Pier Luigi Cherubino

Pier
Personal information
Full name Pier Luigi Cherubino Loggi
Date of birth (1971-10-15) 15 October 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Tenerife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1994 Tenerife 73 (15)
1994–1995 Sporting Gijón 35 (11)
1995–1997 Betis 73 (23)
1997–1998 Zaragoza 30 (1)
1998–2002 Tenerife 64 (12)
2002 Extremadura 14 (4)
2002–2003 Terrassa 9 (0)
2003–2005 Laguna
2005–2006 Esperanza
2006–2007 Alcalá 19 (4)
Total 317 (70)
International career
1991 Spain U19 3 (2)
1991 Spain U20 3 (3)
1991–1994 Spain U21 10 (1)
1994 Spain 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Granadilla (women)
2019–2020 Betis (women)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pier Luigi Cherubino Loggi (born 15 October 1971), known simply as Pier, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager.

Over ten seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 227 games and 54 goals in representation of four clubs, mainly Tenerife.

Playing career

Club

Born in Rome, Italy, Pier was raised in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife,[1] and made his professional debut with CD Tenerife's first team during the 1990–91 season. In 16 La Liga matches he scored one goal, in a 1–1 away draw against Real Betis on 6 January 1991,[2] and would be relatively used in the subsequent campaigns, also appearing in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup.[3]

Pier would develop into a top-flight attacking player in 1994–95, with Sporting de Gijón,[4] and in his two seasons at Betis, where he formidably teamed up with former Real Madrid's Alfonso – the pair combined for 60 league goals from 1995 to 1997, finishing fourth in the latter season.[5]

After failing to produce at Real Zaragoza,[6] Pier returned to Tenerife, where he achieved a top-tier promotion when the team was coached by Rafael Benítez,[7] and also played for six months in CF Extremadura alongside former Atlético Madrid great Kiko.[8]

Pier retired in 2007 at nearly 36, after three seasons in the lower leagues.[1]

International

Pier made his debut (his only match)[1] for the Spain national team on 12 October 1994, in an away UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier against Macedonia, coming on as a substitute for Julio Salinas who had scored both goals in a 2–0 win.[9]

Coaching career

In October 2018, Pier was appointed at UD Granadilla Tenerife of the Spanish Primera División (women).[10] He resigned the following May, having taken them to an all-time best fourth-place finish.[11]

On 29 December 2019, Pier returned to Betis by taking the helm of the women's team until the end of the season.[12]

Honours

Spain U21

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Skale, Alejandro (17 May 2019). "¿Qué fue de Pier? El delantero por el que se hipotecó Lopera" [What happened to Pier? The forward that made Lopera go bankrupt]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ Sánchez Araújo, J.A. (7 January 1991). "Buen regalo de Reyes Magos para el Betis en Tenerife" [Good Wise Men gift for Betis in Tenerife]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Castañeda, Álvaro (20 October 1993). "Tenerife necesitará otra gesta" [Tenerife will need another exploit]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Pier despierta su rivalidad con el Real Oviedo" [Pier awakens his rivalry with Real Oviedo] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ Pinto, Juan (6 January 2013). "En el espejo de Alfonso y Pier" [Mirroring Alfonso and Pier]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. ^ Chueca, Jesús (27 May 2019). "Pier Luigi Cherubino: «Siempre asumí que fue un gran fracaso y todavía siento pena»" [Pier Luigi Cherubino: "I always admitted I failed miserably and I still feel bad about it"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  7. ^ Gutiérrez, Juan Jesús (18 June 2022). "Pier Cherubino: "El Tenerife va a dar su mejor versión y creo que se va a lograr el ascenso"" [Pier Cherubino: "Tenerife are going to show their best version and I think promotion will be achieved"]. Diario de Avisos (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Kiko y Pier fichan por el Extremadura" [Kiko and Pier sign for Extremadura]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 January 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ^ Román, Rogelio (13 October 1994). "Salinas vuelve y los marca a pares" [Salinas returns and scores in pairs]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  10. ^ Valls, Ariadna (16 October 2018). "Pier Luigi Cherubino, nuevo entrenador del Granadilla Egatesa" [Pier Luigi Cherubino, new coach of Granadilla Egatesa]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  11. ^ Gil, Aimara A. (6 May 2019). "Pier se despide del Granadilla; su relevo será David Amaral" [Pier says goodbye to Granadilla; his replacement will be David Amaral]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Pier Luigi Cherubino, nuevo entrenador del Real Betis Féminas" [Pier Luigi Cherubino, new Real Betis Féminas manager] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.