Roberto Pereyra
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| Full name | Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1991 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | ||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Watford | ||||||||
| Number | 37 | ||||||||
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| River Plate | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2008–2011 | River Plate | 43 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011–2015 | Udinese | 84 | (8) | ||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Juventus (loan) | 35 | (4) | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Juventus | 13 | (0) | ||||||
| 2016– | Watford | 13 | (2) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2011 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014– | Argentina | 10 | (0) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2015 |
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Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra (born 7 January 1991) is an Argentine footballer who plays for English club Watford and the Argentina national football team. Despite being right-footed, he plays mostly as a left winger, but can also play as a second striker or as an attacking midfielder.
After beginning his career in Argentina with River Plate, he joined Italian club Udinese in 2011, where his performances earned him a loan to defending league champions Juventus in 2014; he was signed permanently by the team in 2015 and won two consecutive Serie A titles during his time with the club. During his time in Italy, he developed into a well-rounded, adaptable, and tactically versatile player, who can cover multiple roles in midfield, up-front, and in wide areas, due to his dynamism, energy, and technique, as well as his offensive and defensive work-rate and attributes. In 2016, he joined Watford.
At international level, Pereyra represented the Argentina national football team at the 2015 Copa América, winning a runners-up medal in the tournament.
Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, Pereyra began his career within the youth academy of River Plate; due to his origins, he was given the nickname "El Tucumano". His professional career began in 2009 when he made his River Plate debut in the Argentine Primera Division against Huracan at the age of 18. After featuring on 43 occasions for River, Pereyra transferred across the Atlantic Ocean, swapping continents, as he joined Udinese Calcio ahead of the 2011–12 Serie A season.
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