Born in Italy, Perri attended Mohawk College in Canada where he played on the men's soccer team.
In his second season with the Mountaineers, he led the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association with the lowest goals against average and was the team's second leading scorer.
[1] In 1975, he played for the Rochester Lancers in the North American Soccer League.
[2] He continued playing with Hamilton once the team was renamed the Hamilton Steelers, and assisted in securing the double (NSL Championship & regular season title) in 1981.
[3] In 1983 he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League when Hamilton became a charter member.