Ariel Pereyra (forward)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereyra and the second or maternal family name is Legallais.
Ariel Pereyra
Personal information
Full name Ariel Roberto Pereyra Legallais
Date of birth (1973-11-11) 11 November 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Mendoza, Argentina
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Godoy Cruz 101 (26)
1998 Santiago Wanderers 18 (4)
1999–2004 Everton 17 (4)
2002–2003 → Coquimbo Unido (loan) 0 (0)
2004–2005 Italmaracaibo 21 (4)
2005–2010 Unión La Calera 184 (81)
2011–2012 Curicó Unido 67 (20)
2013 Unión La Calera 8 (2)
Total 416 (141)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Unión La Calera
2015–2016 Deportes Concepción
2016 Magallanes
2017 San Marcos
2018 Deportes La Serena
2021 San Antonio Unido
2022 Deportes Melipilla
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ariel Roberto Pereyra Legallais (born 11 November 1973) is a retired Argentine–born Chilean footballer that has played at Godoy Cruz, Venezuela and several clubs in Chile.

Club career

Pereyra began his career at Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, professional club of his natal city Mendoza. There he played more than 100 games and scored 26 goals. In 1998, he moved to Chile and joined to Santiago Wanderers. He had an unsuccessful spell at Valparaíso's side. That season Wanderers was relegated to the Primera B after finishing in the annual table's bottom. Following a brief spell in Coquimbo Unido in 2001, the incoming year he moved to Everton (Wanderers' archi–rival), where he helped the team to won the 2003 Primera B championship (Chile second-level tournament).

In June 2005, after the entire 2004 in Venezuelan football playing for Italmaracaibo, Pereyra returned to Chile, signing for Unión La Calera, where he coincided with players such as Víctor Rivero and Christian Riffo.[1] There he broke a record after reaching score more than 100 goals in the Chilean football. In 2008 he was Primera B tournament goalscorer.[2]

In late 2010, he left Unión La Calera after five years playing there.[3] After his unusual decision to disassociate from Unión La Calera (considering which the team achieved the promotion to 2011 Primera División de Chile season),[3] then he moved to Curicó Unido,[4] when he played two seasons (2011 and 2012).

Managerial career

In 2021, he was the manager of San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[5] In 2022, he worked as the manager of Deportes Melipilla.[6]

Honours

Club

Everton
Unión La Calera

Individual

References

  1. ^ @MemoriaCement12 (10 May 2021). "Unión La Calera 2006" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Los 100 Goles del FANTASMITA Pereyra". Pasionxelrojo. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Supuesto lío amoroso deja a Unión La Calera sin sus dos máximas figuras". Emol. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ya está lista la dupla 'Pe-Pe' en Curicó Unido". Canal del Fútbol. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Ariel Pereyra asumió la banca de San Antonio Unido con la misión de evitar el descenso a Tercera". G5noticias (in Spanish). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Ariel Pereyra se transformó en director técnico de Deportes Melipilla". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.