 After 2003, he suffered multiple injuries that made him lose a lot of games and he never regained his earlier abilities as a player, although he was still loved by the crowd and gave a few good games along the road to the end of the 2007 season when his contract expired and the team decided not to hire him again.It was a very sad day for all the Alajuelense's fans.Every time Pérez Zeledón played at the Alejandro Morera Soto stadium, his former fans waited for him singing and clapping every time he touched the ball, letting him know he still was in their hearts.