Pedro Troglio
Argentine football manager (born 1965)
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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.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Pedro Antonio Troglio | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Banfield (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1988 | River Plate | 59 | (3) |
| 1988–1989 | Verona | 32 | (1) |
| 1989–1991 | Lazio | 40 | (1) |
| 1991–1994 | Ascoli | 106 | (13) |
| 1994–1996 | Avispa Fukuoka | 56 | (20) |
| 1997–2002 | Gimnasia La Plata | 124 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Villa Dálmine | 31 | (4) |
| Total | 448 | (46) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987–1990 | Argentina | 21 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Godoy Cruz | ||
| 2005–2007 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| 2007–2008 | Independiente | ||
| 2008–2010 | Cerro Porteño | ||
| 2010–2011 | Argentinos Juniors | ||
| 2011–2016 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| 2016 | Tigre | ||
| 2017–2018 | Universitario | ||
| 2018–2019 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||
| 2019–2021 | CD Olimpia | ||
| 2022 | San Lorenzo | ||
| 2022–2024 | CD Olimpia | ||
| 2025 | Instituto | ||
| 2025– | Banfield | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1] 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.[2]
He stepped down as manager of Argentinos on 18 September 2011 after a bad start to the 2011–12 Apertura.[3]
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
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1985–86 | River Plate | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1986–87 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | ||||||
| 1987–88 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 2 | ||||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1988–89 | Hellas Verona | Serie A | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 1989–90 | Lazio | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 1990–91 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 1991–92 | Ascoli | Serie A | 32 | 4 | 32 | 4 | ||||
| 1992–93 | Serie B | 38 | 6 | 38 | 6 | |||||
| 1993–94 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 3 | ||||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1994 | Fujieda Blux | Football League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | Fukuoka Blux | Football League | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 32 | 11 | |
| 1996 | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 League | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 12 |
| Argentina | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1996/97 | Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | Primera División | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 1998–99 | 35 | 3 | 35 | 3 | ||||||
| 1999–2000 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| 2000–01 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 2001–02 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| 2002–03 | Unión | Primera División | 31 | 4 | 31 | 4 | ||||
| Country | Argentina | 212 | 11 | 212 | 11 | |||||
| Italy | 178 | 15 | 178 | 15 | ||||||
| Japan | 56 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 75 | 23 | ||
| Total | 446 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 465 | 49 | ||
International
| Argentina national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 1 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 2 |
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 28 March 2026
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Godoy Cruz |  |
10 January 2005 | 27 March 2005 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 37.50 |
| Gimnasia La Plata | |
2 April 2005 | 3 April 2007 | 85 | 38 | 16 | 31 | 116 | 127 | −11 | 44.71 |
| Independiente | |
1 July 2007 | 24 March 2008 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 42.31 |
| Barcelona |  |
1 July 2008 | 30 June 2009 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 36.59 |
| Cerro Porteño |  |
1 July 2009 | 5 June 2010 | 59 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 83 | 64 | +19 | 49.15 |
| Argentinos Juniors | |
6 June 2010 | 18 September 2011 | 51 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 29.41 |
| Gimnasia La Plata | |
6 October 2011 | 14 March 2016 | 174 | 73 | 52 | 49 | 206 | 161 | +45 | 41.95 |
| Tigre | |
23 March 2016 | 19 March 2017 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 30.77 |
| Universitario |  |
22 March 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 58 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 89 | 73 | +16 | 39.66 |
| Gimnasia La Plata | |
1 July 2018 | 17 February 2019 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 32.00 |
| C.D. Olimpia |  |
1 July 2019 | 31 December 2021 | 116 | 73 | 24 | 19 | 234 | 87 | +147 | 62.93 |
| San Lorenzo | |
1 January 2022 | 14 April 2022 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10.00 |
| C.D. Olimpia | |
2 June 2022 | 31 December 2024 | 131 | 80 | 37 | 14 | 258 | 106 | +152 | 61.07 |
| Instituto | |
1 January 2025 | 9 April 2025 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 30.77 |
| Banfield | |
29 April 2025 | present | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 40.00 |
| Total | 837 | 378 | 231 | 228 | 1,243 | 869 | +374 | 45.16 | |||
Honours
Player
River Plate
- Argentine Primera División: 1985–86
- Copa Libertadores: 1986
- Intercontinental Cup: 1986
- Copa Interamericana: 1986
Avispa Fukuoka
Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
- Argentine Primera División runner-up: 2001-02
Villa Dálmine
- Primera C Metropolitana runner-up: 2002–03
Argentina
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1990
Manager
Cerro Porteño
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
