Pedro Pasculli

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Pedro Pasculli
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Pasculli in 2006
Personal information
Full name Pedro Pablo Pasculli
Date of birth (1960-05-17) 17 May 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bangor City (technical secretary)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1980 Colón de Santa Fe 24 (6)
1980–1985 Argentinos Juniors 203 (87)
1985–1992 Lecce 214 (54)
1993 Newell's Old Boys 5 (0)
1994 PJM Futures 29 (5)
1995–1996 Casertana 17 (4)
1996–1997 Pelita Jaya 22 (9)
Total492(156)
International career
1984–1987 Argentina 16 (4)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Virtus Entella
2001–2002 Pietro Vernotico
2002–2003 Verbania
2003 Uganda
2004 Dinamo Tirana
2005 Dinamo Tirana
2006–2007 Horatiana Venosa
2007–2008 Toma Maglie
2010–2011 Paternò
2012 Cittanova Interpiana
2012–2013 Bocale
2013–2015 Sector Juvenil Lecce
2017 Torres
2019–2020 Bangor City
2022 Virtus Lanciano
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1986 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born 17 May 1960) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward and is currently technical secretary at Bangor City in the Cymru North.

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He spent most of his career with Argentinos Juniors and Italian club Lecce. At international level, he won the 1986 FIFA World Cup with Argentina, and came fourth at the 1987 Copa América.

Pasculli's management career was mostly spent in the lower leagues of Italian football. He also had a few months in charge of Uganda in 2003, two brief spells at Dinamo Tirana in Albania and a season with Bangor City in Wales.

Playing career

Born in Santa Fe, Pasculli played as a striker for Colón de Santa Fe and Argentinos Juniors in his native Argentina, partnering Diego Maradona at the latter. [1] In 1985 he moved to U.S. Lecce in Italy, where he became their second highest goalscorer of all time. [1] He retired from professional football in 1996, after playing for Casertana F.C. also in Italy, helping the club to gain promotion to Serie C2 (4th division). He ended his football career with Pelita Jaya in Indonesia.

At international level, Pasculli won the FIFA World Cup with the Argentina national football team in 1986. He started their first match against South Korea alongside Jorge Valdano, and scored the only goal in the victory against Uruguay in the round of 16, but was unused for the rest of the tournament. [1]

Although Pasculli was chosen for the 1987 Copa América, in which Argentina came fourth on home soil, he did not play any matches in the tournament. [2]

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player in 1996, Pasculli began working as a coach, mainly in the lower leagues of Italian football.

Pasculli became manager of Uganda in May 2003, and led the team to a goalless draw with Sudan in his first match in Kampala. [3] He managed the team despite being unable to speak English. [4] In June, he missed the team's crucial 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Rwanda and Ghana, as his father, whom he had not seen for over two years, was gravely ill in Argentina. [5] In September, he left the Cranes after turning down a US$24,000 contract that his agent called too low, and the representative also alleged that Pasculli had not been paid what was promised for his work. [6]

In September 2004, Pasculli was hired by FK Dinamo Tirana of the Albanian Superliga. An article on UEFA's website called his team "lacklustre" the following month. [7] He was replaced as manager by Faruk Sejdini, and returned to the helm in January 2005 when the latter was dismissed, and Pasculli then became director of football in March. [8]

On 5 October 2019, Pasculli was appointed manager of Bangor City in the Cymru North, the second tier of Welsh football, after former chairman Stephen Vaughan Jr. stepped down following a 7–0 loss to Prestatyn Town. [9] His link to the club was through new owner Domenico Serafino, an Italian musician who lived in Argentina. [1] At the end of the season, having failed to win promotion, he was replaced by his compatriot Hugo Colace. [10]

Playing honours

Club

Argentinos Juniors

International

Argentina

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hunter, Andy (16 October 2019). "Pedro Pasculli: from Maradona's World Cup roommate to Bangor City manager". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Copa América 1987". RSSSF . Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Oryada, Andrew Jackson (22 May 2003). "Pasculli's Ugandan challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Batte, Joseph (22 May 2003). "Uganda: Pasculli Shows Football is a Universal Language". All Africa. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Oryada, Andrew Jackson (16 June 2003). "Pasculli leaves Uganda". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Oryada, Andrew Jackson (22 September 2003). "Pasculli rejects Uganda offer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Tirana tyranny continues". UEFA. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Albania 2004/05". RSSSF . Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Pedro Pasculli: Bangor City appoint World Cup winner as new manager". BBC Sport. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Bangor City FC: Hugo Colace appointed first-team manager". North Wales Chronicle. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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