Pedro Troglio

Pedro Troglio

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Antonio Troglio
Date of birth	(1965-07-28) July 28, 1965
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Tigre (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1988	River Plate	59	(3)
1988–1989	Verona	32	(1)
1989–1991	Lazio	40	(1)
1991–1994	Ascoli	106	(13)
1994–1996	Avispa Fukuoka	56	(20)
1997–2002	Gimnasia La Plata	124	(4)
2002–2003	Villa Dálmine	31	(4)
Total		448	(46)
National team
1987–1990	Argentina	21	(2)
Teams managed
2004–2005	Godoy Cruz
2005–2007	Gimnasia LP
2007–2008	Independiente
2008–2010	Cerro Porteño
2010–2011	Argentinos Juniors
2011–2016	Gimnasia LP
2016–	Tigre
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Pedro Antonio Troglio (born July 28, 1965 in Luján, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football player and manager.

Career

During his career as a footballer, Troglio played for River Plate, as well as at the 1990 FIFA World Cup with the Argentina, where he scored a goal against the USSR.

He then spent the main part of his career in Italy, playing four seasons in Serie A (for Hellas Verona, Lazio and Ascoli) and two in Serie B.

During the final years of his career, Troglio played for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Villa Dálmine (a fourth division team where he played alongside fellow veterans José Basualdo, Roberto Monserrat, Mario Pobersnik and Raúl "Pacha" Cardozo).

Coaching career

Troglio then went on to coach Godoy Cruz de Mendoza in Primera B Nacional but he left in the middle of the tournament to take on in March 2005 a demoralized Gimnasia and helped keep the team in the Primera.^[1] The next season he led them to 2nd place in the Apertura tournament, equalling their highest finish ever.

In June 2006 his #21 jersey was retired in Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, being this the first number ever retired in an Argentine football club.

After the successful 2005 campaign, Gimnasia has performance declined markedly. Following a series of defeats in national and international competitions, including a 7:0 derby defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata, Troglio resigned on April 2007, and was temporarily replaced with former aide Ricardo Kuzemka. Nevertheless, Troglio's status with fans did not deteriorate strongly, with most press articles blaming club president Juan José Muñoz on the poor performances of the team.

In 2007, after Jorge Burruchaga's departure of Independiente, Troglio was hired to manage this institution. In March 2008, after an erratic season start, Troglio was sacked and replaced by Miguel Angel Santoro.

In 2009 he won the campeonato Apertura with Cerro Porteño. On 30 May 2010 Argentinos Juniors hired the former Cerro Porteno coach to replace Claudio Borghi.^[2]

He stepped down as manager of the Juniors on 18 September 2011 after a bad start to the 2011–12 Apertura.^[3]

Club statistics

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National team statistics

References

External links

• Pedro Troglio at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentine Primera statistics

Argentina squads
Argentina squad – 1989 Copa América Third Place 1 Pumpido 2 Batista 3 Alfaro Moreno 4 Balbo 5 Brown 6 Basualdo 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Cuciuffo 10 Maradona (c) 11 Calderón 12 Clausen 13 Díaz 14 Enrique 15 Giusti 16 Monzón 17 Ruggeri 18 Islas 19 Sensini 20 Troglio 21 Gorosito 22 Falcioni Coach: Bilardo Argentina squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Pumpido (Comizzo) 2 Batista 3 Balbo 4 Basualdo 5 Bauza 6 Calderón 7 Burruchaga 8 Caniggia 9 Dezotti 10 Maradona (c) 11 Fabbri 12 Goycochea 13 Lorenzo 14 Giusti 15 Monzón 16 Olarticoechea 17 Sensini 18 Serrizuela 19 Ruggeri 20 Simón 21 Troglio 22 Cancelarich Coach: Bilardo