Pablo Ariel Paz Gallo (born 27 January 1973) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a central defender.
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| Full name | Pablo Ariel Paz Gallo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Tenerife (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1992 | Newell's Old Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Newell's Old Boys | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Banfield | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | Tenerife | 107 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Independiente | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Valladolid | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Atlético Paso | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Castillo | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Motril | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Cerro Reyes | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Vera | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Gara | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | San Andrés | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Argentina | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | San Andrés | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Tenerife (youth) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In a career that spanned 15 years, he played more in Spain than in his homeland, notably with Tenerife for which he appeared in 127 competitive games.
Paz represented Argentina at the 1998 World Cup.
Club career
editPaz was born in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires. During his professional career he played for Newell's Old Boys, Banfield, Tenerife (his most fruitful period, playing in four La Liga seasons and also reaching the UEFA Cup[1][2]), Independiente and Real Valladolid; in February 2001, he had an unsuccessful trial with Premier League club Everton.[3][4]
Paz retired from the game altogether in 2013 at the age of 40, after several years in Spain's lower leagues and its amateur football. He started his managerial career with amateurs San Andrés,[5] returning to Tenerife in the summer of 2014 and taking charge of the youth sides.[6]
International career
editPaz earned 14 caps for the Argentina national team in two years, his debut coming in 1996. He was part of the squad that appeared in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and, as the nation was already qualified, he played in the last group stage match against Croatia, a 1–0 win.[7]
Additionally, Paz represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, featuring twice in an eventual silver medal conquest.
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ^ El Tenerife hace historia (Tenerife make history); Mundo Deportivo, 4 December 1996 (in Spanish)
- ^ "¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?" [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Paz on his way to Goodison; BBC Sport, 6 February 2001
- ^ Changes likely for European format; The Daily Telegraph, 6 February 2001
- ^ Pablo Paz, nuevo entrenador del CD San Andrés (Pablo Paz, new CD San Andrés manager); El Deportivo, 21 June 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pablo Paz regresa ´con ilusión´ (Pablo Paz returns ´hungry´); La Opinión de Tenerife, 26 June 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Argentina, a lo práctico (Argentina, keeping it practical); Mundo Deportivo, 27 June 1998 (in Spanish)
- ^ Hall, Andy (7 March 2022). "Who is Nico Paz? From Real Madrid's youth academy to the Argentina senior he's so hot side". en.as.com. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Sánchez, Borja (7 March 2022). "¿Quiénes son Nico Paz y Alejandro Garnacho, los talentos españoles que sorprendieron a Scaloni?" [Nico Paz, the promise of Real Madrid that falls in love with Scaloni: called up by Argentina at only 17 years old]. elespanol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2022.