Pichi Lucas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Argimiro Pérez García | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Camponaraya, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rivadavia | |||
| Celta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1980 | Gran Peña | ||
| 1980–1990 | Celta | 247 | (75) |
| 1980 | → Córdoba (loan) | ||
| 1990–1991 | Ourense | ||
| 1991–1995 | Compostela | 105 | (30) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998 | Compostela | ||
| 2000 | Compostela | ||
| 2005–2007 | Ponferradina | ||
| 2007–2008 | Cartagena | ||
| 2009–2010 | Oviedo | ||
| 2012–2013 | Celta B | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Argimiro Pérez García (born 14 March 1959), commonly known as Pichi Lucas, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current coach.
He spent most of his career with Celta, for which he appeared in 288 official games and scored 92 goals. His La Liga input consisted of 112 matches and 18 goals over the course of six seasons, also representing in the competition Compostela.[1]
Lucas subsequently worked as a manager.
Playing career
Born in Camponaraya, Castile and León, Lucas' professional career was solely associated to two Galician clubs, Celta de Vigo and SD Compostela. After a loan to lowly Córdoba CF he returned to the former for the 1981–82 season, scoring a career-best 26 goals in 37 games en route to a La Liga promotion.[2][3]
Lucas made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 5 September 1982, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against Sevilla FC.[4] He netted his first goal in the competition twenty days later in a 2–2 home draw with RCD Español,[5] but only added another until the end of the campaign and his team was eventually relegated back; during his tenure with Celta, he experienced a further two promotions and relegations.
In the 1991 summer, after one year in Segunda División B with neighbouring CD Ourense, Lucas signed for Compostela in Segunda División. He contributed with nine goals in 28 matches in his third season as the club reached the top flight for the first time in its history.[6]
Lucas retired at the end of the 1994–95 campaign at the age of 36, after helping Compos retain its newfound status by scoring four times in only 14 appearances.
Manager career
From 1998 to 2000 Lucas acted as interim manager at Compostela, being in charge for eight second level games combined and winning only two. He subsequently worked mainly in lower league football, helping SD Ponferradina reach the "silver category" in 2006, a first-ever for the club.[7]
Lucas was fired on 30 April 2007 after a 3–3 home draw against UD Vecindario (seven rounds remaining),[8] as the side went on to eventually suffer relegation. In the following years he worked in division three, with FC Cartagena,[9] Real Oviedo[10] and Celta de Vigo B.[11]
Honours
Team
Individual
- Pichichi Trophy (Segunda División): 1981–82
References
- ^ "Un Compos de Primera" (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "5–1: El Celta acabó barriendo al Linares" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 September 1981. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "6–0: El campeón apabulló al colista" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 17 May 1982. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "1–0: El Sevilla ganó a seis minutos del final" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 6 September 1982. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "2–2: Noche de "meigas"" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1982. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El Compostela asciende al cielo de la Primera" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 June 1994. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "La Ponferradina hace historia en el Rico Pérez" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "La Ponferradina destituye a Pichi Lucas" (in Spanish). Marca. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Seria estocada a Pichi Lucas" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Pichi Lucas se convierte en el nuevo entrenador del Real Oviedo" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Pichi Lucas llega al banquillo del Celta B" (in Spanish). Marca. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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External links
- Pichi Lucas at BDFutbol
- Pichi Lucas manager profile at BDFutbol
- Celta de Vigo biography Template:Es icon
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Castilian-Leonese footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Celta de Vigo players
- Córdoba CF footballers
- CD Ourense footballers
- SD Compostela footballers
- Spanish football managers
- SD Compostela managers
- SD Ponferradina managers
- FC Cartagena managers
- Real Oviedo managers