Fernando Pandolfi

Fernando Pandolfi
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Daniel Pandolfi
Date of birth	May 29, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–2000	Vélez Sarsfield
1997	→ Perugia (loan)
2000–2001	Boca Juniors
2001–2002	Vélez Sarsfield
Total
International career
1999	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Daniel Pandolfi (born May 29, 1974, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker who played most of his career for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield. He was part of the successful team that won several trophies during the mid-1990s, including the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup.

Career

Club

Nicknamed Rifle, Pandolfi started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield. He was often compared to Uruguayan star Enzo Francescoli due to their similar characteristics on the field.^[1] Pandolfi played 104 games with the club between 1994 and 2000. He also made a short spell on loan in the Italian Serie A with Perugia in 1997.

Towards the end of his career, Pandolfi signed for Boca Juniors. As a Xeneize, he replicated the success once achieved with Vélez by winning the Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup, but this time in consecutive years. He left Boca without scoring a league goal, but scored five in international competitions. In 2002, while making his third spell with Vélez Sarsfield, Pandolfi announced his retirement from football at the age of 28.

National team

Pandolfi played two friendly matches with the Argentina national team in 1999 during Marcelo Bielsa's coaching era.

After football

In 2002 Pandolfi retired from football to dedicate himself entirely to music with his band, Actitud Sospechosa.^[2] In the same year, he was invited onstage by Los Piojos during a show at the Luna Park stadium to play guitar on their cover of Chuck Berry's "Around & Around".^[1] They released one album, Rockable.^[3]

Honours

Vélez Sarsfield

Copa Libertadores (1): 1994
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1994
Argentine Primera División (3): 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura
Copa Interamericana (1): 1995
Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1996
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1997

Boca Juniors

Argentine Primera División (1): 2000 Apertura
Intercontinental Cup (1): 2000
Copa Libertadores (1): 2001

References

^ ^a ^b "El Rifle, de futbolista a rockero" (in Spanish). Página/12. 2002-08-01. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
^ "Biografía de Actitud Sospechosa" (in Spanish). rock.com.ar. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
^ "Rockable, un disco de Actitud Sospechosa" (in Spanish). rock.com.ar. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

External links

Fernando Pandolfi at National-Football-Teams.com
Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 May 2012)
Fernando Pandolfi at BDFA (in Spanish)

[Rock-1] "El Rifle, de futbolista a rockero" (in Spanish). Página/12. 2002-08-01. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

[2] "Biografía de Actitud Sospechosa" (in Spanish). rock.com.ar. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

[3] "Rockable, un disco de Actitud Sospechosa" (in Spanish). rock.com.ar. Retrieved 2010-06-25.

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