Pedro Gallina

Pedro Gallina
Personal information
Full name Pedro Alfredo Gallina
Date of birth (1949-03-30)30 March 1949
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death 21 June 2022(2022-06-21) (aged 73)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1973 Ferro Carril Oeste 26 (4)
1972–1973 → Gimnasia LP (loan) 18 (4)
1974–1975 Lota Schwager 57 (23)
1976 Universidad Católica 29 (10)
1977–1979 Everton 43 (6)
1980 Cobresal 42 (11)
Total 215 (58)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Alfredo Gallina (30 March 1949 – 21 June 2022) was an Argentine footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Argentina and Chile.

Career

Gallina made his professional debut playing for Ferro Carril Oeste in a match versus All Boys on 4 April 1970. He reached to make twenty six appearances for the club until December 1972,[1] with a step on loan to Gimnasia LP in 1973, playing eighteen matches.[2]

In 1974 he moved to Chile to join Lota Schwager, playing 54 matches and scoring 23 goals until 1975. He became an idol of the club since it reached two of the best seasons of its history and was the runner-up of 1975 Copa Chile.[3] In 1976 he played for Universidad Católica, becoming the team top goalscorer with ten goals.[4] For Everton de Viña del Mar he played between 1977 and 1979, being remembered for a great goal versus Ñublense in 1978, which was chosen the best goal of the year and is considered the best goal scored at the Estadio Sausalito up to now.[5] In 1980, he moved to Cobresal in the Chilean Segunda División, the first season as a professional club, becoming the team top goalscorer again with 11 goals.[6]

Following his retirement, Gallina made his home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on 21 June 2022, at the age of 73.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Pedro Alfredo Gallina". LaFerropedia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Gallina, Pedro Alfredo". www.gelp.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ Inostroza, Paulo (24 June 2022). "Lota confía en Lacroix y llora por Pedro Gallina". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Madariaga, Carlos (22 June 2022). "Fallece Pedro Alfredo Gallina, ex futbolista argentino referente de Lota Schwager y Everton". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ "[Video] Un recuerdo al "mejor gol anotado en el Sausalito" por Pedro Gallina". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ Cyberata (30 April 2018). "1980 – Bienvenido al Fútbol Profesional" (in Spanish). Cobresal. Retrieved 25 July 2022.


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