Luis Amaranto Perea

Football player infobox|
playername= Luis Perea


fullname = Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|1|30
cityofbirth = Turbo
countryofbirth = Colombia
height = height|m=1.81
nickname =
currentclub = Atlético Madrid
clubnumber = 21
position = Defender
youthyears = 1995–1997
youthclubs =
years = 2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–
clubs = Independiente Medellín
Boca Juniors
Atlético Madrid
caps(goals) = 117 (0)
016 (0)
122 (0)
nationalyears = 2003-
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 037 (0)
pcupdate = 5 June 2008
ntupdate = 5 June 2008

Luis Amaranto Perea (born 30 January, 1979 in Turbo) is a Colombian football defender, and an important player in the Colombian national set-up. His career began in Independiente Medellín. He later played in Argentina with Boca Juniors, with whom he won the Intercontinental Cup in 2003. In 2004 he moved to play for Atlético Madrid.

He is a player noted for his speed and often tagged 'the fastest defender in the world'. This is reflected in the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 6 where on speed stats he is the fastest player in the game with 98/99, but Roberto Carlos does not agree with this.Fact|date=August 2008

He played for Colombia in Copa América 2007.

He received his Spanish passport in summer 2007. [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=566882.html]

Playing career

*2000 - Independiente Medellín (18/0)
*2001 - Independiente Medellín (45/0)
*2002 - Independiente Medellín (44/0)
*2003 - Independiente Medellín (10/0)
*2003/04 - Boca Juniors (16/0)
*2004/05 - Atlético Madrid (33/0)
*2005/06 - Atlético Madrid (34/0)
*2006/07 - Atlético Madrid (24/0)

External references

*nl icon [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=8488/typeofpage=40054/sc=6b2266 Voetbal International]