Ariel Roberto Pereyra Legallais (born 11 November 1973) is a retired Argentine–born Chilean

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

that has played at Godoy Cruz,

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

and several clubs in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Club career

Pereyra began his career at

Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba is an Argentine sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza. The club is best known for its Association football, football team, which plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top level of ...

, professional club of his natal city Mendoza. There he played more than 100 games and scored 26 goals. In 1998, he moved to

and joined to

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

. He had an unsuccessful spell at

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

's side. That season Wanderers was relegated to the Primera B after finishing in the annual table's bottom. Following a brief spell in

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

in 2001, the incoming year he moved to Everton (Wanderers' archi–rival), where he helped the team to won the 2003 Primera B championship (Chile second-level tournament). In June 2005, after the entire 2004 in Venezuelan football playing for Italmaracaibo, Pereyra returned to Chile, signing for

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...

, where he coincided with players such as Víctor Rivero and Christian Riffo. There he broke a record after reaching score more than 100 goals in the Chilean football. In 2008 he was Primera B tournament goalscorer. In late 2010, he left Unión La Calera after five years playing there. After his unusual decision to disassociate from Unión La Calera (considering which the team achieved the promotion to 2011 Primera División de Chile season), then he moved to

Curicó Unido Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera B de Chile, the second level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Héctor Almandoz. History Curicó Unido was f ...

, when he played two seasons (2011 and 2012).

Managerial career

In 2021, he was the

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San Antonio Unido Club Social y Deportivo San Antonio Unido, usually referred to as SAU is a football club located in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, situated in the Valparaíso Region. It was founded on July 21, 1961. Its football team currently plays in Segu ...

in the

Segunda División Profesional de Chile Segunda División Profesional del Fútbol Profesional Chileno () is the third level of Chilean football league system, since the season 2012, is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. The Chilean ''Segunda División Profe ...

. In 2022, he worked as the manager of

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

Honours

Club

;Everton * Primera B (1):

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;Unión La Calera * Primera B (1): Runner-up

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Individual

* Primera B goalscorer (2):

, 2011

References

External links

Ariel Pereyra
at Football-Lineups * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereyra, Ariel 1973 births Living people Footballers from Mendoza, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportivo Italia players Unión La Calera footballers Curicó Unido footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Venezuelan Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Men's association football forwards Argentine football managers Expatriate football managers in Chile Chilean football managers Unión La Calera managers Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers Magallanes managers San Marcos de Arica managers Deportes La Serena managers San Antonio Unido managers Deportes Melipilla managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen