Pedro Troglio

Pedro Troglio
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. 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.
He stepped down as manager of Argentinos on 18 September 2011 after a bad start to the 2011–12 Apertura.
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 draught having won their last title in the 2015-16 Clausura. In 2019 Pedro and his team won the 2019-20 Clausura ending up a three and a half year 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
International
Honours
Player
River Plate
Argentine Primera División: 1985–86
Copa Libertadores: 1986
Intercontinental Cup: 1986
Copa Interamericana: 1986
Avispa Fukuoka
Japan Football League: 1995
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Argentine Primera División runner-up: 2001-02
Villa Dálmine
Primera C Metropolitana runner-up: 2002-03
Argentina
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990
Manager
Cerro Porteño
Paraguayan Primera División: 2009
C.D. Olimpia
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras: 2019 Apertura, 2020 Apertura, 2021 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2022 Apertura, 2023 Clausura
CONCACAF League: 2022
References
External links
Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Hellas Verona FC players
SS Lazio players
Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
J1 League players
Japan Football League (1992–1998) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Avispa Fukuoka players
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Argentina men's international footballers
1990 FIFA World Cup players
1989 Copa América players
Argentine football managers
Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba managers
Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata managers
Club Atlético Independiente managers
Cerro Porteño managers
Argentinos Juniors managers
Club Atlético Tigre managers
San Lorenzo de Almagro managers
Argentine Primera División players
Expatriate football managers in Honduras
Expatriate football managers in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Japan