Edwin Alberto Pérez León (born 28 September 1974 in Ica, Peru) is a Peruvian

Peruvian people

Peru is a multiethnic country formed by the combination of different groups over five centuries, so people in Peru usually treat their nationality as a citizenship rather than an ethnicity. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before Spanish Conquest in the 16th century;...

 footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He currently plays for León de Huánuco

León de Huánuco

León de Huánuco is a professional Peruvian football club based in the city of Huánuco. It is the biggest football club of Huánuco city. The club was founded in 1946 and play in the Primera División Peruana .-History:...

 in the Peruvian First Division.

Club career

Pérez has played for Alcides Vigo

Alcides Vigo

Alcides Vigo is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Lima.-History:The club was 1996 and 2001 Segunda División Peruana champion....

, FBC Melgar, and Cienciano. In January 2005 he transferred to Universidad San Martín de Porres

Universidad San Martín de Porres

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

. There he won back to back National Championships

Primera División Peruana

The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...

 in the 2007 and 2008 season.

In 2009, he transferred to Sporting Cristal

Sporting Cristal

Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...

.

International career

Pérez has played for the Peru national football team

Peru national football team

The Peru national football team, known as 'el equipo inca', represents Peru in international football competition and is managed by the Peruvian Football Federation . The team competes against the other nine members of FIFA's CONMEBOL conference, which encompasses the countries of South America...

 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

 qualifying rounds.

Club

Universidad San Martín:

• Peruvian First Division (2): 2007, 2008

External links

• Edwin Pérez at footballdatabase.eu