Paulo Pezzolano (American Spanish: [ˈpawlo pesoˈlano]; born 25 April 1983) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer and the current manager of Cruzeiro.

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Paulo Pezzolano

Pezzolano in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez
Date of birth	(1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cruzeiro (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2006	Rentistas	49	(16)
2006	Atlético Paranaense
2007	Defensor Sporting	26	(5)
2008	Peñarol	12	(0)
2008–2011	Liverpool Montevideo	39	(20)
2009–2010	→ Real Mallorca (loan)	12	(0)
2011–2012	Hangzhou Greentown	24	(6)
2012	Necaxa	12	(1)
2012–2016	Liverpool Montevideo	74	(22)
2016	Torque	15	(3)
Teams managed
2016–2017	Torque
2017–2019	Liverpool Montevideo
2020–2021	Pachuca
2022–	Cruzeiro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Pezzolano comes from the capital city of Montevideo and is a graduate of the local team C.A. Rentistas, were for the senior team he was involved in the age of 18. His team was relegated to the Second Division after a poor season in 2001. He spent the next two years, after which he returned with his team to the First División.

In 2006, he spent in the Brazilian Atlético Paranaense, but after 6 months, he returned to his native country, signing an agreement with Defensor Sporting. In the 2006–07 season he took a decisive role with his team to get the 3rd place in the league and to get to the quarter-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores.

In July 2007, Pezzolano signed with Uruguayan giant C.A. Peñarol. But six months later he joined Liverpool Montevideo, scoring a hat-trick in his debut against Central Español.[1] In his first season (Clausura 2008) with the team, he was the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 12 goals in 14 meetings. A year later came up with Liverpool FC in the Copa Sudamericana, but they fall in 1/16 finals.

In August 2009, Pezzolano went on loan to Spanish team R.C.D. Mallorca.[2] He made his La Liga debut on September 19, 2009 meeting with the 4-0 win against Tenerife.[3] Overall, in the 2009–2010 season he played 12 matches in Mallorca, but only one in the starting composition, a team led by Gregorio Manzano took 5th place in the league table.

Pezzolano was transferred to Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown in January 2011.[4] He made his Chinese Super League debut on 1 April 2011 against Nanchang Hengyuan F.C., scoring one goal.[5]

In early January 2012, he joined Liga de Ascenso side Club Necaxa.[6]

In July 2012, he returned to his home city to play for the second time in his career with Liverpool Montevideo. In his match return, he scored a penalty goal against Universitario playing the Copa Sudamericana.[7]

In February 2016, he joined CA Torque on a free transfer he spent a season with them before retiring on 27 November 2016 and taking the managerial position for the next season.

In January 2022, after last managing Mexican side Pachuca, Pezzolano signed a one-year deal to be Cruzeiro's first head coach after the team's sale to Ronaldo.

Managerial statistics

As of 27 October 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	Record
		G	W	D	L	Win %
Montevideo City Torque		28	16	8	4	057.14
Liverpool		77	32	24	21	041.56
Pachuca		73	24	24	25	032.88
Cruzeiro		57	34	11	12	059.65
Total		235	106	67	62	045.11

References

External links

• Paulo Pezzolano at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Paulo Pezzolano at Soccerway
• Paulo Pezzolano at ESPN FC

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