Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García (born 4 September 1979) is a Guatemalan former professional football

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and

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for

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club

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. On 18 September 2014, Pezzarossi was named Minister of Culture and Sports of Guatemala. Target man Pezzarossi, nicknamed ''El Tanque'' ("the Tank", due to his size), started his footballing career with Guatemalan lower division club Deportivo Escuintla. He spent one year there before signing for a club in the top Guatemalan league,

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. In 2000, Pezzarossi was signed by

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and he became one of the few Guatemalan players to play abroad. Then, in June 2001, Pezzarossi moved to Chilean side

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Club career

Pezzarossi was born in

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, Guatemala. In 2003, he became the third Guatemalan footballer ever to sign with a Spanish club, joining

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. He has played for a number of different clubs in different countries including

of Argentina,

and

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of Chile, and

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of England. He played for

again in 2006, before being transferred to Numancia. He could not claim a regular place there and joined

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in 2007. In 2008, while playing for Marquense, he had a trial with Italian Serie B side

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La Serena

During the

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break, it was reported that Pezzarossi would join to

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side

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in a season deal. On 27 June, Pezzarossi arrived to Chile and then he joined to La Serena in a one-year contract. He debuted for La Serena in a 3–0 away loss against

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, playing only 23 minutes in the game after of replace to his teammate

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. The following match, Pezzarossi scored in the 2–0 win of La Serena to

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in the 88th minute, after an impressive header. His good performance in La Serena made that Pezzarossi was recalled to the national team for the

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match against

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, in where he scored in a 3–0 win of his country. After of his international participation, he scored for La Serena in a 2–0 win to

, a historic triumph of his team after 20 years of footballing paterny over La Serena at

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. His third goal for the club came against

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in a dramatic 3–2 win, in where the keeper Marcos Gutiérrez saved the team of the draw, after of save a penalty to

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International career

Pezzarossi made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against

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and played his last match in 2012, he has earned a total of 72 caps, scoring 16 goals. He has represented the Guatemalan team in four

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campaigns of

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, 2006,

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and

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.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He remarkably only played two games at the

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, coming on as a substitute against

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in 2007 and again as a substitute against Grenada in 2011.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pezzarossi goal.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pezzarossi, Dwight 1979 births Living people Footballers from Guatemala City Guatemalan people of Italian descent Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemalan expatriate men's footballers Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Guatemala men's international footballers 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Comunicaciones F.C. players Argentinos Juniors footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Deportes La Serena footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players CD Numancia players Deportivo Marquense players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Guatemalan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Men's association football forwards Guatemalan sportsperson-politicians Culture ministers of Guatemala Sports ministers of Guatemala