Dwight Pezzarossi

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pezzarossi and the second or maternal family name is García.

Dwight Pezzarossi

Personal information
Full name	Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García
Date of birth	4 September 1979 (1979-09-04)
Place of birth	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Deportes La Serena
Number	20
Youth career
	Deportivo Escuintla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2000	Comunicaciones
2000–2001	Argentinos Juniors	7	(0)
2001	Palestino	23	(13)
2002	Santiago Wanderers	8	(4)
2002–2003	Racing de Ferrol	36	(8)
2003–2004	Comunicaciones	29	(12)
2004	Bolton Wanderers	0	(0)
2004–2005	Comunicaciones	35	(9)
2005–2006	Racing de Ferrol	11	(3)
2006–2007	Numancia	1	(0)
2007–2008	Deportivo Marquense	21	(9)
2008–2011	Comunicaciones	27	(11)
2011–	Deportes La Serena	14	(5)
National team‡
2000–	Guatemala	59	(14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2011

Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García born (4 September 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a professional football forward who currently plays for Deportes La Serena in Chile's Primera Division.

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, Comunicaciones.

In 2000, Pezzarossi was signed by Argentinos Juniors and he become in one of few Guatemalan players in play in other country. Then, in June 2001, Pezzarossi moved to Chilean side Palestino.

Club career

In 2003, he became the third Guatemalan footballer ever to sign with a Spanish club, joining Racing de Ferrol. He has played for a number of different clubs in different countries including Argentinos Juniors of Argentina, Palestino and Santiago Wanderers of Chile, and Bolton Wanderers of England. He played for Racing de Ferrol again in 2006, before being transferred to Numancia. He could not claim a regular place there and joined Deportivo Marquense in 2007.

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

La Serena

During the 2011 Copa América break, it was reported that Pezzarossi would join to Chilean Primera División side Deportes La Serena 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 Universidad de Chile, playing only 23 minutes in the game after of replace to his teammate Juan Sánchez Sotelo. The following match, Pezzarossi scored in the 2–0 win of La Serena to Universidad de Concepción 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 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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 Santiago Wanderers, a historic triumph of his team after 20 years of footballing paterny over La Serena at Valparaíso. His third goal for the club came against Unión Española in a dramatic 3–2 win, in where the keeper Marcos Gutiérrez saved the team of the draw, after of save a penalty to Leonardo Monje.

International career

Pezzarossi made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2010, earned a total of 54 caps, scoring 12 goals. He has represented the Guatemalan team in 19 games in the FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns of 2002, 2006 and 2010. He remarkably only played two games at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, coming on as a substitute against El Salvador in 2007 and again as a substitute against Grenada in 2011.

International goals

Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 July 2000	Montreal, Canada	Haiti	4-1	4-1	Friendly match
2	15 August 2000	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1-2	1-2	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	1 June 2001	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Costa Rica	2-0	1-0	UNCAF Nations Cup 2001
4	3 June 2001	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Panama	3-1	1-0	UNCAF Nations Cup 2001
5	1 May 2004	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Panama	1-2	1-2	Friendly match
6	20 June 2004	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Suriname	2-0	3-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	8 September 2004	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	2-0	2-2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8	26 March 2005	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Trinidad and Tobago	4-1	5-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	26 March 2005	Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala	Trinidad and Tobago	5-1	5-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	7 October 2006	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, USA	Honduras	1-0	2-3	Friendly match
11	6 August 2008	RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, USA	Bolivia	1-0	3-0	Friendly match
12	11 February 2009	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Venezuela	1-0	1-2	Friendly match
13	9 October 2010	Estadio Julián Tesucún, San Jose, Peten, Guatemala	Belize	3-2	4-2	Friendly match
14	7 October 2011	Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3-0	3-0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams