Eloy Pereira

Eloy Maximiliano Pereira (born 4 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportivo Español.

Club career

Pereira began in the youth ranks of Belgrano de Lanús. He then moved to Lanús' academy, prior to signing for Talleres' system; he subsequently left to join Banfield, but returned to Talleres soon after. His senior career got underway in 2014. Thirty-one appearances followed in two seasons in Primera C Metropolitana, with Talleres winning promotion in 2015. His first appearance in Primera B Metropolitana followed on 5 February 2016 versus Platense, with his first goal then occurring in the succeeding May against Villa San Carlos. A total of eighty-five appearances came with Talleres across five campaigns, fourteen of which arrived in 2017–18.

On 17 August 2018, Pereira moved to fellow third tier team Deportivo Español. He made his debut on 20 August in a loss to ex-club Talleres. He appeared eight more times in 2018–19 as they were relegated.

International career

Pereira previously received a call-up to train with Walter Perazzo's Argentina U20s.

Career statistics

As of 23 May 2019.