| Jhon Pírez | |
| Fullname: | Jhon Alexander Pírez Araújo |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Defensor Sporting |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2010 |
| Youthclubs2: | Chelsea |
| Years1: | 2010–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Chelsea |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs2: | → Defensor Sporting (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs3: | → Leganés (loan) |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs4: | Getafe B |
| Caps4: | 22 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs5: | Defensor Sporting |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2020 |
| Caps7: | 6 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2008–2009 |
| Nationalteam1: | Uruguay U17 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2010 |
| Nationalteam2: | Uruguay U20 |
| Pcupdate: | 17:43, 30 December 2020 (UTC) |
Jhon Alexander Pírez Araújo (born 20 February 1993) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker.
Born in Montevideo, Pírez joined hometown Defensor Sporting's youth categories in 2004, aged 11.[1] On 4 August 2008 he was invited to a trial period at Chelsea, and after impressing during his stay he was granted a scholarship deal with the club.[2]
However, due to FIFA regulations, Pírez was not allowed to play in England before his eighteenth birthday. He subsequently returned to Defensor, now in a loan deal.[3]
In 2010 summer Pírez was promoted to Defensor's first team, but due to appendicitis, missed half of the season. On 5 February 2011, he made his professional debut, against River Plate, replacing David Texeira in the 76th minute and netting a last-minute goal of a 4–1 home routing.[4]
Pírez made his second appearance on 17 April, against Fénix.[5] However, he suffered a knee injury in May.[6]
On 9 July 2012, Pírez joined CE Sabadell FC in a one-month loan deal, mainly to regain match fitness.[7] In late August he was loaned out to CD Leganés, in a season-long deal.[8]
On 10 August 2013, Pírez extended his loan stay at CD Leganés loan with the Madrid side for another campaign,[9] which ended in promotion, with the player appearing in 19 matches, mainly as a substitute. On 23 May 2014 he was released by Chelsea.[10] [11]
On 16 July 2014 Pírez joined Getafe CF, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.[12]
On 10 August 2015, Pírez re-joined Defensor Sporting on a free transfer after failing to impress in Spain with Getafe.[13]
On 19 December 2017, it was announced that Pírez would join United Soccer League side Tulsa Roughnecks ahead of their 2018 season.[14]
Pírez was capped by Uruguay national under-20 football team for the preliminary squad for the 2011 South American Youth Championship.
|- bgcolor=#DFE7FF| 1. || 11 September 2011 || Estadio Nacional, Santiago || || 2–2 || 2–2 || Friendly|}
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Defensor Sporting (loan) | 2010–11 | Primera División | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Leganés (loan) | 2012–13 | 2ª B – Group 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| 2013–14 | 2ª B – Group 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||||
| Getafe B | 2014–15 | 2ª B – Group 2 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Defensor Sporting | 2015–16 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tulsa Roughnecks | 2018 | USL Championship | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 74 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 7 | |||