Luis Amaranto Perea

Luis Perea

Perea playing for Atlético Madrid in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera
Date of birth	(1979-01-30) 30 January 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth	Turbo, Colombia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Independiente Medellín	117	(0)
2003–2004	Boca Juniors	16	(0)
2004–2012	Atlético Madrid	224	(0)
2012–2014	Cruz Azul	70	(5)
Total		427	(5)
National team
2002–2014	Colombia	72	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Luis Amaranto Perea Mosquera (born 30 January 1979) is a Colombian retired footballer. Gifted with incredible stamina and pace, the central defender could also be adapted at right back.

He played most of his senior career with Atlético Madrid, appearing in 306 official games over the course of eight La Liga seasons. In 2012, he signed with Cruz Azul.

Perea gained 72 caps for the Colombian national team, during more than one decade.

Perea was born in Turbo. He began his professional career with Independiente Medellín, moving in 2003 to Argentina with Boca Juniors, with whom he won that year's Intercontinental Cup.

In June 2004 Perea signed for Atlético Madrid on a four-year deal, as another centre-back, Pablo Ibáñez, also arrived that season. Both were the starters as the Colchoneros returned to the UEFA Champions League in 2008–09 after a 12-year absence, with Perea appearing in 30 La Liga matches; after the campaign kicked off, he received his Spanish passport.

After the signing of ACF Fiorentina's Tomáš Ujfaluši for the 2008–09, Perea saw some additional time as a right back, but eventually lost that place to another newly signed, John Heitinga. From 2009 to 2011, with the latter departed to Everton, he managed to appear in 56 league games for the club combined, with qualification to the UEFA Europa League in his second season after a seventh-place finish.