Matías Pérez Acuña

Matías Pérez
Personal information
Full name Matías Pérez Acuña
Date of birth (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Almirante Brown
Youth career
–2013 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Vélez Sarsfield 38 (1)
2016–2017Quilmes (loan) 26 (1)
2018–2021 Tigre 26 (1)
2021–2022 Delfín SC 0 (0)
2021Estudiantes BA (loan) 8 (0)
2022 Rapid București 2 (0)
2022–2023 Badajoz 21 (0)
2023–2024 Ordino 7 (0)
2024 CSM Alexandria 9 (0)
2025– Almirante Brown 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:12, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Matías Pérez Acuña (born 9 February 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a right full back for Almirante Brown.[1]

Career

Pérez Acuña played as a centre back in Vélez Sarsfield's youth divisions and debuted professionally in a 3–2 away victory against Rosario Central for the 2013 Inicial, replacing Fabián Cubero as right full back.[2] He was the 32nd youth player who debuted in Vélez under Ricardo Gareca's coaching.[3] The defender was an unused substitute in Vélez' victory over Arsenal de Sarandí for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina.

In an interview in 2014, the retired Argentine international right full back Javier Zanetti stated that Pérez Acuña was the best young player in his position of the Argentine league.[4]

Honours

Vélez Sarsfield
Tigre

References

  1. ^ M. Pérez at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Estoy muy ansioso". Olé (in Spanish). 14 November 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Zanetti apuesta a Matías Pérez Acuña" (in Spanish). Insua Group. Retrieved 16 January 2015.