Gastón Pereiro

Gastón Pereiro
Personal information
Full name Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995[2]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 PSV
Number 7
Youth career
–2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Nacional 39 (11)
2015– PSV 92 (36)
National team‡
2015 Uruguay U20 12 (6)
2017– Uruguay 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2018

Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1] (born 11 June 1995)[2] is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for PSV Eindhoven. He has represented Uruguay at full and U20 level.

Club career

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and Rodrigo Amaral, he traveled to England to participate in a ten-day training session at Liverpool.[3]

On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Oriente Petrolero. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0.[4] Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over Racing at the Estadio Centenario.

On 15 July 2015, Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by Memphis Depay, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for Adam Maher.[5] On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival Ajax.[6] Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against Genemuiden.[7]

He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.[8]

International career

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping Uruguay qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion, Serbia.

He was called up to the full Uruguay squad in the autumn of 2017.[9] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Poland at the national stadium in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.[11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2018NRG Stadium, Houston, United States Mexico4–14–1Friendly

Honours

Club

Nacional
PSV

References

  1. 1 2 "Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "G. Pereiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Juveniles a Liverpool de Inglaterra: Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín, Rodrigo Amaral y Gastón Pereiro" (in Spanish). elnacional.com.uy. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nacional sufrió un resbalón" (in Spanish). referi.uy. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "PSV complete Gastón Pereiro signing". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "PSV dominated the game against Ajax: 1-2". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "PSV cruised to a 6-0 win past SC Genemuiden". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax to seal title". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ↑ https://www.referi.uy/el-futuro-la-celeste-esta-asegurado-n1128223
  10. ↑ http://www.skysports.com/football/poland-vs-uruguay/385535
  11. ↑ "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2018.


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