Kevin Pereira (footballer)

Kevin Pereira
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon
Date of birth	15 January 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Talleres
Youth career
	Río Salado de Limpio
2017–2018	Capiatá
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2022	Capiatá
2022–	Talleres
2023	→ Juárez (loan)
International career‡
2019	Paraguay U15
2019–2020	Paraguay U16
2021	Paraguay U17
2022–	Paraguay U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Last updated August 31, 2023

Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon (born 15 January 2004) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Argentinian side Talleres.

Club career

Pereira started his career with amateur side Río Salado de Limpio, and was recruited by Deportivo Capiatá at the age of thirteen.^[2]^[3] He made his debut for Capiatá at the age of fourteen in the Copa Paraguay against Teniente Fariña, becoming the youngest professional footballer in the country at the time.^[3]

Just after his eighteenth birthday, he moved to Argentina to join Talleres de Córdoba, stating that he felt "as if he were at home" with the Córdoba-based club.^[4]^[5]

International career

Pereira has represented Paraguay at youth international level.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 January 2023.^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Capiatá	2018	Paraguayan Primera División	2	0	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	0	0	4	0
	2019	Paraguayan Primera División	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2020	Paraguayan División Intermedia	–^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	2021	Paraguayan División Intermedia	–		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
Talleres	2022	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2023	Argentine Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0

↑ Appearances in the Copa Paraguay
↑ The 2020 season of the División Intermedia was cancelled by the Paraguayan Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Related Research Articles

Club Libertad is a professional football club based in Asunción, Paraguay that currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División. The club plays its home games at Estadio Tigo La Huerta; which holds 10,100 people.

The Paraguayan Football Association, is the omnibus governing body of football in Paraguay. It organizes the Paraguayan football league, including futsal and beach soccer, as well as and the Paraguay national football team. It is based in the city of Luque, near the capital city, Asunción. Football is the most popular sport in Paraguay.

Football is by far the most popular sport in Paraguay. Paraguay's national team has played at eight FIFA World Cup competitions and has won two Copa América tournaments. Olimpia Asunción is the country's most successful club in domestic and international competitions. Paraguay's football leagues are divided into four divisions. In 2020, Paraguay's top-tier was ranked 8th in the world by the IFFHS.

Higinio Atilio López Riveros was a Paraguayan football striker and coach.

The Campeonato Paraguayo de Fútbol Femenino, also known in Paraguay as Liga Femenina de Fútbol is the top-level league competition for women's football in Paraguay. The winner and runner-up qualify for the Copa Libertadores Femenina, the South American Women's Champions League. The competition is organised by the Paraguayan Football Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sportivo Ameliano</span> Paraguayan football club

Club Sportivo Ameliano, also simply known as Ameliano, is a Paraguayan football club based in Virgen del Huerto neighborhood in the city of Asunción. The club competes in the Paraguayan Primera División for the 2022 season after their promotion at the end of the 2021 Paraguayan División Intermedia.

The 2017 División Profesional season was the 83rd season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay.

The 2018 División Profesional season was the 84th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 2 February and ended on 8 December. Cerro Porteño were the defending champions.

The Copa Paraguay is a knockout football competition in men's domestic Paraguayan football, starting in 2018 and succeeding the defunct Torneo República. The project for its creation was officially presented in December 2017 and approved by the Paraguayan Football Association's Executive Committee on 20 February 2018.

The 2019 División Profesional season was the 85th season of top-flight professional football in Paraguay. The season began on 22 January and ended on 15 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 13 December 2018. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2018 season, and won a third championship in a row in the Torneo Apertura with three matches to spare after defeating Deportivo Santaní by a 6–0 score on 4 May. Olimpia also crowned themselves in the Torneo Clausura, winning a fourth title in a row with one matchday remaining, following a 2–2 draw at home against Guaraní on 8 December.

The 2019 Copa Paraguay was the second edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition. The competition started on 28 May 2019 and concluded on 5 December 2019. Libertad won their first title in the competition by beating defending champions Guaraní in the final by a 3–0 score. With both champions Libertad and runners-up Guaraní being already qualified for the 2020 Copa Libertadores, and third-placed team Deportivo Capiatá being relegated at the end of the season, the berth to the 2020 Copa Sudamericana the winners were originally entitled to was transferred to the Primera División aggregate table eighth-placed team, Sportivo Luqueño.

The 2020 División Profesional season was the 86th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 17 January and ended on 30 December. The fixtures for the season were announced on 16 December 2019. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning both tournaments of the 2019 season.

The 2021 Copa Paraguay was the third edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition. Originally known as the 2020 Copa Paraguay, the competition was scheduled to start on 14 April 2020 and conclude in late 2020, with the winners qualifying for the 2021 Copa Sudamericana as well as the 2020 Supercopa Paraguay against the Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table.

The 2021 División Profesional season was the 87th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 5 February and ended on 5 December 2021. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 January 2021. Olimpia were the defending champions after winning the 2020 Clausura tournament.

Arístides Ramon Florentín Ocampos is a Paraguayan association football goalkeeper who plays for Sportivo Trinidense in the Paraguayan División Intermedia, the country's second-tier league

The 2021 División Intermedia season, named "Cincuentenario del Club Atlético 3 de Febrero y Homenaje al Lic. Miguel Ángel Cañete Alderete", was the 103rd season of the second-tier league of Paraguayan football and 24th under the Paraguayan División Intermedia name. The season began on 9 April and ended on 26 October 2021. The fixtures for the season were announced on 15 January 2021.

Juan Angel Paniagua is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a defender.

The 2022 División Profesional season was the 88th season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. The season began on 4 February and ended on 13 November 2022. The fixtures for the season were announced on 14 December 2021.

The 2022 Copa Paraguay was the fourth edition of the Copa Paraguay, Paraguay's domestic football cup competition organized by the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). The competition began on 10 May and ended on 10 November 2022, with the winners qualifying for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana as well as the 2022 Supercopa Paraguay against the Primera División champions with better record in the aggregate table.

Humberto Jesús Ovelar Rojas is a Paraguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Guaireña.

References

1 2 3 4 Kevin Pereira at WorldFootball.net
↑ Núñez, Ricardo (6 July 2021). "Kevin Pereira: "jugaré en Real Madrid"" [Kevin Pereira: "I will play for Real Madrid"]. cronica.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
1 2 "El profesional más joven" [The youngest professional]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
↑ "Kevin Pereira, en Talleres "como si fuera que está en su casa"" [Kevin Pereira, in Talleres "as if he were at home"]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
↑ Villagra, Marcos (20 January 2022). "Talleres oficializó la llegada del paraguayo Kevin Pereira, el tercer refuerzo" [Talleres made official the arrival of Paraguayan Kevin Pereira, the third reinforcement]. tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
↑ Kevin Pereira at Soccerway
↑ "Es oficial: ¡APF suspende Intermedia y 6 torneos más!" [It's official: APF suspends Intermediate and 6 more tournaments!]. versus.lanacion.com.py (in Spanish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

This biographical article related to a football forward from Paraguay is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[CP-7] Appearances in the Copa Paraguay

[9] The 2020 season of the División Intermedia was cancelled by the Paraguayan Football Association due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

[wf-1] 1 2 3 4 Kevin Pereira at WorldFootball.net

[2] Núñez, Ricardo (6 July 2021). "Kevin Pereira: "jugaré en Real Madrid"" [Kevin Pereira: "I will play for Real Madrid"]. cronica.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[abc-3] 1 2 "El profesional más joven" [The youngest professional]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[4] "Kevin Pereira, en Talleres "como si fuera que está en su casa"" [Kevin Pereira, in Talleres "as if he were at home"]. abc.com.py (in Spanish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[5] Villagra, Marcos (20 January 2022). "Talleres oficializó la llegada del paraguayo Kevin Pereira, el tercer refuerzo" [Talleres made official the arrival of Paraguayan Kevin Pereira, the third reinforcement]. tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[6] Kevin Pereira at Soccerway

[8] "Es oficial: ¡APF suspende Intermedia y 6 torneos más!" [It's official: APF suspends Intermediate and 6 more tournaments!]. versus.lanacion.com.py (in Spanish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[7]

Personal information
Full name	Kevin Tadeo Pereira Leguizamon^[1]
Date of birth	(2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay^[1]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Talleres
Youth career
	Río Salado de Limpio
2017–2018	Capiatá
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Capiatá
2022–	Talleres	0	(0)
2023	→ Juárez (loan)	0	(0)
International career^‡
2019	Paraguay U15	6	(2)
2019–2020	Paraguay U16	5	(3)
2021	Paraguay U17
2022–	Paraguay U20	5	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:19, 18 January 2023 (UTC)