Gastón Pereiro

Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1] (born 11 June 1995)[2] is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian Serie A club Cagliari and the Uruguay national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereiro and the second or maternal family name is López.
Gastón Pereiro
Pereiro in 2015
Personal information
Full name Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-11) 11 June 1995[2]
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cagliari
Number 20
Youth career
0000–2008 Racing Club Montevideo
2008–2013 Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Nacional 39 (11)
2015–2020 PSV 118 (44)
2020– Cagliari 63 (8)
2023 → Nacional (loan) 18 (2)
International career‡
2012–2015 Uruguay U20 21 (8)
2017– Uruguay 13 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2021

Club career

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and Rodrigo Amaral, he traveled to England to participate in a ten-day training session at Liverpool.[4]

On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Oriente Petrolero. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0.[5] Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over Racing at the Estadio Centenario.

On 15 July 2015, Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by Memphis Depay, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for Adam Maher.[6] On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival Ajax.[7] Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against Genemuiden.[8]

He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.[9]

On 31 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Italian club Cagliari.[10] On 17 January 2023, Pereiro returned to Nacional on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[11]

International career

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping Uruguay qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion, Serbia.

He was called up to the full Uruguay squad in the autumn of 2017.[12] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Poland at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 May 2022[14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2013–14 Primera División 155—6[lower-alpha 1]0—215
2014–15 246—1[lower-alpha 1]1—257
Total 3911—71—4612
PSV 2015–16 Eredivisie 2911336[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]03914
2016–17 3010215[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]03811
2017–18 2811302[lower-alpha 4]0—3311
2018–19 2710008[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]03611
2019–20 42103[lower-alpha 4]00082
Total 11844942413015449
Cagliari 2019–20 Serie A 10100——101
2020–21 15210——162
2021–22 18421——205
Total 547310000578
Career total 211621253123025769
  1. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in Johan Cruyff Shield
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 7 October 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay 201710
201842
201952
202000
202131
Total135

International goals
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.[16]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2018NRG Stadium, Houston, United States Mexico4–14–1Friendly
2.16 October 2018Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan Japan1–13–42018 Kirin Challenge Cup
3.22 March 2019Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China Uzbekistan1–03–02019 China Cup
4.25 March 2019Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China Thailand2–04–0
5.9 September 2021Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay Ecuador1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nacional

PSV

Individual

References
  1. "Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López". SoccerPunter.com. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. "G. Pereiro". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. "Gastón Pereiro" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. "Juveniles a Liverpool de Inglaterra: Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín, Rodrigo Amaral y Gastón Pereiro" (in Spanish). elnacional.com.uy. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. "Nacional sufrió un resbalón" (in Spanish). referi.uy. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. "PSV complete Gastón Pereiro signing". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  7. "PSV dominated the game against Ajax: 1-2". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. "PSV cruised to a 6-0 win past SC Genemuiden". psv.nl. PSV Eindhoven. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  9. "PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax to seal title". BBC Sport. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. "Gastón Pereiro al Cagliari" (Press release) (in Italian). Cagliari. 31 January 2020.
  11. "Pereiro al Nacional" (in Italian). Cagliari. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. "El futuro de la celeste está asegurado".
  13. "Internationals (Sky Sports)".
  14. Gastón Pereiro Club Stats
  15. "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  16. "Pereiro, Gastón". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  17. "Speler van de Maand: Gastón Pereiro" (in Dutch). FOX Sports NL.
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