Paul Perez
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| Full name | Paul Lusi Perez | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Motootua, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School |
New Plymouth Boys' High School Wanganui City College |
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| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Toulouse | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–09 2010–12 2013–14 2014 2015– 2015– 2015– |
Taranaki Eastern Province Kings Biarritz Eastern Province Kings Sharks (Currie Cup) Sharks → Toulouse |
32 20 0 0 2 0 0 |
(75) (55) (0) (0) (5) (0) (0) |
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Correct as of 12 August 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2005– 2012– |
Samoa (sevens) Samoa |
50 19 |
(172) (20) |
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Correct as of 26 November 2016
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Paul Lusi Perez (born 26 July 1986) is a Samoan rugby union player.
In 2005 and 2006, Perez was part of the Samoa sevens side. He was also a member of the Samoan side that played at the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in Hong Kong.
He then joined the 15-man version of the sport, moving to New Zealand, where he represented Taranaki between 2006 and 2009. He was also their leading try-scorer in the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup.
However, in May 2010, he was deported back to Samoa after being convicted on two counts of domestic assault on his pregnant partner.
He looked set to join RC Toulon in the French Top 14 competition for the 2010–11 season, but visa problems prevented him from making the move to France.
Instead, he joined South African provincial side Eastern Province Kings for their 2010 Currie Cup First Division season, scoring six tries in nine appearance to help the Kings win the First Division, but failing to win promotion to the Premier Division. A knee injury then ruled him out of the entire 2011 season.
In January 2012, it was announced that he signed a six-month deal as a medical joker for Top 14 team Castres Olympique, but visa problems again prevented him from joining up with them.
Instead, he was called up by the Samoa Sevens team for several legs of the 2011–12 IRB Sevens World Series. His good performance in this series lead to a call-up to Samoa national team for the 2012 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, where he made his debut against Tonga on 5 June 2012.
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