Dante Pesce

Dante Pesce
Personal information
Full name José Dante Pesce Figueroa[1]
Date of birth (1930-10-08)8 October 1930
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 82)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1954 Universidad de Chile
1954 → LDU Quito (loan)
1955–1960 Green Cross
1961 Universidad Católica
Managerial career
1961 Green Cross (youth)
1961 Green Cross
1963 ACF (youth)
1963–1964 San Luis
1965 Unión Española
1965 Universidad Católica (assistant)
1965 Iberia
1965 Concepción-Lord
1966 Deportes La Serena
1967 Deportes La Serena
1968 O'Higgins
1968–1970 Deportes La Serena
1971 Palestino
1972–1973 Lota Schwager
1975 Audax Italiano
1976 Deportes La Serena
1977–1979 Universidad de Chile (youth)
1980 Deportes La Serena
1981 Santiago Wanderers
1981–1982 Deportes La Serena
1986 Provincial Osorno
1999 Deportes La Serena (youth)
1999 Deportes La Serena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Dante Pesce Figueroa (8 October 1930 – 23 June 2013), known as Dante Pesce, was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Ecuador.

Career

As player

A forward from the Universidad de Chile youth system, Pesce made his debut on 29 April 1950 in a 4–3 win against Universidad Católica, scoring the first goal. In 1954, he was loaned to Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito, scoring a goal in the first official match in the club history.[2][3] He and his compatriot Carlos Arce[4] became the first Chileans to play for them before players such as Pedro Pérez, Adolfo Ovalle, Edson Puch, among others.[5]

Back in Chile, he played for Green Cross until 1960[6][7] and Universidad Católica in the 1961 Copa Chile Green Cross, scoring two goals in the final match.[8]

As manager

He developed his career in Chile. Subsequently, his retirement, he began coaching Green Cross in the top division.[9] In that division, he also led San Luis,[10] Unión Española,[11] Deportes La Serena,[12][1] O'Higgins[13] and Lota Schwager.[14]

In the second division, he led Iberia, Palestino,[15] Audax Italiano, Deportes La Serena, Santiago Wanderers and Provincial Osorno.[7]

At youth level, he worked in the systems of Green Cross, Universidad de Chile[16] and Deportes La Serena. In 1963, he also coached a youth team made up by players from clubs in the Asociación Central de Fútbol (ACF) in a national championship in Arica.[7]

In addition, he served as assistant in Universidad Católica in 1965[7] and was the third manager of Concepción-Lord, later Deportes Concepción, in the 1965 regional championship.[17]

Personal life

He made an appearance in the 1988 German film Der Radfahrer vom San Cristóbal (The Cyclist of San Cristóbal) by Peter Lilienthal, about a cyclist in the context of the Chilean society in the 1980s.[18]

He suffered the Alzheimer's disease and died on 23 June 2013.[2][19]

Legacy

Pesce was a founder member of the Association of Football Managers in Chile alongside coaches such as Fernando Riera, Hugo Tassara, José Santos Arias, among others.[20]

As a football coach of Deportes La Serena, he is considered a forefather of football academies in La Serena.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b Rivera Valencia, Carlos (12 September 2020). "Bozán iguala el peor inicio de campaña de La Serena". Diario El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Aguirre Dueñas, Jaime (23 June 2017). "Dante Pesce (QEPD), a 4 años de la partida de un ex azul". 100% Azules (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ Gómez, Luis Fernando (6 July 2007). "NOTA 1954". Archivo Fútbol Ecuatoriano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Baldeón Loza, Luis Miguel (2013). ERNESTO GUERRA: Once contra once (PDF) (in Spanish). Quito, Ecuador: Central University of Ecuador. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Edson Puch es el septimo chileno que vestirá la camiseta blanca de la 'U'". www.365ldu.com (in Spanish). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Club de Deportes GREEN CROSS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Dante PESCE". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. ^ Vladimirovna, Svetlana (23 July 2023). "En Vivo Audax Italiano contra U. La Calera". rockycotard-art. Retrieved 2 October 2023. La final fue en partidos de ida y vuelta, en donde Universidad Católica logró imponerse en el primer partido con doblete de Dante Pesce.
  9. ^ Chisleanschi, Rodolfo (31 May 2023). "Green Cross, el club chileno al que un misterioso accidente aéreo le truncó la historia". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^ Manzo, Francisco (13 October 2020). "San Luis y los ingleses". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Union Española 1965 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Fotografía Patrimonial - Dante Pesce". www.fotografiapatrimonial.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Historia - LLEGA LEONARDO BEDOYA COMO DT". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ Iturriaga, Jorge (March 2004). "El fútbol y los futbolistas en el Chile de 1973". www.efdeportes.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. ^ Palomino, Marcelo (10 October 1995). "Cómo fue..." (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). 172. Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 42–43. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Sandrino Castec: No quise cambiar la camiseta, me la traje por el gol". Historia Deportiva (in Spanish). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. ^ Rivas, Ilich (12 November 2021). "El 'Conce' antes del 'Conce': Concepción Lord en el Campeonato Regional de 1965". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Se estrena en Chile histórico filme realizado en el país en 1987 por el cineasta alemán Peter Lilienthal". Todalacultura.org (in Spanish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  19. ^ (Club Deportes La Serena) Ultimo minuto on Facebook (in Spanish). 23 June 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  20. ^ Silva, Gerardo (2 October 2023). "Colegio de Técnicos: una labor tan silenciosa como trascendente". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Década de 1960". DEPORTES LA SERENA (in Spanish). 13 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2023.