Jordan Perez Explained

Jordan Perez
Fullname:Jordan López Pérez
Birth Date:13 November 1986
Birth Place:Gibraltar
Currentclub:Lions Gibraltar
Clubnumber:25
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2005–2007
Clubs1:College Europa
Years2:2007–2008
Clubs2:Lynx
Years3:2008–2013
Years4:2013–2014
Caps4:13
Goals4:0
Years5:2014–2015
Caps5:15
Goals5:0
Years6:2015–2017
Clubs6:St Joseph's
Caps6:32
Goals6:0
Years7:2017–2018
Caps7:16
Goals7:0
Years8:2019
Caps8:0
Goals8:0
Years9:2019
Caps9:7
Goals9:0
Years10:2020–2021
Clubs10:Mons Calpe
Caps10:1
Goals10:0
Years11:2021
Caps11:5
Goals11:0
Years12:2021–2022
Caps12:8
Goals12:0
Years13:2022–2023
Clubs13:Mons Calpe
Caps13:9
Goals13:0
Years14:2023
Clubs14:Lynx
Caps14:7
Goals14:0
Years15:2023–2024
Clubs15:Europa
Caps15:4
Goals15:0
Years16:2024–
Caps16:1
Goals16:0
Nationalyears1:2013–2016
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:18 August 2024
Nationalteam-Update:5 January 2017

Jordan López Pérez (born 13 November 1986) is a Gibraltarian volleyball player and footballer who plays for Lions Gibraltar in the Gibraltar Football League, and represented the Gibraltar national team in UEFA competition from 2013 until 2017, as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Perez started his career with College Europa and joined Manchester 62 in 2008, after a short stint at Lynx. In 2013, he moved to fellow league team Lincoln Red Imps, being champion of the League, the Cup and the League Cup.

In October 2014 Perez rescinded with Lincoln, due to the lack of first team action,[1] and joined Lions Gibraltar shortly after.

In April 2015, Perez joined League 2 Side Wycombe Wanderers on a weeks training, despite interest from Ipswich Town.

He signed for St Joseph's F.C. in summer 2015 after a season at Lions. Shortly after the arrival of former Lincoln boss Raul Procopio at St Joseph's, Perez left the club, citing a growing loss of interest in football and the need to take a break from the sport. He will re-assess his options in the summer.[2]

In the summer of 2017 Jordan committed his future to the ambitious project at F.C. Olympique 13 teaming up with Scottish manager Lewis Fraser, however, he left the club at the end of the season. In August 2019, he returned to football when he signed for Gibraltar United, providing competition for young keeper Christian Lopez after the departure of Kyle Goldwin. 9 days later, Gibraltar United were expelled from the league for failing to repay debts, so Perez instead joined Boca Gibraltar, making his debut the next day against Manchester 62.[3] After leaving Boca and serving as a goalkeeping coach for the Gibraltar national under-21 football team, he returned to football again in July 2020 when he signed for Mons Calpe. In February 2021 he moved to Bruno's Magpies.

International career

Perez made his international debut with Gibraltar on 19 November 2013 in a 0–0 home draw with Slovakia.[4] This was Gibraltar's first game since being admitted to UEFA.[5] On 13 June 2015, Perez made arguably the save of his career by saving a penalty from German captain Bastian Schweinsteiger in a match against Germany in a European Qualifier to prevent Gibraltar from going 1–0 down.[6] Despite Germany going on to win the game 7–0, Perez was impressed with his team's performance and described his penalty save as 'surreal'.[7]

Personal life

Perez is a fireman for the City Fire Brigade Gibraltar.[8] He has also represented Gibraltar in indoor volleyball at the 2007 Island Games[9] and beach volleyball at the 2019 Island Games.

Honours

Lincoln Red Imps

Notes and References

  1. http://gibfootballtalk.com/jordan-perez-leaves-lincoln/ Jordan Perez leaves Lincoln
  2. https://gibraltarfootballtalk.com/perez-takes-a-break-from-football/
  3. https://www.gibraltarfa.com/competitions/gibraltar-national-league-2019-1080347/match-report/manchester-62-fc-football-club-boca-juniors-1083639 Manchester 62 vs Boca Gibraltar
  4. Web site: Rock-solid Gibraltar hold Slovakia to memorable draw on debut . 19 November 2013 . Sports Yahoo . 21 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Gibraltar hold Slovakia in maiden international . 19 November 2013 . www.uefa.com . 21 November 2013.
  6. Web site: Gibraltar-Germany | European Qualifiers 2016.
  7. Web site: Perez on 'surreal' penalty save | UEFA EURO 2020.
  8. News: Gibraltar v Poland: Starting XIs by professional occupation. 9 September 2014. The Independent. 15 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180715183240/https://www.indy100.com/article/gibraltar-v-poland-starting-xis-by-professional-occupation--l13c2aPE4g. dead.
  9. https://www.rhodesresults2007.com/Competitor.aspx?RegID=10740 Gibraltar - Volleyball Entrants