Gastón Pereiro

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereiro and the second or maternal family name is López.
Gastón Pereiro
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Pereiro in 2015
Personal information
Full name Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Cagliari
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2008 Racing Club Montevideo
2008–2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Nacional 39 (11)
2015–2020 PSV Eindhoven 118 (44)
2020– Cagliari 47 (7)
National team‡
2012–2015 Uruguay U20 21 (8)
2017– Uruguay 13 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:11, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2021

Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1] (born 11 June 1995)[2] is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian Serie A club Cagliari and the Uruguay national team.

Club career[]

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and Rodrigo Amaral, he traveled to England to participate in a ten-day training session at Liverpool.[3]

On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Oriente Petrolero. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0.[4] Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over Racing at the Estadio Centenario.

On 15 July 2015, Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by Memphis Depay, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for Adam Maher.[5] On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival Ajax.[6] Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against Genemuiden.[7]

He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.[8]

On 31 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Italian club Cagliari.[9]

International career[]

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping Uruguay qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion, Serbia.

He was called up to the full Uruguay squad in the autumn of 2017.[10] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Poland at the national stadium in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.[11]

Personal life[]

On 29 November 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 21 February 2022[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Nacional 2013–14 Primera División 15 5 — 6[a] 0 — 21 5
2014–15 24 6 — 1[a] 1 — 25 7
Total 39 11 — 7 1 — 46 12
PSV 2015–16 Eredivisie 29 11 3 3 6[b] 0 1[c] 0 39 14
2016–17 30 10 2 1 5[b] 0 1[c] 0 38 11
2017–18 28 11 3 0 2[d] 0 — 33 11
2018–19 27 10 0 0 8[b] 1 1[c] 0 36 11
2019–20 4 2 1 0 3[d] 0 0 0 8 2
Total 118 44 9 4 24 1 3 0 154 49
Cagliari 2019–20 Serie A 10 1 0 0 — — 10 1
2020–21 15 2 1 0 — — 16 2
2021–22 18 4 2 1 — — 20 5
Total 43 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 46 8
Career total 200 62 12 5 31 2 3 0 246 69
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[]

As of match played 7 October 2021[14]
Uruguay
Year Apps Goals
2017 1 0
2018 4 2
2019 5 2
2020 0 0
2021 3 1
Total 13 5

International goals[]

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.[15]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2018 NRG Stadium, Houston, United States  Mexico 4–1 4–1 Friendly
2. 16 October 2018 Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan  Japan 1–1 3–4 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup
3. 22 March 2019 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Uzbekistan 1–0 3–0 2019 China Cup
4. 25 March 2019 Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China  Thailand 2–0 4–0
5. 9 September 2021 Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay  Ecuador 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[]

Club[]

Nacional
PSV

Uruguay

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b "G. Pereiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Juveniles a Liverpool de Inglaterra: Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín, Rodrigo Amaral y Gastón Pereiro" (in Spanish). elnacional.com.uy. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Nacional sufrió un resbalón" (in Spanish). referi.uy. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ^ "PSV complete Gastón Pereiro signing". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ^ "PSV dominated the game against Ajax: 1-2". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  7. ^ "PSV cruised to a 6-0 win past SC Genemuiden". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. ^ "PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax to seal title". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Gastón Pereiro al Cagliari" (Press release) (in Italian). Cagliari. 31 January 2020.
  10. ^ "El futuro de la celeste está asegurado".
  11. ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)".
  12. ^ "Comunicato della società" (Press release) (in Italian). Cagliari. 29 November 2020.
  13. ^ Gastón Pereiro Club Stats
  14. ^ "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Thailand vs. Uruguay - 25 March 2019 - Soccerway".

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