Pedro Valdivieso (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Valdivieso Mejía | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1922[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Date of death | ? | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1944 | Defensor Arica | ||
| 1945 | Sport Boys | 15 | (8) |
| 1946 | C.D. Español | ||
| 1947–1954 | Sport Boys | 133 | (44) |
| 1955 | Ciclista Lima | ||
| 1956 | Porvenir Miraflores | ||
| 1957 | Mariscal Castilla | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Peru | 1[1] | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959 | Mariscal Castilla | ||
| 1963 | Porvenir Miraflores | ||
| 1965 | Porvenir Miraflores | ||
| 1967 | CNI | ||
| 1970 | ADO | ||
| 1972 | Deportivo SIMA | ||
| 1976 | Defensor Lima | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pedro Valdivieso Mejía (19 October 1922 – unknown) was a Peruvian football manager and former player.
Club career
Nicknamed Perro (the dog),[2] Valdivieso was an important player for Sport Boys, arriving in 1945 from Defensor Arica. He scored 45 goals in 148 matches between 1945 and 1954[1] and won the Peruvian championship in 1951.[3]
He nevertheless experienced a brief period of expatriation in Venezuela with C.D. Español, where he won the Venezuelan championship in 1946.[4] He ended his career at the end of the 1950s with Mariscal Castilla.
International career
Called up for the 1949 South American Championship in Brazil, Valdivieso only played one match when he replaced Alfredo Mosquera in the game against Bolivia (3–0 victory).[5]
Managerial career
Having become a coach, Valdivieso had the opportunity to manage various clubs, including Mariscal Castilla in 1959, Porvenir Miraflores (twice, in 1963 and 1965), and CNI of Iquitos in 1967.[6] In 1970, he won the Second Division championship with ADO of Callao.[2]
