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Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja (born 7 June 1968) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and the current manager of Club León in Mexico. He spent the bulk of his club career in Spain, mainly at Tenerife, helping to the side's consolidation in La Liga and amassing top division totals of 221 games and 92 goals over the course of eight seasons – he also played for Valencia and Barcelona. Born in Argentina, Pizzi represented the Spanish national team for four years,〔(Clemente abre las puertas a los nacionalizados (Clemente opens doors to naturalized) ); El País, 8 November 1994 〕 appearing with it in one World Cup and one European Championship. After retiring, he embarked on a managerial career. ==Club career== Born in Santa Fe, Pizzi started his professional career with Rosario Central, before transferring to Mexico's Deportivo Toluca FC. After only one year he moved to CD Tenerife, experiencing great individual success (30 goals in his first two seasons combined) while also helping the Canary Islands club qualify for the UEFA Cup in his second year. This performances prompted interest from fellow La Liga side Valencia CF, and his subsequent purchase. However, highly unsettled, Pizzi returned at the end of the campaign to his previous team and in the second season in his second spell he fired the team into another UEFA Cup qualification, topping the goal charts at 31 in 41 games, also good enough for the European Golden Boot. After that, Pizzi transferred to FC Barcelona: never an undisputed starter, barred by Ronaldo, Sonny Anderson and the versatile Luis Enrique during his two-season stint, he managed to net 11 times in the league alone, being very popular among the Camp Nou faithful. With Barcelona he won the Spanish Supercup in 1996, the UEFA Super Cup and Copa del Rey in 1997, conquering the latter again in the following year, in which he also won his only league title. Arguably, his most memorable moment was the decisive goal in the 5–4 home win over Atlético Madrid in the domestic cup's quarterfinals second leg, after the ''Blaugrana'' trailed 0–3 at half-time.〔(16-year anniversary of FC Barcelona's historic 5–4 comeback against Atlético Madrid ); Barcelona's official website, 3 December 2013〕 Subsequently Pizzi returned to Argentina to play for Club Atlético River Plate, then had an unassuming spell in Portugal for F.C. Porto. After starting 2001–02 back with Rosario he signed with Villarreal CF for its closure, as the club had lost to a severe leg injury countryman Martín Palermo. After his retirement, aged almost 34, Pizzi played polo in the Barcelona region, then started his coaching career. Together with José del Solar he managed Argentine first division's Club Atlético Colón at the beginning of the ''Clausura'' 2005, but both were sacked after three losses in the first three matches. On 13 April 2006 Pizzi became the coach of Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres, in the Peruvian top level.〔(Pizzi asumió en Deportivo San Martín (Pizzi took over at Deportivo San Martín) ); Terra, 13 April 2006 〕 He returned to his country of birth five years later, working with Rosario Central and San Lorenzo de Almagro and winning the 2013 ''Inicial'' with the latter.〔(Pizzi, de renunciado a campeón (Pizzi, from surplus to champion) ); Goal.com, 16 December 2013 〕 On 26 December 2013 Pizzi returned to Valencia after 20 years, being appointed manager. His first game in charge was on 4 January of the following year, a 2–0 derby home win over Levante UD. Pizzi was sacked on 2 July 2014, after new owner Peter Lim took over. It was the first time in 16 years that Valencia had failed to qualify for Europe, after an eighth-place finish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan Antonio Pizzi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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