Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming (born 23 November 1966 in

Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

) is a Panamanian former

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who played professionally for clubs in Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.

Club career

Piggott scored a goal but still was on the losing side in the 1989/89 Salvadoran league final with

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, when they were beaten on penalties by

Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. Boxing career In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hag ...

after the game ended 2-2 after extra time. He also played for Firpo twice, the second spell started in March 2001 when arriving from Panamanian club

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

. He played in Costa Rica for

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

and in Honduras for

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and he returned to Costa Rica in August 2001 when he joined

Municipal Liberia Asociación Deportiva Municipal Liberia is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Liga FPD. The team is based in Liberia, Guanacaste. Their home stadium is the Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño. History Founded on 7 June 1977, four years ...

. He retired in 2007.

International career

Piggott made his debut for

in a May 1987 Olympic Games qualification match against

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and has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 2 goals. He represented his country in 15

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

matches and played at the

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up into ...

. His final international was a November 2000

match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Piggott worked as a pundit for Panamanian TV. In March 2010, Piggott was appointed manager of

Sporting San Miguelito Academia de Futbol Sporting San Miguelito is a Panamanian professional football team playing in Liga Panameña de Fútbol (the highest level of Panamanian football). Founded in 1989, it is based in San Miguelito District of Panamá Province. H ...

Personal life

His son

Romario Piggott Romario Antonio Piggott Rivera (born 17 July 1995) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is the son of former professional footballer and Panama national football team player Pércival Piggott. Career On September 7, 2018 ...

joined his dad's former club Tauro from Chepo ahead of the 2015 Clausura. He has other 2 kids: Percival A. Piggott and Naomi Piggo
Romario Piggott a las filas taurinas
- Tauro FC

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piggott, Percival 1966 births Living people Footballers from Panama City Men's association football wingers Panamanian men's footballers Panama men's international footballers 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Tauro F.C. players C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers C.D. Victoria players C.S. Herediano footballers San Francisco F.C. players A.D. Municipal Liberia footballers Sporting San Miguelito players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Panamanian football managers