Christian Perez (footballer, born 1963)

Christian Perez
Personal information
Date of birth	13 May 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward, attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1987	Nîmes
1987–1989	Montpellier
1988–1989	→ Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
1989–1992	Paris Saint-Germain
1992–1994	Monaco
1994–1995	Lille
1995–1996	Nîmes
1996–1997	Shanghai Shenhua
Total
International career
1988–1992	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Perez (born 13 May 1963) is a French former footballer who played as a forward first and later as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Perez amassed Ligue 1 totals of 268 games and 44 goals over the course of 11 seasons, representing Nîmes Olympique (making his debut in the competition at the age of 16, he went on to appear for the club in all three major levels of French football), Montpellier HSC, Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC and Lille OSC.^[1]

Perez retired in 1997 at 34, after two years in the Chinese Super League with Shanghai Shenhua FC.

Perez earned the first of his 22 caps for the France national team on 19 November 1988, starting and scoring in a 2–3 away defeat against Yugoslavia for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals by coach Michel Platini, he played three incomplete games in an eventual group exit in Sweden.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Nîmes

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^ "Papin strikes as France deny hosts Sweden". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "Near miss no comfort as France hold England". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
^ "Soaring Denmark finish off fancied France". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2017.