Rubén Pérez Chueca (born 7 August 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career with Gimnàstic, representing the club in all three major levels of Spanish football and appearing in 241 competitive matches in eight years.El Nástic homenajea a sus exjugadores con más de 200 actuaciones, Pani entre ellos (Nástic honour their former players with more than 200 appearances, Pani included); Sport Cartagena, 30 April 2015 (in Spanish)
Club career Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Pérez began his career with CF Figueruelas in the Segunda División B, moving to Tercera División with neighbouring SD Huesca in the summer of 2000 and achieving promotion to the former in his first season. He continued competing at that level the following years, with Deportivo Alavés B and CD Badajoz.El Badajoz y Rubén Pérez, dos trayectorias opuestas (Badajoz and Rubén Pérez, two opposite paths); Hoy, 16 March 2006 (in Spanish)
In January 2006, Pérez signed with Gimnàstic de Tarragona of Segunda División, playing his first game with the Catalan team on 26 February against Lorca Deportiva CF.El Nástic entra en ascenso (Nástic enter promotion zone); Mundo Deportivo, 27 February 2006 (in Spanish) He appeared in a further 16 matches as the campaign ended in promotion.¿Qué fue de Rubén Pérez Chueca? (What happened to Rubén Pérez Chueca?); Vavel, 24 August 2017 (in Spanish)
In 2006–07, Pérez battled with Albano Bizzarri for first-choice status, making his La Liga debut on 28 October 2006 in a 1–3 home loss to Real Madrid.Gimnastic de Tarragona 1–3 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 28 October 2006 Both players ended the season with roughly the same number of appearances, and Nàstic returned to where they had come from in June.
Pérez played second-fiddle to loanee Roberto in the 2007–08 season, but regained his starting position subsequently, with relegation to the third division befalling in 2012. In July of that year, he renewed his contract for two more seasons with the option to a third.Ruben Pérez renueva su contrato con el Nàstic (Rubén Pérez renews his contract with Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 7 July 2012 (in Spanish)
On 31 January 2014, after being left out of the squad for the campaign, Pérez cut ties with GimnàsticEl Nàstic rescindeix el contracte de Rubén Pérez (Nàstic terminate the contract of Rubén Pérez); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 31 January 2014 (in Catalan) and moved to fellow third-tier SD Huesca on 3 February.El Huesca ficha al portero zaragozano Rubén Pérez (Huesca sign Zaragoza-born goalkeeper Rubén Pérez); Heraldo de Aragón, 3 February 2014 (in Spanish) He left the latter club in May,Rubén Pérez y Tariq quedan desvinculados del Huesca (Rubén Pérez and Tariq cut ties with Huesca); Diario del AltoAragón, 15 May 2014 (in Spanish) and joined amateurs CDC Torreforta in August, where he was used as a centre-back.La curiosa historia de Rubén Pérez, de portero a central (The curious story of Rubén Pérez, from goalkeeper to stopper); Diario AS, 20 October 2014 (in Spanish)
On 28 January 2015, Pérez returned to the goal and the third division, signing for CF Reus Deportiu.CF Reus: Rubén Pérez vuelve bajo palos (CF Reus: Rubén Pérez again between the posts); Diari de Tarragona, 28 January 2015 (in Spanish)
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFigueruelas1999–2000Segunda División B14010—150Huesca2001–02Segunda División B33000—330Alavés B2002–03Segunda División B370——3702003–04Segunda División B310——310Total680——680Alavés2002–03La Liga00——002003–04Segunda División00——00Total00——00Badajoz2004–05Segunda División B37000—3702005–06Segunda División B13000—130Total50000—500Gimnàstic2005–06Segunda División17000—1702006–07La Liga16010—1702007–08Segunda División10000—1002008–09Segunda División33000—3302009–10Segunda División41010—4102010–11Segunda División41000—4102011–12Segunda División42000—4202012–13Segunda División B38000—380Total238020—2400Huesca2013–14Segunda División B12000—120Reus2014–15Segunda División B00—0000Career total41503000418172
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