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Juan Pajuelo

Juan Pajuelo

Peruvian footballer and manager (born 1974)


Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez (born 23 September 1974) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

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Club career

Born in Lima, Pajuelo played for most of his career with Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal and Universitario de Deportes in the Primera División Peruana.[1] He also had spells with Los Andes and Estudiantes de La Plata in the Primera División Argentina,[2] Atlas in the Primera División de México[3] and Ionikos in the Greek Super League.[4]

International career

Pajuelo also made 25 appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1999 to 2003.[5]

Coaching career

In March 2014, Pajuelo was hired as an assistant manager for his former club Universitario.[6] On 1 September 2015, manager Luis Fernando Suárez was fired and Pajuelo took over as a caretaker manager.[7] It only lasted for some days, before Roberto Challe was hired.[8]

Pajuelo left Universitario at the end of 2015, and became the manager of Atlético Torino for the 2016 season.[9] He was fired on 19 May 2016 due to bad results.[10]

In July 2018, he then became the manager of Comerciantes Unidos.[9] He was fired again after two months.[9] In January 2019, he returned to Universitario and was hired as the reserve team manager.[11]


References

  1. "Ficha de Juan Pajuelo". Futbol Peruano. Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  2. "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  3. "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  4. Juan Pajuelo at Soccerway

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