Manny Perez (soccer)

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Manny Perez
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Perez with Louisville City in 2025
Personal information
Full name Emanuel Perez
Date of birth (1999-02-19) February 19, 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Garner, North Carolina, United States
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Louisville City
Number 15
Youth career
2014–2017 North Carolina FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 NC State Wolfpack 29 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Celtic 0 (0)
2019–2020 → North Carolina FC (loan) 35 (1)
2021 Portland Timbers 0 (0)
2021 → Austin FC (loan) 10 (0)
2022–2023 Louisville City 60 (0)
2024 Horsens 4 (0)
2024– Louisville City 20 (2)
International career
2017 United States U18 8 (2)
2018 United States U20 6 (1)
2019 United States U23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 25, 2025

Emanuel "Manny" Perez (born February 19, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Louisville City in the USL Championship.

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College career

Perez played two years of college soccer at North Carolina State University between 2017 and 2018, making a total of 29 appearances for NCSU, scoring 6 goals and tallying 9 assists. [1]

Professional career

Celtic

On January 31, 2019, Perez joined Scottish Premiership side Celtic. [2] Perez was immediately loaned out to USL Championship side North Carolina FC. [3] He was again loaned to North Carolina FC ahead of the 2020 USL Championship season. [4] Perez left the club after two seasons without playing a game. [5]

Loan to North Carolina FC

After joining the club on loan, Perez made his first team debut for North Carolina in a 4–1 win against defending champions Louisville City. [6] He went on to make 23 appearances for the club that he represented during his youth. [7] Of those games he started 12 times. [7] He returned to NCFC for a second season on loan during the 2020 season. This was a season that was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic and shortened from the standard number of games; however, Perez went on to make a further 14 appearances for his boyhood club before returning to Celtic. [8]

Austin FC

On April 26, 2021, it was announced that Perez had signed a contract with the Portland Timbers and was immediately loaned to Austin FC. [5] [9] Austin has the option to trade for Perez for $100,000 GAM at the end of the season. [10] Following the 2021 season, Perez's contract option was declined by Austin and he returned to Portland. [11]

Following the 2021 season, Perez returned to Portland, but they opted to decline their contract option on him and he left club. [12]

Louisville City

On February 15, 2022, Perez signed with USL Championship side Louisville City. [13]

AC Horsens

On January 4, 2024, Perez joined Danish side Horsens for an undisclosed fee, [14] [15] reported to be in the region of DKr375.000 plus add-ons, [16] signing a contract until June 2027 with the club. [15] [16] In the process, he became Louisville City's third player to complete a move to a European club, following Jonathan Gómez and Joshua Wynder. [14]

On August 8, 2024, Perez had his contract terminated as there was no prospect of playing time for him at the Danish club. [17]

Personal life

Born in the United States, Perez is of Mexican descent. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played September 29, 2021 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2018–19 Scottish Premiership ————00
North Carolina FC (loan) 2019 USL Championship 210—20—230
2020 USL Championship 141———141
Total351—20—371
Portland Timbers 2021 Major League Soccer 00———00
Austin FC (loan) 2021 Major League Soccer 100———100
Career total451002000471

Honors

United States U20

References

  1. ↑ "Manny Perez – 2018 – Men's Soccer". NC State University Athletics.
  2. ↑ Staff, Newsroom. "Manny Perez and Andrew Gutman join Celtic with eye to the future". www.celticfc.net.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. ↑ Communications, NCFC (January 31, 2019). "NCFC Youth Academy Standout Signs with Celtic FC, Returns on Loan with North Carolina FC". North Carolina FC. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina FC Secures Loan Deal for Garner Native, Celtic F.C. Winger Manny Perez". North Carolina FC. February 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Doyle, Chris (April 26, 2021). "Manny Perez exits Celtic as forgotten American finds new club". GlasgowLive. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  6. ↑ "USA – E. Perez – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "USA – E. Perez – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Manny Perez". www.uslchampionship.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Communications, Austin FC (April 26, 2021). "Austin FC Acquires Midfielder Emanuel Perez On Loan For The 2021 MLS Season". Austin FC. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  10. ↑ Communications, Portland Timbers (April 26, 2021). "Timbers sign U.S. youth international midfielder Emanuel Perez". Portland Timbers. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Austin FC Announce Roster Decisions Ahead of 2022 Season | Austin FC". austinfc.
  12. ↑ "Timbers announce roster status ahead of 2022 MLS season".
  13. ↑ Communications, LouCity (February 15, 2022). "LouCity signs 'versatile' midfielder Perez". Louisville City FC - USL Championship.
  14. 1 2 "LouCity transfers Perez to European club AC Horsens". Louisville City FC. January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "AC Horsens køber back med erfaring fra MLS". AC Horsens (in Danish). January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  16. 1 2 Schmidt, Martin (January 4, 2024). "AC Horsens køber amerikansk back". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  17. ↑ AC Horsens ophæver med Manny Perez, achorsens.dk, 8 August 2024
  18. ↑ Coombs, Dan (February 1, 2019). "Five facts about new Celtic signing Manny Perez". Here Is The City.
  19. ↑ Manny Perez at Soccerway
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