Pablo Paz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Ariel Paz Gallo | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tenerife (youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1992 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Newell's Old Boys | 37 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Banfield | 22 | (2) |
| 1996–2002 | Tenerife | 107 | (8) |
| 2003 | Independiente | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Valladolid | 9 | (0) |
| 2005 | Atlético Paso | ||
| 2005–2006 | Castillo | 30 | (0) |
| 2006 | Motril | 6 | (1) |
| 2007 | Cerro Reyes | 16 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Vera | ||
| 2011 | Gara | ||
| 2013 | San Andrés | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Argentina | 14 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | San Andrés | ||
| 2014– | Tenerife (youth) | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Pablo Ariel Paz Gallo (born 27 January 1973) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
In a career that spanned 15 years, he played more in Spain than in his homeland, notably with Tenerife for which he appeared in 127 competitive games.
Paz represented Argentina at the 1998 World Cup.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Paz was born in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires. During his professional career he played for Newell's Old Boys, Banfield, Tenerife (his most fruitful period, playing in four La Liga seasons and also reaching the UEFA Cup[1][2]), Independiente and Real Valladolid; in February 2001, he had an unsuccessful trial with Premier League club Everton.[3][4]
Paz retired from the game altogether in 2013 at the age of 40, after several years in Spain's lower leagues and its amateur football. He started his managerial career with amateurs San Andrés,[5] returning to Tenerife in the summer of 2014 and taking charge of the youth sides.[6]
International career
[edit | edit source]Paz earned 14 caps for the Argentina national team in two years, his debut coming in 1996. He was part of the squad that appeared in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and, as the nation was already qualified, he played in the last group stage match against Croatia, a 1–0 win.[7]
Additionally, Paz represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, featuring twice in an eventual silver medal conquest.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is the father of Como player Nico Paz.[8][9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ El Tenerife hace historia (Tenerife make history) Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Mundo Deportivo, 4 December 1996 (in Spanish)
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- ^ Paz on his way to Goodison ; BBC Sport, 6 February 2001
- ^ Changes likely for European format Archived 14 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine; The Daily Telegraph, 6 February 2001
- ^ Pablo Paz, nuevo entrenador del CD San Andrés (Pablo Paz, new CD San Andrés manager) Archived 26 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine; El Deportivo, 21 June 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pablo Paz regresa ´con ilusión´ (Pablo Paz returns ´hungry´) Archived 26 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine; La Opinión de Tenerife, 26 June 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Argentina, a lo práctico (Argentina, keeping it practical) Archived 14 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Mundo Deportivo, 27 June 1998 (in Spanish)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Argentine League statistics (in Spanish) [dead link]
- Pablo Paz at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pablo Paz at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Pablo Paz – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bahía Blanca
- Argentine people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople of Spanish descent
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CD Tenerife players
- Real Valladolid players
- Motril CF players
- Argentina men's international footballers
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Argentina
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in football
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games footballers for Argentina
- Pan American Games gold medalists in football
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine football managers
- Argentine expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Spain
- Footballers at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen