Oscar Perea

Perea with Strasbourg in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Óscar Andrés Perea Abonce[1]
Date of birth	(2005-09-27) 27 September 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	20
Youth career
	Escuela Benkos Biojo
	Envigado Palmira
2018–2020	La Cantera
2020–2022	Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2024	Atlético Nacional	44	(6)
2024–	Strasbourg	0	(0)
International career
2022	Colombia U15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:04, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Óscar Andrés Perea Abonce (born 27 September 2005) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.

Born in Pereira, Colombia, Perea's father was killed in a workplace accident when he was five months old. He moved with his mother to Santa Cecilia, where he first started playing football at the Escuela Benkos Biojo. At the advice of his uncle, he entered the Envigado Palmira Football School in Palmira, but this was short lived, and he soon returned to his hometown of Pereira.^[2]

In 2018 he joined Club La Cantera, where he stayed for two years before a successful trial at Atlético Nacional.^[2] He made his debut for Atlético Nacional in the 2022 campaign, before being named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2005 worldwide later in the same year.^[3]

On 2 July 2024, Perea joined Ligue 1 club Strasbourg for €5.2 million.^[4]

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