Luis Pérez Pascual
Luis Pérez Pascual (born 9 February 1971 in San Sebastián, Basque Country), known as Luis Pérez, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as forward in Real Sociedad during the 1990s. With this team he played a total of 184 matches in La liga during 9 seasons.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Pérez Pascual | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | San Sebastián, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hernani | |||
| Real Sociedad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Real Sociedad B | 40 | (10) |
| 1990–1999 | Real Sociedad | 185 | (24) |
| 1999–2000 | Osasuna | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Real Unión | 28 | (4) |
| Total | 258 | (38) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Basque Country | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Biography
He was born on February 9, 1971 in San Sebastián, although from a young age he lived in the neighboring town of Hernani. He started playing football in the lower categories of the Hernani Sports Club, his local football team, where he was signed by the Royal Society and framed in its lower categories.
In 1989 he made his debut with Sanse CF, a branch of the Royal Society, in Second Division B. He remained in the subsidiary for 2 seasons, in which he played 40 games and scored 11 goals. In his second season with the subsidiary he combined performances in Second B with punctual appearances in the first team.
His debut in the Spanish First Division with the first team of Real Sociedad took place on October 7, 1990 at the Atocha Stadium against Real Madrid, tying Real Sociedad with 1. Luis Pérez was 19 years old. That year he played 12 games in the First Division with Real.
Career in the Real
Luis Pérez spent 9 seasons in the Spanish First Division with Real Sociedad, between 1990 and 1999; although in his first year (season 1990-91) he combined matches of 1st and 2ndB; and in his last season (1998–99) he did not play a single minute and ended up leaving the team mid-season. His baggage in Real Sociedad is summarized in 210 official matches and 30 goals, of which 184 were League matches in the First Division (scoring 24 goals).
Luis Pérez was a discussed player throughout his career. He was endowed with a great speed that allowed him to be a very useful weapon playing counterattack; However, many fans felt that he did not have enough quality to play in the First Division. His most common position was the right wing, where he played as an extreme.
The 1991-92 season was the first in which Luis Pérez was officially framed in the first squad of the Royal Society. For 6 seasons he never became the undisputed holder, although the 3 technicians who went through Real ( Toshack , Salva Iriarte and Javier Irureta ) made him play between 24 and 30 games per season, many of them as replacement and revulsive, being his Always important team contribution. In the 1991-92 season he helped qualify the team for the UEFA Cup . The 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons contributed in part with their passes and centers to convert Bosnian Meho Kodroin one of the most sought-after scorers in Spanish football. The 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons contributed 8 goals per season to the team.
However, this situation changed radically with the arrival in 1997 of the German coach Bernd Krauss in San Sebastian . Krauss did not trust the ability of the hernaniar player and ended up taking him away from the team. The 1997-98 season only played 7 games in the League and scored a goal. The team's progress was also very good that season, being 3rd and qualifying for the UEFA Cup .
The summer of 1998, Luis Pérez had the opportunity to leave the team, but having no offers of First Division teams, he chose to continue in the Real, although the coach did not already have him. The situation became unsustainable throughout the 1998-99 season until the player left the club mid-season.
At the time, the San Sebastian fans did not miss the striker's progress too much, since he had always been a disputed player; He had played little in the last year and a half and the team's progress at that time was quite good.
However, the passing of the years has made the assessment of Luis Pérez more positive and in general he is fondly remembered by the San Sebastian fans as one of the classic players of the Royal Society of the 90s.
Stage in Osasuna
In the winter market of the 98-99 season Luis Pérez signed for Osasuna , a team that had already been interested in the player months before. Osasuna was playing at that time in the Spanish Second Division . The signing of Luis Pérez cost 85 million pesetas (slightly less than half a million euros) to Osasuna, plus another 15 million variable conditioned on the promotion of the club to the First Division. This signing was considered one of the important reinforcements of the Navarrese team to try to straighten its erratic course in the silver category, not in vain Luis Pérez was a player with an important experience in the First Division. Luis Pérez signed for the remainder of the season plus another 3 years.
Luis Pérez made his debut with the Navarrese on January 13, 1999 in the Copa del Rey match and made his debut in the League a few days later, on January 17. However, Luis Pérez did not have luck with the rojillos either , since Navarre coach Enrique Martín Monreal did not trust the Gipuzkoan player. In midseason he only played 124 minutes in 5 league games, without scoring any goal.
The Luis Pérez fiasco in Osasuna was further accentuated in the following season, the 1999-2000 season. Miguel Ángel Lotina , a new rojillo coach, practically did not count anything with the Guipuzcoan, who was the only one of the team to not play a single minute in the League, although he did play minutes in friendly matches, Copa del Rey games and complete calls for some league games. That is why it is possible to say that Luis Pérez's contribution to Osasuna's promotion to the Spanish First Division that season was very small.
Despite having 2 more seasons of contract, Luis Pérez did not count for Miguel Angel Lotina, facing the season of return of Osasuna to First Division, understandable considering that in a year and a half he had barely played. In July, Luis Pérez and the club resigned their agreement by mutual agreement.
Personal life
He currently plays in the Real Sociedad team of the Veterans Indoor Soccer League. He achieved 2 triples in the Spanish First Division. On May 14, 1995, he managed to score 3 goals to the Logroñés CD in just four minutes (41 ', 43' and 44 '), being one of the fastest triples in the history of the Spanish League. On April 14, 1996 he scored another 3 goals against Valencia in a league match. The signing of Luis Pérez by Osasuna had as an epilogue a conflict that confronted Osasuna with Real Sociedad during the 2000-01 season that led to the rupture of relations between both clubs. The Navarrese, given the low performance exhibited by Luis Pérez, did not initially want to pay the 15 million pesetas of variable that they had agreed with the Real in case Osasuna ascended. However, the situation was redirected after a change in the presidency of the Royal and finally Osasuna ended up paying his debt that same season.
Clubs
| Club | País | Año |
|---|---|---|
| San Sebastián CF |  |
1989-1991 |
| Real Sociedad | |
1991-1999 |
| CA Osasuna | |
1999-2000 |
External links
- Luis Pérez at BDFutbol