Walter Pérez (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Gabriel Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Proyecto Barcelona | |||
| 2012–2018 | Huracán | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Huracán | 65 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022 | |||
Walter Gabriel Pérez (born 23 October 1998) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a left-back.[2] Today he is serving a sentence of 11 years in prison for the crime of sexual abuse.[3]
Career
[edit]Pérez, after signing from Proyecto Barcelona, began his senior career with Huracán.[2][4] The 2018–19 Argentine Primera División season saw the defender promoted into Gustavo Alfaro's first-team squad, with his professional bow arriving on 12 August 2018 during a goalless draw at home to River Plate; he was substituted off in place of Mauro Bogado after seventy-eight minutes.[2][5][6]
In December 2019, Pérez was one of ten men who were arrested for a gang rape.[7] The incident took place in a rented house in Villa Carlos Paz, which the boys had rented for holidays. A few hours later, all 10, including Peréz' Huracán-teammate Federico Marín, were arrested and jailed for 'doubly aggravated sexual abuse' of a 18-year-old girl. After spending almost 8 months in prison, Peréz was released in September 2020.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 November 2018.[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huracán | 2018–19 | Primera División | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
- ^ Includes the Copa Argentina
References
[edit]- ^ Walter Pérez at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d Walter Pérez at Soccerway
- ^ "Walter Pérez, jugador de Huracán, fue condenado a 11 años de prisión por una "violación en manada"". LA NACION (in Spanish). 26 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Huracán y la llegada de juveniles del Proyecto Barcelona". Huracán. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de WALTER PEREZ". BDFA. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Una mala para el Globo: Se desgarró Walter Pérez". TyC Sports. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Quiénes son los dos futbolistas de Huracán acusados de una violación “en manada”, clarin.com, 26 December 2019
- ^ Soccer player Walter Pérez was released after eight months, unosantafe.com.ar, 18 September 2020