Dwight Pezzarossi

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Dwight Pezzarossi
Personal information
Full name Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García
Date of birth September 4, 1979 (1979-09-04) (age 28)
Place of birth    Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Deportivo Marquense
Youth clubs
 ? Escuintla
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002–2003
2002
2003-2004
2004
2004-2006
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007-present
Comunicaciones
Argentinos Juniors
Palestino
Racing de Ferrol
Santiago Wanderers
Comunicaciones
Bolton Wanderers
Comunicaciones
Racing de Ferrol
CD Numancia
Deportivo Marquense

7 (0)
23 (13)
25 (5)


0 (0)
35 (9)
11 (3)
1 (0)
3 (2)   
National team2
2000– Guatemala 50 (10)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 March 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 June 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dwight Pezzarossi born (September 4, 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a professional football forward who has played for several teams in Guatemala and other countries, currently for Deportivo Marquense in Guatemala on loan from CD Numancia.

Pezzarossi, nicknamed El Tanque ("the Tank", due to his size), started his footballing career with Guatemalan lower division club Deportivo Escuintla. He spent one year there before signing for a club in the top Guatemalan league, Comunicaciones.

In 2003, he became the third Guatemalan footballer ever to sign with a Spanish club, joining Racing de Ferrol.[1] He has played for a number of different clubs in different countries including Argentinos Juniors of Argentina, Palestino of Chile, and Bolton Wanderers of England. He played for Racing de Ferrol again in 2006, before being transferred to Numancia.

A member of the Guatemala national team, he played in the World Cup qualification campaigns of 2002 and 2006.

Pezzarossi is 188 cm (6'2)tall and weighs 95 kg (14 st 9lbs)

List of Pezzarossi's previous clubs:

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Spanish) "Un tanque en España". Diario La Hora. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.