Juan Antonio Pizzi

Jack Ol 14 Jun,2018

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Current manager for Saudi Arabian national team Juan Antonio Pizzi Torroja is a retired professional footballer who played as striker mostly for Spain, mainly at Tenerife. The former striker for Tenerife was born 7 June 1968.

The former La Liga player totals 221 games and 92 goals over the course of eight seasons in his club career for Valencia and Barcelona. Argentine-born Pizzi represented the Spanish national team for four years, appearing once in World Cup and European Championship. He has a Copa América Centenario win as a coach for Chile in 2016.

Juan Antonio Pizzi Football Career

International Pizzi appeared in total 22 caps for Spain scoring eight goals, debuting in Spanish international team on 30th November 1994 in a 2–0 friendly win with Finland.

Afterward, on 20 September, he helped Spain beat his birth country Argentina with 2–1 in an exhibition in Madrid.

Pizzi appeared in UEFA Euro 1996 and 1998 FIFA World Cup from Spanish side and was later replaced by Fernando Morientes after a 0-0 draw with Paraguay, he retired after that season.

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Juan Antonio Pizzi Coaching Career

Pizzi has proved to be a brilliant coach after starting his coaching career and has a Copa América Centenario win as a coach for Chile in 2016. Currently, he is representing Saudi Arabia as a coach for it's 23 membered national in 2018 world cup held in Russia. 

Juan Antonio Pizzi personal life

Juan Antonio Pizzi is married Carolina Reynoso and has two lovely children together with Carolina. The couple has parented a son Nicolas Pizzi and a daughter Tatiana Pizzi Reynoso. So far they are leading a happy married life and no rumors about their divorce or separation have out in the media.

Juan Antonio Pizzi Salary and Net Worth

He is earning a handsome amount of money as a coach for Saudi Arabia and has earned £1.23 million as per the contract he penned with Saudi Arabia to take the duty as Arabian Team's manager.

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