- Dwight Pezzarossi
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pezzarossi and the second or maternal family name is García.
Dwight Pezzarossi Personal information Full name Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García Date of birth 4 September 1979 Place of birth Guatemala City, Guatemala Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Deportes La Serena Number 20 Youth career Deportivo Escuintla Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–2000 Comunicaciones 2000–2001 Argentinos Juniors 7 (0) 2001 Palestino 23 (13) 2002 Santiago Wanderers 8 (4) 2002–2003 Racing de Ferrol 36 (8) 2003–2004 Comunicaciones 29 (12) 2004 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0) 2004–2005 Comunicaciones 35 (9) 2005–2006 Racing de Ferrol 11 (3) 2006–2007 Numancia 1 (0) 2007–2008 Deportivo Marquense 21 (9) 2008–2011 Comunicaciones 27 (11) 2011– Deportes La Serena 14 (3) National team‡ 2000– Guatemala 59 (14) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2011Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García born (4 September 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a professional football forward who currently plays for Deportes La Serena in Chile's Primera Division
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Club career
Target man Pezzarossi, nicknamed El Tanque ("the Tank", due to his size), started his footballing career with Guatemalan lower division club Deportivo Escuintla. He spent one year there before signing for a club in the top Guatemalan league, Comunicaciones.
In 2003, he became the third Guatemalan footballer ever to sign with a Spanish club, joining Racing de Ferrol.[1] He has played for a number of different clubs in different countries including Argentinos Juniors of Argentina, Palestino and Santiago Wanderers[2] of Chile, and Bolton Wanderers of England. He played for Racing de Ferrol again in 2006, before being transferred to Numancia. He could not claim a regular place there and joined Deportivo Marquense in 2007.[3]
In 2008, while playing for Marquense, he had a trial with Italian Serie B side Pisa Calcio.[4]
La Serena
During the 2011 Copa América break, it was reported that Pezzarossi would join to Chilean Primera División side Deportes La Serena in a season deal. On 27 June, Pezzarossi arrived to Chile and then he joined to La Serena in a one-year contract. He debuted for La Serena in a 3–0 away loss against Universidad de Chile, playing only 23 minutes in the game after of replace to his teammate Juan Sánchez Sotelo. The following match, Pezzarossi scored in the 2–0 win of La Serena to Universidad de Concepción in the 88th minute, after an impressive header.
His good performance in La Serena made that Pezzarossi was recalled to the national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in where he scored in a 3–0 win of his country. After of his international participation, he scored for La Serena in a 2–0 win to Santiago Wanderers, a historic triumph of his team after 20 years of footballing paterny over La Serena at Valparaíso. His thrid goal for the club came against Unión Española in a dramatic 3–2 win, in where the keeper Marcos Gutiérrez saved the team of the draw, after of save a penalty to Leonardo Monje.
International career
Pezzarossi made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 54 caps, scoring 12 goals.[5] He has represented the Guatemalan team in 19 games in the FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns of 2002, 2006 and 2010.[6] He remarkably only played two games at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, coming on as a substitute against El Salvador in 2007 and again as a substitute against Grenada in 2011.
International goals
- Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
External links
- Career stats - National Football Teams
References
- ^ (Spanish) ""Un tanque en España"". Diario La Hora. http://www.lahora.com.gt/02/07/15/paginas/deportes.htm#n1. Retrieved 2007-01-20.[dead link]
- ^ Silvio Fernández y Dwight Pezzarossi: "En Wanderers la romperemos a goles - La Cuarta (Spanish)
- ^ Dwight Pezzarossi llega a Marquense - El Periodico (Spanish)
- ^ El centro delantero del equipo de Comunicaciones, Dwight Pezzarossi, ajustará cinco días de la siguiente semana en el club Pisa Calcio de la Segunda División del fútbol italiano - La Hora (Spanish)
- ^ Guatemala - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
Guatemala squads Guatemala squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Klee • 2 Morales • 3 Melgar • 4 Chen • 5 Hernández • 6 G. Cabrera • 7 Thompson • 8 Romero • 9 Zacarías • 10 Villatoro • 11 Ramírez • 12 Figueroa • 13 Martínez • 14 E. Ponciano • 17 Pezzarossi • 20 C. Ruiz • 21 R. Gómez • 22 Molina • 23 Sandoval • 24 Dávila • 25 P.C. Motta • 26 Sanabria • Coach: MaradiagaGuatemala squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 Trigueño • 2 Noriega • 3 Melgar • 4 Flores • 5 Medina • 6 G. Cabrera • 7 Albizuris • 8 Contreras • 9 Villatoro • 11 Ávila • 12 Figueroa • 13 Martínez • 14 R. Gómez • 15 Swisher • 16 de Matta • 17 Pezzarossi • 18 Quiñónez • 19 Rodríguez • 20 C. Ruiz • 22 Molina • 23 Sandoval • 25 P.C. Motta • 27 Arreola • Coach: H.D. GómezGuatemala squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Guatemala City
- Guatemalan people of Italian descent
- Guatemalan footballers
- Guatemalan expatriate footballers
- Guatemala international footballers
- 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- CSD Comunicaciones players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- CD Palestino players
- Deportes La Serena players
- Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers players
- Racing de Ferrol footballers
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- CD Numancia players
- Deportivo Marquense players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera División Argentina players
- Guatemalan expatriates in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Guatemalan football biography stubs
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