Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez (born 23 September 1974) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Club career

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]

International career

Pajuelo also made 25 appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1999 to 2003.[5]

Coaching career

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]

References

  1. ^ "Ficha de Juan Pajuelo". Futbol Peruano. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  2. ^ "PAJUELO Juan Luciano - Futbolista (ficha y estadisticas)". Futbol XXI. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Liga MX player profile and statistics". MedioTiempo.com.
  4. ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  6. ^ 'Chemo' Del Solar: "Siento que nunca me fui de la 'U'", peru21.pe, 24 March 2014
  7. ^ Universitario de Deportes: Juan Pajuelo dirigiría ante Alianza Atlético, elbocon.pe, 1 September 2015
  8. ^ Roberto Challe: ¿Qué hacía antes de ser técnico de Universitario? Archived 21 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, peru.com, 10 September 2015
  9. ^ a b c Juan Pajuelo at Soccerway
  10. ^ Juan Pajuelo dejó de ser el entrenador de Torino Archived 23 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine, adfp-sd.com, 19 May 2016
  11. ^ Universitario de Deportes anunció a Juan Pajuelo como entrenador del equipo de Reservas, peru21.de, 4 January 2019


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