Juan Pajuelo

Juan Pajuelo
Personal information
Full name Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez
Date of birth (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Alianza Lima
1994–1997 Deportivo Municipal 80 (5)
1997–2000 Universitario 114 (3)
2000–2001 Los Andes 17 (1)
2001 Bachilleres
2002 Atlas 2 (0)
2002–2003 Estudiantes LP 9 (0)
2003–2004 Universitario 55 (2)
2005 Atlético Universidad 19 (2)
2005–2007 Ionikos 21 (0)
2008 Juan Aurich 17 (0)
2008 Olímpico Aurora
2009 Sport Boys 19 (0)
2010 José Gálvez 11 (1)
International career
1999–2003 Peru 25 (3)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Universitario (assistant)
2015 Universitario (caretaker)
2016 Atlético Torino
2018 Comerciantes Unidos
2019–2022 Universitario (reserves)
2021 Universitario (interim)
2022 Deportivo Municipal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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 25 October 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  2. ^ "PAJUELO Juan Luciano - Futbolista (ficha y estadisticas)". Futbol XXI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Liga MX player profile and statistics". MedioTiempo.com.
  4. ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  6. ^ 'Chemo' Del Solar: "Siento que nunca me fui de la 'U'", peru21.pe, 24 March 2014
  7. ^ Universitario de Deportes: Juan Pajuelo dirigiría ante Alianza Atlético, elbocon.pe, 1 September 2015
  8. ^ Roberto Challe: ¿Qué hacía antes de ser técnico de Universitario? Archived 21 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, peru.com, 10 September 2015
  9. ^ a b c Juan Pajuelo at Soccerway
  10. ^ Juan Pajuelo dejó de ser el entrenador de Torino Archived 23 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, adfp-sd.com, 19 May 2016
  11. ^ Universitario de Deportes anunció a Juan Pajuelo como entrenador del equipo de Reservas, peru21.de, 4 January 2019


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