Jonathan Pérez (footballer, born 2003)
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Pérez with Nashville SC in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 18, 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Pico Rivera, California, United States | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nashville SC | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2020 | LA Galaxy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Ventura County FC | 52 | (11) |
| 2021–2025 | LA Galaxy | 16 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Nashville SC (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | → Huntsville City (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2025– | Nashville SC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | United States U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Mexico U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Mexico U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Mexico U20 | 10 | (2) |
| 2023– | Mexico U23 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 21, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 18, 2023 | |||
Jonathan Alexánder Pérez Lara (born January 18, 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Nashville SC. Born in the United States, he plays for the Mexico national under-23 team.
Club career
Pérez played with the LA Galaxy academy from 2016,[2] before signing as a homegrown player with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy on February 21, 2020.[3] He made his professional debut on March 8, 2020, for LA Galaxy's USL Championship side, appearing as a 56th-minute substitute in a 5–1 win over Rio Grande Valley FC.[4]
On July 30, 2024, Pérez was loaned to fellow MLS side Nashville SC for the remainder of the season.[5] On August 21, 2025, Nashville made Pérez's stay permanent in exchange for $1.5 million guaranteed and up to an additional $300,000 if certain performance requirements get met.[6]
International career
Born in the United States, Pérez is of Mexican descent.[7] He represented the Mexico U-18 team in January 2020 in the Copa del Atlantico.[8][9][10]
Pérez was called up to the Mexico U-20 team by Luis Ernesto Pérez to participate at the 2021 Revelations Cup, scoring one goal in three appearances, where Mexico won the competition.[11] He was included in the under-20 side that participated in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, in which Mexico failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup and Olympics.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of October 14, 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ventura County FC | 2020 | USL | 12 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 2021 | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 2023 | MLS Next Pro | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | ||||
| LA Galaxy | 2021 | MLS | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Nashville SC (loan) | 2024 | MLS | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Huntsville City FC (loan) | 2024 | MLS Next Pro | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 77 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 13 | ||
Honours
Mexico U20
References
- ^ "Jonathan Perez". LA Galaxy. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
- ^ "LA Galaxy". glxy.ussoccerda.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Jonathan Perez to Homegrown Player Contract | LA Galaxy".
- ^ "Rio Grande Valley FC vs. LA Galaxy II - March 8, 2020 | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com.
- ^ "Nashville Soccer Club Acquires Midfielder Jonathan Pérez on Loan from LA Galaxy".
- ^ https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/nashville-sc-fully-acquire-jonathan-perez-from-la-galaxy
- ^ "LA Galaxy sign Jonathan Perez to Homegrown Player deal as 10th player from development system | MLSsoccer.com".
- ^ "Mexico announces call up for U18 Copa del Atlantico". FMF State Of Mind. January 24, 2020.
- ^ "Mexico - Slovakia 0:1 (U18 Friendlies 2020, January)". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Spain - Mexico 6:0 (U18 Friendlies 2020, January)". worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Mexico to host U20 Revelations Cup Tournament". fmfstateofmind.com. November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "¡Papelón! ¡Ridículo! ¡Fracasototote! La prensa mexicana no puede creer eliminación de su Selección". ESPN. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
- ^ Jonathan Pérez at Soccerway
- ^ "Mexico wins Revelation Cup after win over the United States". SBNATION. November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
External links
- Jonathan Pérez at Major League Soccer
- Jonathan Pérez at Soccerway
- USSF Development Academy bio Archived May 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine