Pedro Troglio

Pedro Troglio
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Antonio Troglio
Date of birth	28 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	CD Olimpia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1988	River Plate
1988–1989	Verona
1989–1991	Lazio
1991–1994	Ascoli
1994–1996	Avispa Fukuoka
1997–2002	Gimnasia La Plata
2002–2003	Villa Dálmine
Total
International career
1987–1990	Argentina
Managerial career
2004–2005	Godoy Cruz
2005–2007	Gimnasia La Plata
2007–2008	Independiente
2008–2010	Cerro Porteño
2010–2011	Argentinos Juniors
2011–2016	Gimnasia La Plata
2016	Tigre
2017–2018	Universitario
2018–2019	Gimnasia La Plata
2019–2021	CD Olimpia
2022	San Lorenzo
2022–	CD Olimpia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Antonio Troglio (born 28 July 1965) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Honduran club CD Olimpia

Playing career

During his career as a footballer, Troglio played for River Plate, as well as at the 1990 FIFA World Cup with 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 in 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 Argentinos on 18 September 2011 after a bad start to the 2011–12 Apertura.^[3]

In 2019 he agreed to move to Honduras to manage CD Olimpia, the club with most titles in the country. He arrived to a team experiencing a 6-tournament drought, having won their last title in the 2015–16 Clausura. In 2019 Pedro and his team won the 2019–20 Clausura, ending a three-and-a-half-year stretch without winning the cup.

On June 2, 2022, he re-signed with former club CD Olimpia after a short period with Argentine club San Lorenzo.

Career statistics

Club

^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argentina			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
1985–86	River Plate	Primera División	1	0					1	0
1986–87			23	1					23	1
1987–88			33	2					33	2
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Total
1988–89	Hellas Verona	Serie A	32	1					32	1
1989–90	Lazio	Serie A	24	0					24	0
1990–91	Lazio	Serie A	16	1					16	1
1991–92	Ascoli	Serie A	32	4					32	4
1992–93		Serie B	38	6					38	6
1993–94		Serie B	36	3					36	3
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1994	Fujieda Blux	Football League	0	0	1	0	-		1	0
1995	Fukuoka Blux	Football League	29	10	3	1	-		32	11
1996	Avispa Fukuoka	J1 League	27	10	1	0	14	2	42	12
Argentina			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
1996/97	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	Primera División	15	0					15	0
1997–98			6	1					6	1
1998–99			35	3					35	3
1999–2000			28	0					28	0
2000–01			13	0					13	0
2001–02			27	0					27	0
2002–03	Unión	Primera División	31	4					31	4
Country	Argentina		212	11					212	11
	Italy		178	15					178	15
	Japan		56	20	5	1	14	2	75	23
Total			446	46	5	1	14	2	465	49