Jordan Perez

Jordan Perez
Perez with Gibraltar in 2014
Personal information
Full name Jordan López Pérez
Date of birth (1986-11-13) 13 November 1986
Place of birth Gibraltar
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 FC Olympique 13[1]
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 College Europa
2007–2008 Lynx
2008–2013 Manchester 62
2013–2014 Lincoln Red Imps 13 (0)
2014–2015 Lions Gibraltar 15 (0)
2015–2017 St Joseph's 32 (0)
2017– FC Olympique 13 16 (0)
National team‡
2013–2016 Gibraltar 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2017

Jordan López Pérez (born 13 November 1986) is a Gibraltarian footballer who currently plays for FC Olympique 13 in the Gibraltar Second Division, and represented the Gibraltar national team in UEFA competition from 2013 until 2017, as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Perez started his career with College Europa and joined Manchester 62 in 2008, after a short stint at Lynx. In 2013, he moved to fellow league team Lincoln Red Imps, being champion of the League, the Cup and the League Cup.

In October 2014 Perez rescinded with Lincoln, due to the lack of first team action,[2] and joined Lions Gibraltar shortly after.

In April 2015, Perez joined League 2 Side Wycombe Wanderers on a weeks training, despite interest from Ipswich Town.

He signed for St Joseph's F.C. in summer 2015 after a season at Lions. Shortly after the arrival of former Lincoln boss Raul Procopio at St Joseph's, Perez left the club, citing a growing loss of interest in football and the need to take a break from the sport. He will re-assess his options in the summer.[3]

In the summer of 2017 Jordan committed his future to the ambitious project at F.C. Olympique 13 teaming up with Scottish manager Lewis Fraser

International career

Perez made his international debut with Gibraltar on 19 November 2013 in a 0-0 home draw with Slovakia.[4] This was Gibraltar's first game since being admitted to UEFA.[5] On 13 June 2015, Perez made arguably the save of his career by saving a penalty from German captain Bastian Schweinsteiger in a match against Germany in a European Qualifier to prevent Gibraltar from going 1–0 down.[6] Despite Germany going on to win the game 7–0, Perez was impressed with his team's performance and described his penalty save as 'surreal'.[7]

Personal life

Perez is a fireman for the City Fire Brigade Gibraltar.[8]

Honours

Lincoln Red Imps

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Jordan Perez leaves Lincoln; Gib Football Talk, 24 October 2014
  3. ↑ https://gibraltarfootballtalk.com/perez-takes-a-break-from-football/
  4. ↑ "Rock-solid Gibraltar hold Slovakia to memorable draw on debut". Sports Yahoo. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gibraltar hold Slovakia in maiden international". www.uefa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013955/index.html
  7. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/video/videoid=2257635.html?autoplay=true
  8. ↑ "Gibraltar v Poland: Starting XIs by professional occupation". The Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2014.


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