Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emanuel Perez | ||
Date of birth | February 19, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Garner, North Carolina, United States | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Louisville City | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2017 | North Carolina FC | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | NC State Wolfpack | 29 | (6) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 4 | (0) |
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, correct as of November 7, 2024 |
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
On February 15, 2022, Perez signed with USL Championship side Louisville City. [13]
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]
Born in the United States, Perez is of Mexican descent. [18]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celtic | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
North Carolina FC (loan) | 2019 | USL Championship | 21 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2020 | USL Championship | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
Total | 35 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||||
Portland Timbers | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Austin FC (loan) | 2021 | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Career total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
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