Leonardo Pisculichi

Leonardo Nicolás Pisculichi (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈnaɾðo piskuˈlitʃi]; born 18 January 1984) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[2] He won the Copa Sudamericana in 2014 and Copa Libertadores in 2015 with River Plate. [3][4]

Leonardo Pisculichi
Pisculichi in his return to Argentinos Juniors
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Nicolás Pisculichi[1]
Date of birth (1984-01-18) 18 January 1984[1]
Place of birth Rafael Castillo, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Argentinos Juniors 57 (18)
2006 Mallorca 20 (3)
2007–2012 Al-Arabi 124 (67)
2012–2013 Shandong Luneng 9 (1)
2014 Argentinos Juniors 15 (4)
2014–2016 River Plate 69 (10)
2017 Vitória 3 (0)
2017–2019 Argentinos Juniors 35 (5)
2019–2021 Burgos 38 (6)
Total 370 (114)
International career
2003 Argentina U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Pisculichi started his career with Argentinos Juniors, making his first division debut on 20 February 2002, against Talleres de Córdoba. He was transferred to Spain's RCD Mallorca on 4 January 2006.

Pisculichi (in left) with Al-Arabi in action against Fábio César Montezine of Al-Rayyan in 2011

On 30 November 2006, he was transferred to Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar, for €3.9 million, with the move being made effective in January of the following year.

In July 2012, Pisculichi transferred to the Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan. In 2014, he joined the Argentine powerhouse River Plate. While at River Plate, he won the 2014 Copa Sudamericana against Atletico Nacional. He left River in December 2016 and signed for Brazilian side Esporte Clube Vitória in January 2017.

Return to Argentina

Having left Vitória in May 2017, Pisculichi returned to the newly promoted Argentinos Juniors in August 2017. He was the first signee of the campaign.

Burgers CF

In June 2019, Pisculichi joined Spanish Segunda División B club Burgos CF.[5]

International career

Pisculichi played in the 2003 South American Youth Championship in Uruguay, representing the Argentina youth football team. He started the game against hosts Uruguay and scored in the 82nd minute. He also came on as a substitute in a match against Brazil.[6]

He was set to be naturalized to play for the Qatar national team by 2009. However, he should have said that he had previously represented the Argentina under-20 team, rendering him ineligible to play for the Qatar team without special permission from FIFA.

The same scenario occurred in 2012. The Al-Arabi administration wanted to naturalize him to have an extra foreign player in their squad to participate in the AFC Champions League. He did not gain Qatari citizenship, and the local media criticized the club's management.[6][7]

Personal life

Pisculichi is of Croatian descent. His family Hispanicized their surname Piškulić (originally from the town of Novi Vinodolski) to its current spelling.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 February 2021[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2001–02 Argentine Primera División 81————81
2002–03 Primera B Nacional 10————10
2003–04 10————10
2004–05 21————21
2004–05 Argentine Primera División 347————347
2005–06 1410————1410
Mallorca 2005–06 La Liga 163————163
2006–07 40—1 0——50
Total 20300100000213
Al-Arabi 2009–10 Qatar Stars League ?18—00——?18
2008–09 ?21—00——?21
2009–10 ?3—00——?3
2010–11 ?8—00——?8
2011–12 215—0 05[lower-alpha 1]2—262
Total ?5500005200?57
Shandong Luneng 2012 Chinese Super League 20—0 0——20
2013 71—0 0——71
Total 910000000091
Argentinos Juniors 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 154————154
River Plate 2014 Argentine Primera División 165—209[lower-alpha 2]2—277
2015 170—2012[lower-alpha 3]13[lower-alpha 4]0341
2016 71—0 03[lower-alpha 5]1—102
Total 4060041243307110
Vitória 2017 Serie A 203[lower-alpha 6]000—1060
Argentinos Juniors 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 185—30——215
2018–19 170—1 01[lower-alpha 2]0—190
Total 110280040100011528
Burgos 2019–20 Segunda División B 225—20——245
2020–21 101—0 0——101
Total 32600200000346
Career total ?993011130540?105
  1. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Four appearances and one goal in Copa Sudamericana, eight appearances in Copa Libertadores
  4. Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, and one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  6. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Baiano

Honors
River Plate
Vitória

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players: River Plate" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
  2. Argentinos en el futbol del mundo (1ra Parte)
  3. Olé (2018-11-27). "A cuatro años del Pisculichazo". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  4. Grez, Matias (2015-08-06). "Copa Libertadores 2015: River Plate triumph against Mexican side Tigres". CNN. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  5. Pisculichi se acerca al Burgos de Caselli, dobleamarilla.com.ar, 13 June 2019
  6. القضية السواء تنبش انفراداً لـ"استاد الدوحة" عمره 32 شهراً. (in Arabic). Estad Doha. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  7. حرمان الأرجنتيني بيسكوليتشي من الجنسية القطرية (in Arabic). SportsKSA. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  8. Leonardo Pisculichi at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  9. "Pisculichi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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