Lionel Pérez

Football player infobox
playername = Lionel Pérez
fullname = Lionel Pérez


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|4|24
cityofbirth = Bagnols-sur-Cèze
countryofbirth = France
height = height|m=1.83
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position = Goalkeeper
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years = 1993-1996 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 1999 2000 2000-2002 2003-2004
clubs = FC Bordeaux → Nîmes Olympique (loan) → Stade Lavallois (loan) Sunderland Newcastle United → Scunthorpe United (loan) → Cambridge United (loan) Cambridge United Stevenage Borough
caps(goals) =00? (?) 00? (?) 00? (?) 075 (0) 000 (0) 013 (0) 009 (0) 078 (0) 031 (0)
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pcupdate = 8 June 2008
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Lionel Pérez (born April 24, 1967 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) was a French professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper and more recently a goalkeeping coach at Stevenage Borough Football Club, following on from his retirement from the game in 2004.

Career

underland

He made his Sunderland debut aged 29 on Saturday, 19 October 1996, as a sub in a 3-0 defeat at Southampton. He stayed with Sunderland for a further two years before signing for archrivals Newcastle United in what was a surprise move at the time; in the summer of 1998 he conceded 11 goals in the play-off final against Charlton (including penalties) which led to his subsequent departure from the club. However 7 of these were in the penalty shoot out.

Newcastle

At Newcastle he was merely a backup to Steve Harper and Shay Given; he never made a competitive start for the Magpies and after being loaned to various clubs throughout his 21 month spell on Tyneside, he was granted a free transfer to Cambridge United.

Cambridge & Stevenage

He was released by Cambridge at the end of the 2002 season and it appeared as if his footballing career was coming to a close, however he rediscovered some form and passion for the game and joined Stevenage Borough in February 2003. He was a regular for Stevenage until in March 2004, he broke his leg playing in a league match against Barnet. He was forced to retire at the end of the season and he immediately took up a coaching role at the club.

External links

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9732 Career Stats at Soccerbase]