Juan Pérez (footballer, born 1980)

Juan Pérez
Personal information
Full name	Juan de Dios Pérez Quijada
Date of birth	January 1, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Panama City, Panama
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tauro
Number	12
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001	Panama Viejo
2002–2004	Tauro
2005	Sporting '89
2006–2007	Tauro
2008–2009	Juventude
2009–	Tauro
International career‡
2007–2013	Panama
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2015

Juan de Dios Pérez Quijada^[1] (born 1 January 1980 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Tauro.

Club career

After starting his career at local side Panama Viejo, Pérez almost spent the rest of his career at Tauro except for a short spell at Sporting '89 and in Brazil with Juventude whom he joined in 2008.^[2]

International career

Pérez made his debut for Panama in a January 2007 friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago and has earned a total of 39 caps including an unofficial match against Guyana in 2010, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3] and played at the 2007^[4] and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His final international was a July 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Canada.