Paulo Pezzolano (; born 25 April 1983) is a Uruguayan former professional

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and the current

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of Cruzeiro.

Career

Pezzolano comes from the capital city of Montevideo and is a graduate of the local team

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, were for the senior team he was involved in the age of 18. His team was relegated to the

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after a poor season in 2001. He spent the next two years, after which he returned with his team to the First División. In 2006, he spent in the

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ian

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, but after 6 months, he returned to his native country, signing an agreement with

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. In the 2006–07 season he took a decisive role with his team to get the 3rd place in the league and to get to the quarter-finals of the

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. In July 2007, Pezzolano signed with

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an giant C.A. Peñarol. But six months later he joined Liverpool Montevideo, scoring a

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in his debut against

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. In his first season ( Clausura 2008) with the team, he was the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 12 goals in 14 meetings. A year later came up with Liverpool FC in the Copa Sudamericana, but they fall in 1/16 finals. In August 2009, Pezzolano went on loan to

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team R.C.D. Mallorca. He made his

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debut on September 19, 2009 meeting with the 4-0 win against

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. Overall, in the 2009–2010 season he played 12 matches in Mallorca, but only one in the starting composition, a team led by

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took 5th place in the league table. Pezzolano was transferred to

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side Hangzhou Greentown in January 2011. He made his

debut on 1 April 2011 against

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, scoring one goal. In early January 2012, he joined

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side

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. In July 2012, he returned to his home city to play for the second time in his career with Liverpool Montevideo. In his match return, he scored a penalty goal against Universitario playing the Copa Sudamericana.LIVERPOOL VS. UNIVERSITARIO 3 - 0
/ref> In February 2016, he joined CA Torque on a free transfer he spent a season with them before retiring on 27 November 2016 and taking the managerial position for the next season. In January 2022, after last managing Mexican side

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, Pezzolano signed a one-year deal to be Cruzeiro's first head coach after the team's sale to

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Managerial statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pezzolano, Paulo 1983 births Living people Uruguayan footballers Uruguayan expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Uruguayan Primera División players Chinese Super League players La Liga players C.A. Rentistas players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Defensor Sporting players Peñarol players Club Athletico Paranaense players RCD Mallorca players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Club Necaxa footballers Montevideo City Torque players Expatriate footballers in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate footballers in China Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Spain Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent Montevideo City Torque managers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) managers Uruguayan football managers Cruzeiro Esporte Clube managers Uruguayan expatriate football managers