Gastón Pereiro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereiro and the second or maternal family name is López.

Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López^[1] (born 11 June 1995)^[2] is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian Serie B club Bari.

Gastón Pereiro

Pereiro in 2022 with Cagliari
Personal information
Full name	Gastón Rodrigo Pereiro López[1]
Date of birth	(1995-06-11) 11 June 1995 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bari
Number	20
Youth career
0000–2008	Racing Club Montevideo
2008–2013	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	Nacional	39	(11)
2015–2020	PSV	118	(44)
2020–2024	Cagliari	63	(8)
2023	→ Nacional (loan)	18	(2)
2024	→ Ternana (loan)	18	(5)
2024–2025	Genoa	2	(0)
2025–	Bari	9	(1)
International career
2012–2015	Uruguay U20	21	(8)
2017–2021	Uruguay	13	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025

Club career

Pereiro grew from the youth system of Nacional. In April 2012, along with Diego Baldi, Leandro Otormín and Rodrigo Amaral, he traveled to England to participate in a ten-day training session at Liverpool.^[4]

On 28 January 2014, he made his official debut for Nacional in a Copa Libertadores match against Oriente Petrolero. Coach Gerardo Pelusso substituted him on in the 63rd minute replacing Carlos de Pena, they lost 1–0.^[5] Four days later, he scored his first goal in the 2–0 victory over Racing at the Estadio Centenario.

On 15 July 2015, Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven confirmed the signing of Pereiro on a five-year deal. He was given the number 7 jersey, previously worn by Memphis Depay, and made his official debut in the Dutch Super Cup 2015, coming on as a substitute for Adam Maher.^[6] On 4 October 2015, Pereiro made his first start for PSV Eindhoven, scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory against arch-rival Ajax.^[7] Pereiro then scored his first hat-trick for the club on 27 October 2015, in a KNVB Cup fixture against Genemuiden.^[8]

He scored the first goal as PSV beat rivals Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title.^[9]

On 31 January 2020, he signed a 4.5-year contract with Italian club Cagliari.^[10] On 17 January 2023, Pereiro returned to Nacional on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.^[11] On 18 January 2024, Pereiro moved on a new loan to Ternana.^[12] On 29 August 2024, his contract with Cagliari was terminated by mutual consent.^[13] On 14 October 2024, he join Genoa as free agent.^[14]

On 1 February 2025, Pereiro signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Bari in Serie B, with an option to extend.^[15]

International career

Pereiro was called by Fabián Coito to play the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played eight matches scoring five goals, helping Uruguay qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He was selected for the U-20 World Cup squad and in the first match he scored the winning goal against the final champion, Serbia.

He was called up to the full Uruguay squad in the autumn of 2017.^[16] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw against Poland at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw on 10 November 2017.^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 November 2024^[18]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nacional	2013–14	Primera División	15	5	—		6[b]	0	—		21	5
	2014–15		24	6	—		1[b]	1	—		25	7
	Total		39	11	—		7	1	—		46	12
PSV	2015–16	Eredivisie	29	11	3	3	6[c]	0	1[d]	0	39	14
	2016–17		30	10	2	1	5[c]	0	1[d]	0	38	11
	2017–18		28	11	3	0	2[e]	0	—		33	11
	2018–19		27	10	0	0	8[c]	1	1[d]	0	36	11
	2019–20	4	2	1	0	3[e]	0	0	0	8	2
Total		118	44	9	4	24	1	3	0	154	49
Cagliari	2019–20	Serie A	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
	2020–21		15	2	1	0	—		—		16	2
	2021–22		29	4	2	1	—		—		20	5
	2022–23	Serie B	9	1	2	0	—		—		11	1
	2023–24	Serie A	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		63	8	7	1	—		—		70	9
Nacional (loan)	2023	Primera División	18	2	—		5[b]	1	1[f]	0	24	3
Ternana	2023–24	Serie B	18	5	—		—		2[g]	1	20	6
Genoa	2024–25	Serie A	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			258	70	16	5	36	3	6	1	316	79

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya
7. Appearances in Serie B relegation play-offs

International

As of match played 7 October 2021^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay	2017	1	0
	2018	4	2
	2019	5	2
	2020	0	0
	2021	3	1
Total		13	5

International goals

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first.^[20]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2018	NRG Stadium, Houston, United States	Mexico	4–1	4–1	Friendly
2.	16 October 2018	Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan	Japan	1–1	3–4	2018 Kirin Challenge Cup
3.	22 March 2019	Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China	Uzbekistan	1–0	3–0	2019 China Cup
4.	25 March 2019	Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China	Thailand	2–0	4–0
5.	9 September 2021	Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Nacional

• Uruguayan Primera División: 2014–15

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2015–16, 2017–18
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2015, 2016

Individual

• Eredivisie Player of the Month: October 2017^[21]