Luis Amaranto Perea

Luis Amaranto Perea earns my respect the way the best defenders do, quietly. Eight La Liga seasons and 314 appearances for Atletico Madrid is not luck; it's the mark of a center-back his managers and teammates trusted completely. Blessed with stamina and pace, he could shift to right-back when needed, doing the thankless work without fuss. What I like most is the second act: serving as an assistant with the Colombia national team and then, in 2026, taking charge of his first club Independiente Medellín. He was always a spine, not a headline. From Turbo in Antioquia to the top of European football, his is a path I'd applaud softly but sincerely.

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Name (English)

Luis Amaranto Perea

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・ペレア

Reading

るいす・ぺれあ

Born

January 30, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Amaranto%20Perea
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316631

Tags

• Antioquia
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.