Pedro Troglio was born in Luján, Argentina, on July 28, 1965.
He started his career in his homeland for River Plate of Buenos Aires. He made his league debut in 1983 at 18. He stayed with the Milionarios for five years making 59 appearances with3 goals. He won the Argentinian title in 1985-86, the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup both in 1986.
In 1988 he began his European adventure when he signed for Verona in Serie A. He had a good season playing 32 games and scoring a goal against Como.
In the summer of 1989 he signed for Lazio along with Amarildo, forming a trio of South-Americans with Rubén Sosa. In his first season Troglio played 24 games and Lazio finished 9th under Giuseppe Materazzi and won a derby after 10 years.
In his second season he played 16 times under Dino Zoff and scored his first and only goal against Milan. Lazio finished 11th.
In 1991-92, with the arrival of foreign players Thomas Doll and Karl-Heinz Riedle, Troglio was sold to Ascoli (only three non Italians per team per allowed). At Lazio he made 40 appearances in Serie A with 1 goal plus one in Coppa Italia.
Troglio stayed in Ascoli Piceno for three seasons (one in Serie A and two in Serie B). He played 106 games and scored 13 goals.
In 1994 he left Italy and Europe, destination Japan. For two years (1994-96) he played for Avispa Fukuoka in the Japanese league making 56 appearances and scoring 20 goals.
In 1997 he returned to his native Argentina and signed for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. He had five good years in the city of diagonals and played 124 games with 4 goals. In 2006 his number 21 jersey was retired in Gimnasia, the first ever in Argentine football.
Troglio ended his career at Villa Dàlmine (Argentine 4th division) playing 31 times with 4 goals. At 38 he decided to call it a day.
At International level he earned 21 caps for Argentina with 2 goals. He took part in the Albiceleste expedition to Italia '90 World Cup. He scored against the USSR and played both the semi final (Italy) and the final (lost 1-0 to Germany). He was playing for Lazio at the time so a satisfaction for the Biancocelesti who have not had many of their players in World Cup finals (a more recent one being Klose in 2014).
After retiring, Troglio became a manager. He started with Godoy Cruz (Argentine 2nd division). He then had a two-year spell at former team Gimnasia. Between 2007 and 2011 he had several teams; Indipendiente, Cerro Porteño (Paraguay- won league in 2009) and Argentinos Juniors. In 2011 he returned to Gimnasia for another five years. He then spent a year at Tigre and one at Universitario before returning to Gimnasia in 2018 for his third spell. In 2019 he went to Olimpia for two years and then in 2022 to San Lorenzo (Pope Francis' team). Troglio is currently manager of CD Olimpia in Honduras.
Troglio was a solid defensive central midfielder. He was strong physically, not tall at 1.72 but sturdy and a good tackler. He was the classic midfielder whose main task was to break down the oppositions build up play and win back as many balls as possible. He did this with great efficiency.
He was only at Lazio for two years but his time in Rome coincided with positive, carefree times. Lazio were back in the big time, after all the tribulations of the 1980's, but had no particular pressure to overachieve. It seemed enough to have some decent players, good crowds and not to suffer. It was a period before spending in football spiralled out of control, a more romantic era before the sport was finally lost to business interests. This could explain why Troglio's name is still sung by Lazio fans in a chant that includes Sosa and Amarildo. Lazio have had better midfielders than Troglio (and far worse) but he is remembered with affection by Lazio fans as linked to a time when they still had the feeling football was their game and not a corporate affair of brands and clients.
Lazio Career
Season | Total appearances (goals) | Serie A | Coppa Italia |
1989-90 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
1990-91 | 16 (1) | 16 (1) | - |
Total | 41 (1) | 40 (1) | 1 |
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