Mauricio Pereira is a Uruguayan footballer playing for the Russian Krasnodar. This year he turned 26 years old, so that he still has many years of football ahead. Mauricio Pereira plays in the position of the central midfielder, but can also play in the position of the winger, both on the left and on the right side.
Carier start
Mauricio Pereira was born on March 15, 1990 in Uruguay, where he began his career as a football player. He studied at the youth academy of one of the country's strongest clubs, Nacional, with which, as a result, he signed a professional contract in 2008, when he was 18 years old. However, he didn’t get to the base right away - the first season the player spent in the club’s double, and made his debut in the main team only in 2009.
In “Nacional” he spent two full years (excluding the debut season in the double), during which he played 61 matches, scoring four goals. And in 2011, the game of the midfielder was noticed by a more impressive club from abroad - the Argentinean “Lanus”. It was there that Mauricio Pereira moved - the price of his transfer amounted to one million euros.
Going to Lanus
Mauricio Pereira is a footballer who has always sought to move to Europe, so the “Lanus” for him was only a stepping stone to a great future. There he spent a season and a half, having played 53 matches, in which he scored three goals.
And in the winter of 2013, the midfielder’s dream came true - the Russian Krasnodar invited him. Lanus agreed to a compensation of two million euros from the Russian club. And on February 23, Pereira officially became a player in Krasnodar.
Moving to "Russia"
There was not much time left until the end of the season, so Pereira, who also needed to adapt, spent only nine matches. But already in the second season he became a base player and entrenched as one of the team leaders. Over the next three years, he played as many as 93 matches, scoring 19 goals.
In 2014, with “Krasnodar” Pereira reached the final of the Cup of Russia, and in 2015 he finished the Russian Championship in third place. Thus, the player’s only trophies were those that he won in Nacional. This season, Pereira has entered the field 14 times, scoring one goal and giving three assists. In 2015, the contract with the football player was extended to 2019, which demonstrates the importance of Uruguayan for the team.
Team appearances
As for the Uruguayan national team, Pereira played for it only at the youth level - he hasn’t received a call to the adult national team even once.