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Carles Pérez
	Pérez with Barcelona in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Carles Pérez Sayol
Date of birth	16 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Granollers, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Getafe; (on loan from Celta)
Number	17
Youth career
2003–2006	Vilanova de la Roca
2006–2008	Damm
2008–2012	Espanyol
2012–2017	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2020	Barcelona B
2019–2020	Barcelona
2020	→ Roma (loan)
2020–2023	Roma
2022–2023	→ Celta (loan)
2023–	Celta
2024–	→ Getafe (loan)
International career
2014	Spain U16
2014–2015	Spain U17
2019	Spain U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:03, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Carles Pérez Sayol (born 16 February 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Getafe, on loan from Celta.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Pérez joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2012, from RCD Espanyol.^[3] On 3 October 2015, while still a youth, he made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a second-half substitute for Maxi Rolón in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against Levante UD B.^[4]

In July 2017, Pérez was promoted to the B-side, now in Segunda División.^[5] He made his professional debut on 19 August 2017, replacing Vitinho in a 2–1 away win against Real Valladolid.^[6]

Pérez scored his first professional goals on 21 January 2018, netting a hat-trick in a 3–1 away defeat of CD Tenerife. On 12 June, after suffering relegation with the reserve side, he renewed his contract for two further years.^[7]

Pérez made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 19 May 2019, replacing Malcom in a 2–2 away draw against SD Eibar. He scored his first goal for the Blaugrana on 25 August, scoring his team's third in a 5–2 home routing of Real Betis.^[8] He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal as the opener in a 2–1 away victory against Inter Milan.^[9]

Roma

On 30 January 2020, Pérez left Barcelona for Italian side Roma, in a loan move with the obligation to purchase his rights permanently for a fee of €11 million in the summer.^[10] He scored his first UEFA Europa League goal in a 1–0 home victory against Gent in the Round of 32.^[11] He scored his first Serie A goal in a 6–1 away win against SPAL.^[12]

Celta

On 8 August 2022, RC Celta de Vigo announced that they had reached an agreement in principle with Roma for the loan transfer of Pérez.^[13] The following day, he returned to his home country after officially signing a loan deal with Celta.^[14]

On 30 June 2023, Pérez joined Celta on a four-year permanent deal.^[15]^[16]

Loan to Getafe

On 30 July 2024, Pérez was loaned to fellow top tier side Getafe CF for the 2024–25 campaign.^[17]

Personal life

On 27 August 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 November 2023^[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2015–16	Segunda División B	1	0	—						1	0
	2017–18	Segunda División	27	3	—						27	3
	2018–19	Segunda División B	26	9	—						26	9
	2019–20	Segunda División B	1	1	—						1	1
	Total		55	13	—						55	13
Barcelona	2018–19	La Liga	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2019–20	La Liga	10	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	12	2
	Total		11	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	13	2
Roma (loan)	2019–20	Serie A	14	1	0	0	3	1	—		17	2
Roma	2020–21		21	2	1	0	8	1	—		30	3
	2021–22		19	1	1	0	8	2	—		28	3
	Total		54	4	2	0	19	4	—		75	8
Celta (loan)	2022–23	La Liga	35	3	3	2	—				38	5
Celta	2023–24	La Liga	16	1	3	2	—				19	3
Career total			171	22	9	4	20	5	0	0	200	31

Honours

Roma

UEFA Europa Conference League: 2021–22^[20]

Barcelona

References

^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 11 de noviembre de 2018, en" [Minutes of the Match held on 11 November 2018, in] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
^ "Carles Pérez". RC Celta de Vigo. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "Carles Pérez, el 'Robben' del Barça" [Carles Pérez, the 'Robben' of Barça] (in Spanish). Sport. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Un nuevo empate sin goles" [A new goalless draw] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "El Barça B 2017/18 es posa en marxa" [Barça B 2017/18 is up and running] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "El Barça B se escapa vivo de Zorrilla" [Barça B escape alive from Zorrilla] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ "Carles Pérez renueva y seguirá en el Barça B" [Carles Pérez renews and will continue at Barça B] (in Spanish). Sport. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ "Griezmann se reivindica ante las ausencias" [Griezmann vindicates himself on the absences] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ Sanderson, Tom. "Ansu Fati Makes History: What We Learned From FC Barcelona Versus Inter Milan". Forbes. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ "CARLES PEREZ JOINS THE GIALLOROSSI". AS Roma. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "ROMA-GENT|ROMA v GENT". UEFA. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
^ "Roma rout over SPAL capped by Zaniolo's extraordinary solo goal". ESPN. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
^ "RC Celta y AS Roma alcanzan un principio de acuerdo para la cesión de Carles Pérez" [RC Celta and AS Roma reach an agreement in principle for the loan of Carles Pérez] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Speed, versatility and attacking PROWESS: Carles Perez is now sky-blue". Celta Vigo. 9 August 2022.
^ "Carles Pérez returns home: RC Celta and AS Roma agree on the transfer of the Catalan winger". Celta Vigo. 30 June 2023.
^ "Carles Perez moves to Celta Vigo in permanent switch". AS Roma. 30 June 2023.
^ "Carles Pérez jugará en el Getafe la próxima temporada" [Carles Pérez will play at Getafe the following season] (in Spanish). RC Celta Vigo. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "AS Roma". Twitter. 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
^ Carles Pérez at Soccerway
^ Honeyman, Sam (25 May 2022). "Roma 1–0 Feyenoord: Zaniolo strike wins the first Europa Conference League final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.