César Pérez (footballer)

For other people named César Pérez, see César Pérez (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Maldonado.

César Ignacio Pérez Maldonado (born 29 November 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Unión La Calera.

César Pérez

Personal information
Full name	César Ignacio Pérez Maldonado
Date of birth	(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth	Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Unión La Calera
Number	29
Youth career
2013–2019	Magallanes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2022	Magallanes	42	(4)
2022–	Unión La Calera	18	(0)
International career^‡
2015	Chile U15	5	(1)
2019	Chile U17	11	(0)
2020	Chile U20	3	(0)
2022–	Chile U23	10	(1)
2023–	Chile	3	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Chile Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Club career

Pérez came to Magallanes youth system in 2013 and joined the first team in 2019.^[1] After spending four seasons in the Primera B de Chile with Magallanes, for the 2022 season he moved to Unión La Calera in the Chilean Primera División.^[2]

International career

At youth level, Pérez represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2017 South American Championship^[3] and Chile U17 at both the 2019 South American Championship, where Chile was the runner-up, and the 2019 FIFA World Cup.^[4]

At under-20 level, he represented Chile in the Granja Comary International Tournament, a friendly championship in Teresópolis, Brazil, playing all the matches against Peru U20,^[5] Bolivia U20,^[6] and Brazil U20.^[7]

On 31 August 2022, he represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23.^[8] He was included in the final squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,^[9][10] where Chile won the silver medal.^[11] In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.^[12]

At senior level, he was called up to the training microcycle in March 2021 of Chile by the coach Martín Lasarte along with his teammate Julián Alfaro.^[13] He received his first call-up for the friendly matches in June 2023^[14] and made his debut in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ecuador on 21 November 2023 by replacing Erick Pulgar at the minute 70.^[15]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 26 March 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Chile	2023	1	0
	2024	2	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Chile U23

• Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023

References

1. "César Pérez ya entrena junto al Primer Equipo y sueña con hacer un buen papel en el próximo Mundial sub 17". Club Deportivo Magallanes (in Spanish). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
2. "Unión La Calera fichó a ex seleccionado juvenil César Pérez en el cierre del libro de pases". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
3. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-15". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
4. Quijada, Vicente (7 October 2020). "César Pérez y el Sudamericano Sub 20 del próximo año: "Sabemos cómo hay que prepararse"". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
5. "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
6. "La Roja Sub 20 se impuso a Bolivia y se mantiene invicta en Brasil" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
7. "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
8. "Chile 1 - Perú 0: goles, resumen y resultado" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
9. "Team roster CHI - Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
10. "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
11. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
12. "La Roja Sub 23 presentó la nómina definitiva para el Preolímpico". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
13. "Uno fue desechado por la U: Quiénes son los dos jugadores de Primera B que Lasarte convocó a la selección". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
14. "Todos hablaban de la renovación en la Roja y ahora ocurrió esto". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
15. "Darío Osorio y César Pérez: lo más rescatable en derrota de La Roja en Quito". El Observador (in Spanish). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

External links

• César Pérez at Soccerway
• César Pérez at BDFA (in Spanish)