Nicolás Perea

Nicolás Perea
Personal information
Date of birth	August 6, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team
2011–2014	Syracuse Orange
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013	Ocean City Nor'easters
2014	K-W United FC
2015–2016	Jacksonville Armada
2017–2018	Rio Grande Valley FC
2019	Des Moines Menace
2019	Indy Eleven
International career
2019–	United States beach
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021

Nicolás Perea (born August 6, 1992) is a Colombian-born American footballer who last played as a midfielder for Indy Eleven in USL Championship. Perea also plays beach soccer and represents the United States at the international level.

Career

Perea played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2011 and 2014.^[1]

While at college, Perea played with USL PDL sides Ocean City Nor'easters,^[2] and K-W United.^[3]

Perea signed his first professional contract with second-tier NASL side, Jacksonville Armada on February 10, 2015.^[4]

After playing the 2019 USL League Two season with Des Moines Menace, Perea signed with USL Championship club Indy Eleven on August 27, 2019.^[6]

Perea participated in a beach soccer camp training in Ft. Lauderdale where he was scouted by the United States national beach soccer team coach Francis Farberoff. In January 2019, Perea started to get call-ups for the national beach soccer team and on May 16, 2021, he was called up to represent the US at the 2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.^[7] Perea was part of the team that qualified the United States to a consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[8]

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^ "Beswicks Sports |". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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^ "Get to Know the U.S. Beach Men's National Team". USSoccer.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "USA and El Salvador qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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