Pedro Troglio

Pedro Antonio Troglio (born 28 July 1965) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Banfield.

Playing career During his career as a footballer, Troglio played for River Plate, as well as at the 1990 FIFA World Cup with Argentina, where he scored a goal against the USSR.

He then spent the main part of his career in Italy, playing four seasons in Serie A (for Hellas Verona, Lazio and Ascoli) and two in Serie B.

During the final years of his career, Troglio played for Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and Villa Dálmine (a fourth division team where he played alongside fellow veterans José Basualdo, Roberto Monserrat, Mario Pobersnik and Raúl "Pacha" Cardozo).

Coaching career Troglio then went on to coach Godoy Cruz de Mendoza in Primera B Nacional but he left in the middle of the tournament to take on in March 2005 a demoralized Gimnasia and helped keep the team in the Primera. The next season, he led them to 2nd place in the Apertura tournament, equalling their highest finish ever.

In June 2006 his #21 jersey was retired in Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, being this the first number ever retired in an Argentine football club.

After the successful 2005 campaign, Gimnasia has performance declined markedly. Following a series of defeats in national and international competitions, including a 7:0 derby defeat to Estudiantes de La Plata, Troglio resigned in April 2007, and was temporarily replaced with former aide Ricardo Kuzemka. Nevertheless, Troglio's status with fans did not deteriorate strongly, with most press articles blaming club president Juan José Muñoz on the poor performances of the team.

In 2007, after Jorge Burruchaga's departure of Independiente, Troglio was hired to manage this institution. In March 2008, after an erratic season start, Troglio was sacked and replaced by Miguel Angel Santoro.

In 2009, he won the campeonato Apertura with Cerro Porteño. On 30 May 2010 Argentinos Juniors hired the former Cerro Porteno coach to replace Claudio Borghi.

He stepped down as manager of Argentinos on 18 September 2011 after a bad start to the 2011–12 Apertura.

In 2019 he agreed to move to Honduras to manage CD Olimpia, the club with most titles in the country. He arrived to a team experiencing a 6-tournament drought, having won their last title in the 2015–16 Clausura. In 2019 Pedro and his team won the 2019–20 Clausura, ending a three-and-a-half-year stretch without winning the cup.

On June 2, 2022, he re-signed with former club CD Olimpia after a short period with Argentine club San Lorenzo.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Godoy Cruz10 January 200527 March 2005 Gimnasia La Plata2 April 20053 April 2007 Independiente1 July 200724 March 2008 Barcelona1 July 200830 June 2009 Cerro Porteño1 July 20095 June 2010 Argentinos Juniors6 June 201018 September 2011 Gimnasia La Plata6 October 201114 March 2016 Tigre23 March 201619 March 2017 Universitario22 March 201730 June 2018 Gimnasia La Plata1 July 201817 February 2019 C.D. Olimpia1 July 201931 December 2021 San Lorenzo1 January 202214 April 2022 C.D. Olimpia2 June 202231 December 2024 Instituto1 January 20259 April 2025 Banfield29 April 2025present Total

Honours

Player River Plate Argentine Primera División: 1985–86 Copa Libertadores: 1986 Intercontinental Cup: 1986 Copa Interamericana: 1986

Avispa Fukuoka Japan Football League: 1995

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Argentine Primera División runner-up: 2001-02

Villa Dálmine Primera C Metropolitana runner-up: 2002–03

Argentina Youth South American Games: 1986

Argentina FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990

Manager Cerro Porteño Paraguayan Primera División: 2009

C.D. Olimpia Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras: 2019 Apertura, 2020 Apertura, 2021 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, 2022 Apertura, 2023 Clausura CONCACAF League: 2022