Juan Pablo Pumpido (born 21 December 1982) is an Argentine football manager, currently in charge of Paraguayan club Sportivo Luqueño.
 Pumpido with Unión de Santa Fe in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Pablo Pumpido | ||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sportivo Luqueño (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Unión Santa Fe | |||
| Platense | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Santa Fe FC | ||
| 2010–2011 | Independiente Rivadavia (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Unión Santa Fe (youth) | ||
| 2012 | Godoy Cruz (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Unión Santa Fe (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Unión Santa Fe (youth) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Olimpia (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Unión Santa Fe (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Unión Santa Fe (interim) | ||
| 2017 | Unión Santa Fe | ||
| 2017–2018 | Patronato | ||
| 2019–2020 | Alvarado | ||
| 2021–2022 | Sol de América | ||
| 2022 | Sportivo Ameliano | ||
| 2023 | Guaraní | ||
| 2023–2024 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 2024– | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
Career
editPumpido was born in Santa Fe. After playing youth football at Unión de Santa Fe, Platense and San Lorenzo, he retired at the age of 21 and studied to become a sports journalist.[2]
In 2005, Pumpido joined Santa Fe Fútbol Club as a sporting manager, and was later named first team manager of the club in 2007. In March 2010, he left to become an assistant of Roberto Trotta (one of the founders of Santa Fe FC) at Independiente Rivadavia.[2]
In January 2012, after a brief period back at Unión as a manager of the club's sixth division, Pumpido joined his father's staff at Godoy Cruz. He then returned to Unión with his father in August, before taking over the club's fourth division in 2013.
Pumpido was also an assistant of his father at Paraguayan side Olimpia in 2014, before returning to Unión in November 2015. Initially a manager of the reserve side, he was named interim manager of the first team on 2 November 2016, after Leonardo Madelón resigned.[3]
After winning 11 points out of 18, Pumpido was definitely appointed as manager for the 2017 campaign,[4] but resigned on 22 April.[5] On 11 July, he was presented as manager of Patronato.[6]
Pumpido was sacked by Patronato on 16 September 2018,[7] and was named in charge of Alvarado the following 7 July.[8] On 22 June 2020, he opted to leave the club on the expiration of his contract on 30 June.[9]
On 10 June 2021, Pumpido moved abroad for the first time in his career, after being appointed manager of Paraguayan Primera División side Sol de América.[10] He resigned the following 3 April,[11] and took over fellow top tier side Sportivo Ameliano on 18 September 2022.[12]
On 20 November 2022, after avoiding relegation, winning the 2022 Copa Paraguay and subsequently qualifying the club to their first-ever international tournament, the 2023 Copa Sudamericana, Pumpido resigned.[13] He took over Guaraní in the same country the following 9 June, replacing Rodrigo López,[14] but was sacked on 13 August 2023;[15] thirteen days later, he was appointed at Nacional Asunción of the same division.[16]
On 31 March 2024, Pumpido resigned from Nacional,[17] and took over fellow top tier side Sportivo Luqueño on 3 September.[18]
Personal life
editPumpido's father Nery was a footballer and was also a manager.[2]
Honours
editSportivo Ameliano
References
edit- ^ "Juan Pumpido, hijo de Nery: "Es más difícil trabajar con este apellido"" [Juan Pumpido, Nery's son: "It is more difficult to work with this surname"] (in Spanish). Olé. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Juan Pablo Pumpido: "Nunca voy a dejar de ser el hijo de..."" [Juan Pablo Pumpido: "I will never stop being the son of..."] (in Spanish). La Nación. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Por ahora, la receta de Unión es casera: va Pumpido hijo" [For now, the receipt of Unión is home-grown: Pumpido Jr. is the chosen one] (in Spanish). El Litoral. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Pumpido: "Me gustaría que dentro de 50 años aparezca mi nombre por haber metido a Unión en la Copa"" [Juan Pablo Pumpido: "I would have liked that in 50 years my name appears for being the one who have put Unión in the Copa"] (in Spanish). El Litoral. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Pumpido ya no es más el técnico de Unión" [Pumpido is no longer manager of Unión] (in Brazilian Portuguese). TyC Sports. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Pumpido fue presentado como nuevo DT de Patronato" [Juan Pablo Pumpido was presented as new manager of Patronato] (in Spanish). Radio de Noticias. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Pumpido dejó de ser el DT de Patronato" [Pumpido left as manager of Patronato] (in Spanish). ESPN. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Pumpido, el nuevo DT de Alvarado" [Juan Pablo Pumpido, the new manager of Alvarado] (in Spanish). Interior Futbolero. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Se fue Pumpido" [Pumpido left] (in Spanish). Olé. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Pumpido es el nuevo DT de Sol de América" [Juan Pablo Pumpido is the new manager of Sol de América] (in Spanish). ESPN. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Sol de América se queda sin técnico" [Sol de América are left without a manager] (in Spanish). D10. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Humberto García se despidió y Ameliano ya tiene nuevo DT" [Humberto García bidded farewell and Ameliano already have a new manager] (in Spanish). Versus. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Juan Pablo Pumpido no continuará en Sportivo Ameliano" [Juan Pablo Pumpido will not continue at Sportivo Ameliano] (in Spanish). El Nacional. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Guaraní: Juan Pablo Pumpido será el nuevo adiestrador aurinegro" [Guaraní: Juan Pablo Pumpido will be the new gold-and-black coach] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Guaraní despide a Juan Pablo Pumpido" [Guaraní fire Juan Pablo Pumpido] (in Spanish). D10. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Juan Pumpido, oficialmente, nuevo estratega" [Juan Pumpido, officially, new strategist] (in Spanish). D10. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Nacional confirma la salida de Juan Pablo Pumpido" [Nacional confirm the departure of Juan Pablo Pumpido] (in Spanish). Versus. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Sportivo Luqueño empezó el ciclo de Juan Pablo Pumpido" [Sportivo Luqueño began Juan Pablo Pumpido's cycle] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
External links
edit- Juan Pablo Pumpido coach profile at Soccerway