Pedro Troglio

Pedro Troglio (born July 28 1965 in Luján, Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football player and the current manager of Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.

During his career as a footballer, Troglio played for River Plate, as well as in the 1990 FIFA World Cup with the Argentina, where he scored a goal against the USSR. At the final years of his career, Troglio played for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Villa Dalmine (a fourth division team where he played alongside José Basualdo, Roberto Monserrat, Mario Pobersnik and Raúl "Pacha" Cardozo).

Troglio then went on to coach Godoy Cruz de Mendoza and left in the middle of the tournament to take on a demoralized Gimnasia and helped maintain the category in the first tournament and promote it to the highest positions in Argentine football, as Gimnasia finished the 2005 Apertura tournament in second place.

In June 2006 his #21 jersey was retired inGimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, being this the first number ever retired in a soccer club in Argentina.

Club history

Clubs matches and goals

• 1983-1988 River Plate - Argentina (59, 3)
• 1988-1989 Verona -Italy (32, 1)
• 1989-1991 Lazio - Italy (40, 1)
• 1991-1994 Ascoli - Italy (106, 13)
• 1994-1997 Fukuoka - Japan (56, 20)
• 1997-2002 Gimnasia La Plata - Argentina (124, 4)
• 2002-2003 Villa Dalmine - Argentina (31, 4)