Jordan López Pérez (born 13 November 1986) is a Gibraltarian volleyball player and footballer who plays for Lions Gibraltar in the Gibraltar Football League, and represented the Gibraltar national team in UEFA competition from 2013 until 2017, as a goalkeeper.
 Perez with Gibraltar in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jordan López Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Gibraltar | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lions Gibraltar | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | College Europa | ||
| 2007–2008 | Lynx | ||
| 2008–2013 | Manchester 62 | ||
| 2013–2014 | Lincoln Red Imps | 13 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Lions Gibraltar | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | St Joseph's | 32 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Olympique 13 | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | Gibraltar United | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Boca Gibraltar | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Mons Calpe | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Bruno's Magpies | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Glacis United | 8 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Mons Calpe | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | Lynx | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Europa | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Lions Gibraltar | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2016 | Gibraltar | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2017 | |||
Club career
editPerez started his career with College Europa and joined Manchester 62 in 2008, after a short stint at Lynx. In 2013, he moved to fellow league team Lincoln Red Imps, being champion of the League, the Cup and the League Cup.
In October 2014 Perez rescinded with Lincoln, due to the lack of first team action,[1] and joined Lions Gibraltar shortly after.
In April 2015, Perez joined League 2 Side Wycombe Wanderers on a weeks training, despite interest from Ipswich Town.
He signed for St Joseph's F.C. in summer 2015 after a season at Lions. Shortly after the arrival of former Lincoln boss Raul Procopio at St Joseph's, Perez left the club, citing a growing loss of interest in football and the need to take a break from the sport. He will re-assess his options in the summer.[2]
In the summer of 2017 Jordan committed his future to the ambitious project at F.C. Olympique 13 teaming up with Scottish manager Lewis Fraser, however, he left the club at the end of the season. In August 2019, he returned to football when he signed for Gibraltar United, providing competition for young keeper Christian Lopez after the departure of Kyle Goldwin. 9 days later, Gibraltar United were expelled from the league for failing to repay debts, so Perez instead joined Boca Gibraltar, making his debut the next day against Manchester 62.[3] After leaving Boca and serving as a goalkeeping coach for the Gibraltar national under-21 football team, he returned to football again in July 2020 when he signed for Mons Calpe. In February 2021 he moved to Bruno's Magpies.
International career
editPerez made his international debut with Gibraltar on 19 November 2013 in a 0–0 home draw with Slovakia.[4] This was Gibraltar's first game since being admitted to UEFA.[5] On 13 June 2015, Perez made arguably the save of his career by saving a penalty from German captain Bastian Schweinsteiger in a match against Germany in a European Qualifier to prevent Gibraltar from going 1–0 down.[6] Despite Germany going on to win the game 7–0, Perez was impressed with his team's performance and described his penalty save as 'surreal'.[7]
Personal life
editPerez is a fireman for the City Fire Brigade Gibraltar.[8] He has also represented Gibraltar in indoor volleyball at the 2007 Island Games[9] and beach volleyball at the 2019 Island Games.
Honours
editLincoln Red Imps
References
edit- ^ Jordan Perez leaves Lincoln; Gib Football Talk, 24 October 2014
- ^ https://gibraltarfootballtalk.com/perez-takes-a-break-from-football/
- ^ Manchester 62 vs Boca Gibraltar Archived 2019-08-13 at the Wayback Machine Gibraltar FA. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Rock-solid Gibraltar hold Slovakia to memorable draw on debut". Sports Yahoo. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Gibraltar hold Slovakia in maiden international". www.uefa.com. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Gibraltar-Germany | European Qualifiers 2016".
- ^ "Perez on 'surreal' penalty save | UEFA EURO 2020".
- ^ "Gibraltar v Poland: Starting XIs by professional occupation". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ Gibraltar - Volleyball Entrants 2007 Island Games. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
External links
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- Jordan Perez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jordan Perez – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Jordan Perez at Soccerway