Football club Orenburg announced the transfer of defender Matias Perez to Paraguayan club Cerro Porteno, 34-time national champions.

25-year-old Argentinian left Orenburg after two years with the team, he was signed from Lanus at the end of 2022. Perez appeared 57 times in all tournaments, scoring nine goals. In the previous 2023/24 RPL season Matias became the highest scoring defender with seven goals.

Perez is the first player to depart from Orenburg this winter. Earlier the club, placed 16th after first part of the season, signed defender Aleksey Tataev from Alania Vladikavkaz.