Enzo Nicolás Pérez
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Enzo Nicolás Pérez is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 football midfielder
Midfielder
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 who currently plays for Benfica.

Club career

Pérez began his professional playing career with Godoy Cruz
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, known simply as Godoy Cruz, is a sports club from Godoy Cruz, Mendoza Province, Argentina. The club is best known for their football team, that plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system.-History:The club was founded...

, where he wrote his name into club history by scoring a fifth minute goal in the 1–1 draw with Belgrano on 9 September 2006. This was the first goal ever scored by Godoy Cruz in the Argentine first division. In total he has scores 9 goals in his career, most of them on penalty shots.
In 2007, Pérez joined Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

, where he finished as runner-up with the team in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana. He was then a first team regular in the team that won the 2009 Copa Libertadores.

In June 8, 2011, he has agreed a five-year contract with Benfica for a fee rumored to be around 5.5 Million euros for 100% of his rights to Estudiantes de La Plata
Estudiantes de La Plata
Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history....

.

International career

Enzo Pérez debuted on the Argentina squad
Argentina national football team
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 on September 30, 2009 (coached then by Maradona) for a friendly match against Ghana
Ghana national football team
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, which ended in a victory (2-0) for the Albicelestes

International goals

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|1||May 25, 2011||Resistencia,Estadio Centenario, Argentina
Argentina
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Exhibition game
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Honours

Estudiantes
  • Copa Libertadores (1): 2009
  • Argentine Primera División (1): 2010 Apertura

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