Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born 17 May 1960) is an Argentine former

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who played as a forward and is currently technical secretary at Bangor City in the

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. He spent most of his career with

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and Italian club Lecce. At international level, he won the 1986 FIFA World Cup with

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, and came fourth at the

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. Pasculli's management career was mostly spent in the lower leagues of Italian football. He also had a few months in charge of

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in 2003, two brief spells at

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in Albania and a season with Bangor City in Wales.

Playing career

Born in Santa Fe, Pasculli played as a striker for

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and

in his own country, partnering

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at the latter. In 1985 he moved to

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in Italy, where he became their second highest goalscorer of all time. He retired from professional football in 1996, after playing for

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also in Italy, helping the club to obtain promotion to '' Serie C2'' (4th division). He ended his football career with

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in Indonesia. At international level, Pasculli won the

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with the Argentina national football team in

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. He started their first match against

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alongside

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, and scored the only goal in the victory against

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in the round of 16, but was unused for the rest of the tournament. Pasculli was also chosen for the

, in which Argentina came fourth on home soil. He did not play any matches in the tournament.

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player in 1996, Pasculli began working as a coach, mainly in the lower leagues of Italian football. Pasculli became manager of

in May 2003, and led the team to a goalless draw with Sudan in his first match in

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. He managed the team despite being unable to speak English. In June, he missed the team's crucial 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Rwanda and

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, as his father, whom he had not seen for over two years, was gravely ill in Argentina. In September, he left the Cranes after turning down a US$24,000 contract that his agent called too low, and the representative also alleged that Pasculli had not been paid what was promised for his work. In September 2004, Pasculli was hired by

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of the Albanian Superliga. An article on

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's website called his team "lacklustre" the following month. He was replaced as manager by Faruk Sejdini, and returned to the helm in January 2005 when the latter was dismissed, and then he became

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in March. On 5 October 2019, Pasculli was appointed manager of Bangor City in the

, the second tier of Welsh football, after former chairman Stephen Vaughan Jr. stepped down following a 7–0 loss to

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. His link to the club was through new owner Domenico Serafino, an Italian musician who lived in Argentina. At the end of the season, having failed to win promotion, he was replaced by compatriot player Hugo Colace.

Playing honours

Club

; Argentinos Juniors *

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: Metropolitano 1984, Nacional 1985

International

; Argentina *

Individual

*Argentina Primera División top scorer: Nacional 1984

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasculli, Pedro 1960 births Living people Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine people of Italian descent Association football forwards Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1987 Copa América players FIFA World Cup-winning players Club Atlético Colón footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers U.S. Lecce players Newell's Old Boys footballers Sagan Tosu players Casertana F.C. players Pelita Bandung Raya players Argentine Primera División players Serie A players Serie B players Argentine expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Japan Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Argentine football managers Uganda national football team managers FK Dinamo Tirana managers Argentine expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Italy Expatriate football managers in Uganda Expatriate football managers in Albania Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Albania Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uganda Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Wales Bangor City F.C. managers Niki Volos F.C. managers S.E.F. Torres 1903 managers virtus Entella managers Expatriate football managers in Wales