Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez (born 23 September 1974) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Deportivo Municipal.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez | ||
Date of birth | (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 48) | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Municipal (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1994 | Alianza Lima | ||
1994–1997 | Deportivo Municipal | 80 | (5) |
1997–2000 | Universitario | 114 | (3) |
2000–2001 | Los Andes | 17 | (1) |
2001 | Bachilleres | ||
2002 | Atlas | 2 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Estudiantes LP | 9 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Universitario | 55 | (2) |
2005 | Atlético Universidad | 19 | (2) |
2005–2007 | Ionikos | 21 | (0) |
2008 | Juan Aurich | 17 | (0) |
2008 | Olímpico Aurora | ||
2009 | Sport Boys | 19 | (0) |
2010 | José Gálvez | 11 | (1) |
National team | |||
1999–2003 | Peru | 25 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2014–2015 | Universitario (assistant) | ||
2015 | Universitario (caretaker) | ||
2016 | Atlético Torino | ||
2018 | Comerciantes Unidos | ||
2019–2022 | Universitario (reserves) | ||
2021 | Universitario (interim) | ||
2022– | Deportivo Municipal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Lima, Pajuelo played for most of his career with Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal and Universitario de Deportes in the Primera División Peruana.[1] He also had spells with Los Andes and Estudiantes de La Plata in the Primera División Argentina,[2] Atlas in the Primera División de México[3] and Ionikos in the Greek Super League.[4]
Pajuelo also made 25 appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1999 to 2003.[5]
In March 2014, Pajuelo was hired as an assistant manager for his former club Universitario.[6] On 1 September 2015, manager Luis Fernando Suárez was fired and Pajuelo took over as a caretaker manager.[7] It only lasted for some days, before Roberto Challe was hired.[8]
Pajuelo left Universitario at the end of 2015, and became the manager of Atlético Torino for the 2016 season.[9] He was fired on 19 May 2016 due to bad results.[10]
In July 2018, he then became the manager of Comerciantes Unidos.[9] He was fired again after two months.[9] In January 2019, he returned to Universitario and was hired as the reserve team manager.[11]
Current Peruvian Primera División managers | |
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Peru squad – 2001 Copa América | ||
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Universitario de Deportes – managers | |
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