Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mart Piero Cari Velarde | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 2007 | ||
Place of birth | Tacna, Peru [1] | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2] | ||
Position | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza Lima | ||
Number | 51 | ||
Youth career | |||
Virgen de la Natividad | |||
2023–2025 | Alianza Lima | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Alianza Lima | 14 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2024 | Peru U17 | 1 | (0) |
2025 | Peru U18 | 1 | (0) |
2025– | Peru | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:55, 20 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:55, 20 October 2025 (UTC) |
Mart Piero Cari Velarde (born 21 August 2007) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Peruvian Liga 1 club Alianza Lima and the Peru national team.
A youth product of Virgen de la Natividad, Cari moved to Alianza Lima's academy in 2023. [1] On 7 January 2025, he signed his first professional contract with Alianza Lima for 3 years. [3] He made his senior and professional debut with Alianza Lima as a substitute in a 3–0 Liga 1 loss to Tarma on 29 March 2025. [4]
Cari was first called up to the Peru national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September 2025. [5] He debuted with Peru in a 1–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Paraguay on 9 September 2025. [6]