Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Dante Pesce Figueroa [1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 October 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Date of death | 23 June 2013 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Universidad de Chile | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1950–1954 | Universidad de Chile | ||
1954 | → LDU Quito (loan) | ||
1955–1960 | Green Cross | ||
1961 | Universidad Católica | ||
Managerial career | |||
1961 | Green Cross (youth) | ||
1961 | Green Cross | ||
1963 | ACF (youth) | ||
1963–1964 | San Luis | ||
1965 | Unión Española | ||
1965 | Universidad Católica (assistant) | ||
1965 | Iberia | ||
1965 | Concepción-Lord | ||
1966 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1967 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1968 | O'Higgins | ||
1968–1970 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1971 | Palestino | ||
1972–1973 | Lota Schwager | ||
1975 | Audax Italiano | ||
1976 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1977–1979 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
1980 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1981 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
1981–1982 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1986 | Provincial Osorno | ||
1999 | Deportes La Serena (youth) | ||
1999 | Deportes La Serena | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Dante Pesce Figueroa (8 October 1930 – 23 June 2013), known as Dante Pesce, was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Ecuador.
A forward from the Universidad de Chile youth system, Pesce made his debut on 29 April 1950 in a 4–3 win against Universidad Católica, scoring the first goal. In 1954, he was loaned to Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito, scoring a goal in the first official match in the club history. [2] [3] He and his compatriot Carlos Arce [4] became the first Chileans to play for them before players such as Pedro Pérez, Adolfo Ovalle, Edson Puch, among others. [5]
Back in Chile, he played for Green Cross until 1960 [6] [7] and Universidad Católica in the 1961 Copa Chile Green Cross, scoring two goals in the final match. [8]
He developed his career in Chile. Subsequently, his retirement, he began coaching Green Cross in the top division. [9] In that division, he also led San Luis, [10] Unión Española, [11] Deportes La Serena, [12] [1] O'Higgins [13] and Lota Schwager. [14]
In the second division, he led Iberia, Palestino, [15] Audax Italiano, Deportes La Serena, Santiago Wanderers and Provincial Osorno. [7]
At youth level, he worked in the systems of Green Cross, Universidad de Chile [16] and Deportes La Serena. In 1963, he also coached a youth team made up by players from clubs in the Asociación Central de Fútbol (ACF) in a national championship in Arica. [7]
In addition, he served as assistant in Universidad Católica in 1965 [7] and was the third manager of Concepción-Lord, later Deportes Concepción, in the 1965 regional championship. [17]
He made an appearance in the 1988 German film Der Radfahrer vom San Cristóbal (The Cyclist of San Cristóbal) by Peter Lilienthal, about a cyclist in the context of the Chilean society in the 1980s. [18]
He suffered the Alzheimer's disease and died on 23 June 2013. [2] [19]
Pesce was a founder member of the Association of Football Managers in Chile alongside coaches such as Fernando Riera, Hugo Tassara, José Santos Arias, among others. [20]
As a football coach of Deportes La Serena, he is considered a forefather of football academies in La Serena. [21]
La final fue en partidos de ida y vuelta, en donde Universidad Católica logró imponerse en el primer partido con doblete de Dante Pesce.