Francisco Pizarro (Peruvian footballer)

Francsico Pizarro Fortunat (born 3 March 1971) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pizarro and the second or maternal family name is Fortunat.
Francisco Pizarro
Personal information
Full name Francisco Pizarro Fortunat
Date of birth (1971-03-03) 3 March 1971
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Sporting Cristal
1992–1993 León de Huánuco
1994–1997 Alianza Lima
1998 Alianza Atlético 32 (0)
1999 Juan Aurich 36 (0)
2000 Deportivo Municipal 17 (0)
2001–2002 Melgar 62 (1)
2003 Unión Huaral 15 (0)
2004 Atlético Universidad
2005 Sporting Cristal 2 (0)
2005 Atlético Universidad
2006–2007 Alianza Lima
Managerial career
2013 Alianza Lima (interim)
2015 Alianza Lima (interim)
2017 Deportivo Municipal (interim)
2017 Deportivo Municipal (interim)
2023 Ecosem Pasco
2023 UTC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Lima, Pizarro was a Sporting Cristal youth graduate. After making his first team debut in 1990, he played for two seasons with León de Huánuco before joining Alianza Lima in 1994. With the latter side, he featured in three Copa Libertadores editions, being a regular starter in the 1997 tournament.[1]

Pizarro signed for Alianza Atlético in 1998, and subsequently represented top tier sides Juan Aurich, Deportivo Municipal, Melgar, Unión Huaral and Atlético Universidad before returning to his first club Sporting Cristal for the 2005 season. After featuring rarely, he returned to Atlético Universidad later in that year.

In 2006, aged 34, Pizarro returned to Alianza Lima, but his second spell was marked by the fight with Flavio Maestri during a training in November of that year.[2] He retired in the following year, at the age of 36.

Managerial career

After retiring, Pizarro became a goalkeeping coach of Alianza in 2012, and was involved in a fight with León de Huánuco goalkeeper Juan Flores in August of that year, during a match between both clubs.[3] On 1 October 2013, he was named interim manager of Alianza, in the place of Wilmar Valencia.[4]

Back to his previous role after the appointment of Guillermo Sanguinetti, Pizarro was again named interim on 29 October 2015, after Gustavo Roverano resigned.[5] In the following month, he agreed to join Gustavo Costas' staff at Atlas, as a goalkeeping coach.[6]

Back to his home country in January 2017, Pizarro joined Deportivo Municipal's staff as a goalkeeping coach, but was appointed interim manager of the club on 22 May of that year, after Marcelo Grioni left.[7] He later worked as a goalkeeping coach of UTC and Ecosem Pasco, being appointed manager of the latter on 27 March 2023.[8]

Pizarro returned to UTC on 24 May 2023, now being named manager.[9] He left on a mutual agreement on 25 July, after one win in five matches.[10]

Honours

Player

Sporting Cristal

Alianza Lima

References
  1. "'Pancho' Pizarro, exarquero de Alianza Lima: los errores de los que hoy se arrepiente" ['Pancho' Pizarro, former Alianza Lima goalkeeper: the mistakes that he now regrets] (in Spanish). Trome. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ""Panchi" y "Cali" se mecharon" ["Panchi" and "Cali" had a fight] (in Spanish). El Popular. 24 November 2006. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. "Partido entre Alianza y León terminó en bronca" [Match between Alianza and León ended up in a fight] (in Spanish). Perú.21. 18 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. "Fútbol Peruano: Francisco Pizarro será el técnico interino de Alianza Lima" [Peruvian football: Francisco Pizarro will be the interim manager of Alianza Lima] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. "Alianza Lima confirmó que Francisco Pizarro será el entrenador interino" [Alianza Lima confirmed that Francisco Pizarro will be the interim manager] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. "Francisco Pizarro: ¿de técnico interino de Alianza Lima al Atlas de México?" [Francisco Pizarro: from interim manager of Alianza Lima to Atlas from Mexico?] (in Spanish). Depor. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. "Deportivo Municipal: "Por el momento, Francisco Pizarro es el técnico interino del equipo"" [Deportivo Municipal: "For now, Francisco Pizarro is the interim manager of the team"] (in Spanish). Depor. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  8. "Copa Perú: Ecosem Pasco oficializó la llegada de Francisco Pizarro como DT para la temporada 2023" [Copa Perú: Ecosem Pasco turned official the arrival of Francisco Pizarro as manager for the 2023 season] (in Spanish). FútbolPeruano.com. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  9. "Francisco Pizarro fue elegido como entrenador de UTC tras la salida de Marcelo Grioni" [Francisco Pizarro was chosen as manager of UTC after the departure of Marcelo Grioni] (in Spanish). FútbolPeruano.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  10. "¡Se va! Francisco Pizarro dejó de ser entrenador de UTC" [He's leaving! Francisco Pizarro ceased to be manager of UTC] (in Spanish). Ovación. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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