major levels of Spanish football and appearing in 241 official games in eight years.

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Pérez began his career with CF Figueruelas in the third division, moving to the fourth level with neighbouring SD Huesca in the 2000 summer and achieving promotion to the former in his first season. He continued competing in the category in the following years, with Deportivo Alavés B and CD Badajoz.

In January 2006, Pérez signed with Gimnàstic de Tarragona in division two, playing his first game with the Catalans on 26 February against Lorca Deportiva CF. He appeared in a further 16 matches as the campaign ended in promotion.

In 2006–07, Pérez battled with Albano Bizzarri for first-choice status, making his La Liga debut on 28 October 2006 in a 1–3 home loss against Real Madrid.[1] Both players ended the season with roughly the same number of appearances, and Nàstic returned to where it had come from in June.

Pérez played second-fiddle to loanee Roberto in the 2007–08 season, but regained his starting position in the following years, with relegation to the third division befalling in 2012. In July of that year, he renewed his contract for two more seasons with the option to a third.[2]

On 31 January 2014, after being left out of the squad for the campaign, Pérez cut ties with Nàstic,[3] and moved to fellow league team SD Huesca on 3 February.[4] He left the latter in May,[5] and joined amateurs CDC Torreforta in August, where he was used as a centre back.[6]

On 28 January 2015, Pérez returned to the goal and the third level, signing for CF Reus Deportiu.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Gimnastic de Tarragona 1–3 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 28 October 2006
  2. ↑ Ruben Pérez renueva su contrato con el Nàstic (Rubén Pérez renews his contract with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 July 2012 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Nàstic rescindeix el contracte de Rubén Pérez (Nàstic terminates the contract of Rubén Pérez); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 31 January 2014 (Catalan)
  4. ↑ El Huesca ficha al portero zaragozano Rubén Pérez (Huesca signs Zaragoza-born goalkeeper Rubén Pérez); Heraldo de Aragón, 3 February 2014 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Rubén Pérez y Tariq quedan desvinculados del Huesca (Rubén Pérez and Tariq cut ties with Huesca); Diario del Alto Aragón, 15 May 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ La curiosa historia de Rubén Pérez, de portero a central (The curious history of Rubén Pérez, from goalkeeper to stopper); Diario AS, 20 October 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ CF Reus: Rubén Pérez vuelve bajo palos (CF Reus: Rubén Pérez again between the posts); Diari de Tarragona, 28 January 2015 (Spanish)
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