Career
He is known for his abilities to react quickly in any given situation. Credited from his experiences playing both a defensive and attacking midfield role. At his club Nacional, he is often referenced as a highly rated top prospect in Colombia.
Atlético Nacional On 4 March 2011, Perez made his official debut for Nacional against Atlético Junior replacing Macnelly Torres in the 86th minute.
Following Colombia"s exit from the 2013 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup, he was invited to Arsenal for a trial in August. He came on as a sub in the 67th minute for Arsenal"s friendly against Manchester City wearing the number 32 jersey.
Despite only playing for 26 minutes, Perez was praised for his natural abilities despite being so young. Arsene Wenger stated that he was impressed with Perez during the week trial and decided to add him in the game.
Despite impressing both the London club and its fans, Perez was unable to get a work-permit because "he had yet to play at least 75% of Colombia"s international matches".
Thus, he was sent back to Nacional. Despite this, Wenger claimed that he would continue monitoring Perez until an opportunity to sign him comes. Youth Pérez first represented the U20 Colombian National team in 2011 where he took part in the 2011 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup that took place in his home land.
There, Perez would give impressive performances, attracting the likes of top European teams.
Senior Pérez received his first call-up from the senior Colombian national team under the order of José Pékerman to face Bolivia and Ecuador for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He made his first cap against Bolivia being included in the initial eleven and played 62 minutes before being replaced by Edwin Cardona.
Perez was an amateur football player before joining Nacional in 2011, and yet was considered to be a "pure natural talent" by the Colombian club Often, Perez is a well-known versatile player mostly because of his equal footing levels with both left and right feet, as well as carrying "panoramic vision" as shown through his countering attacking with very accurate passing.
Despite committing to a defensive midfielder most of the time, Perez has shown that he is capable of shooting on-target goals from great distances.
Perez is often regarded very high by many top teams such as Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain because of his potential, led to being almost being signed by each respective club at one point. One of the reasons why Perez is often seen as a crucial player in counter-attacking. Club Atlético Nacional Categoría Primera A (4): 2011-I, 2013-I, 2013-II, 2014-I, 2015-II Copa Colombia (2): 2012, 2013 Superliga Colombiana (1): 2012 International.