Sebastián Pérez Cardona

Sebastián Pérez was still a teenager when he won the Colombian Apertura with Atlético Nacional, becoming the youngest player to lift the title at 18. He went on to collect the Copa Colombia and the Superliga Colombiana with the club, and by 2016 was a fixture in the side that won the Copa Libertadores, starting the first leg of the final against Independiente del Valle before being substituted in the return match.

That form took him to Boca Juniors in August 2016 for a fee of around three million dollars. He added a Superliga Argentina title in the 2017–18 season. Loan spells followed at Pachuca in Mexico, where he made only a single Copa MX appearance, and at Barcelona SC in Ecuador, where he featured more regularly with 24 league appearances.

A loan move to Boavista in September 2020 proved the turning point. He scored twice in 16 Primeira Liga appearances. He became an established starter there, passing 116 league appearances before the club's relegation and the expiry of his contract took him to Casa Pia on a free transfer.

Pérez has also worn the Colombia shirt at senior level, with ten caps that include the 2016 and 2021 Copa América tournaments and World Cup qualifying fixtures, adding to underage international experience at the 2011 and 2013 U-20 World Cups and the 2016 Olympics.