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.

Career

As player

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]

As manager

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]

Personal life

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]

Legacy

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Rivera Valencia, Carlos (12 September 2020). "Bozán iguala el peor inicio de campaña de La Serena". Diario El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Aguirre Dueñas, Jaime (23 June 2017). "Dante Pesce (QEPD), a 4 años de la partida de un ex azul". 100% Azules (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ Gómez, Luis Fernando (6 July 2007). "NOTA 1954". Archivo Fútbol Ecuatoriano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Baldeón Loza, Luis Miguel (2013). ERNESTO GUERRA: Once contra once (PDF) (in Spanish). Quito, Ecuador: Central University of Ecuador. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Edson Puch es el septimo chileno que vestirá la camiseta blanca de la 'U'". www.365ldu.com (in Spanish). 10 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Club de Deportes GREEN CROSS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Dante PESCE". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. ^ Vladimirovna, Svetlana (23 July 2023). "En Vivo Audax Italiano contra U. La Calera". rockycotard-art. Retrieved 2 October 2023. La final fue en partidos de ida y vuelta, en donde Universidad Católica logró imponerse en el primer partido con doblete de Dante Pesce.
  9. ^ Chisleanschi, Rodolfo (31 May 2023). "Green Cross, el club chileno al que un misterioso accidente aéreo le truncó la historia". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^ Manzo, Francisco (13 October 2020). "San Luis y los ingleses". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Union Española 1965 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Fotografía Patrimonial - Dante Pesce". www.fotografiapatrimonial.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Historia - LLEGA LEONARDO BEDOYA COMO DT". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ Iturriaga, Jorge (March 2004). "El fútbol y los futbolistas en el Chile de 1973". www.efdeportes.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. ^ Palomino, Marcelo (10 October 1995). "Cómo fue..." (PDF). Revista Don Balón (in Spanish). 172. Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 42–43. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Sandrino Castec: No quise cambiar la camiseta, me la traje por el gol". Historia Deportiva (in Spanish). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  17. ^ Rivas, Ilich (12 November 2021). "El 'Conce' antes del 'Conce': Concepción Lord en el Campeonato Regional de 1965". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Se estrena en Chile histórico filme realizado en el país en 1987 por el cineasta alemán Peter Lilienthal". Todalacultura.org (in Spanish). 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  19. ^ (Club Deportes La Serena) Ultimo minuto on Facebook (in Spanish). 23 June 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  20. ^ Silva, Gerardo (2 October 2023). "Colegio de Técnicos: una labor tan silenciosa como trascendente". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Década de 1960". DEPORTES LA SERENA (in Spanish). 13 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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