Claudio Pizarro

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Claudio Pizarro
ClaudioPizarro2.jpg
in the jersey of SV Werder Bremen (2019)
Personnel
Surname Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio
birthday 3rd October 1978
place of birth Callao ,  Peru
size 186 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1991-1995 Academia Deportiva Cantolao
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1996-1997 Deportivo Pesquero 42 (11)
1998-1999 Alianza Lima 44 (25)
1999-2001 Werder Bremen 56 (29)
2001-2007 FC Bayern Munich 174 (71)
2007-2008 Chelsea FC 21 0(2)
2008-2009 → Werder Bremen (loan) 26 (17)
2009 Chelsea FC 0 0(0)
2009–2012 Werder Bremen 77 (43)
2012-2015 FC Bayern Munich 50 (16)
2015-2017 Werder Bremen 47 (15)
2017-2018 1. FC Cologne 16 0(1)
2018-2020 Werder Bremen 44 0(5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999-2016 Peru 85 (20)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (born October 3, 1978 in Callao ) is a former Peruvian football player who also has Italian and German citizenship. The long-time national player of Peru played for Werder Bremen until July 2020 , which was his first stop in Europe in 1999. He was also under contract twice with FC Bayern Munich , with whom he won the triple in 2013 , and also played briefly with FC Chelsea and 1. FC Köln . Pizarro holds several records in the Bundesliga: he is the most frequently used foreign player , the oldest Bundesliga goalscorer, the first player in Bundesliga history to score at least one goal in 21 calendar years in a row, and also Werder Bremen's record scorer.

Childhood and youth

Pizarro spent his childhood together with two siblings in Santiago de Surco , a district of Lima . He began playing football in 1991 at the age of twelve at the Academica Deportiva Cantolao, a youth academy with a football club based in his birthplace. He was considered a typical street footballer who was also interested in other sports such as basketball , golf and tennis .

Pizarro is the grandson of an Italian and therefore also has Italian citizenship .

Career

societies

Pizarro in the jersey of
FC Bayern Munich (2006)

Deportivo Pesquero

Pizarro began his professional career with the Peruvian first division club Deportivo Pesquero at the age of 17. In the 1996 season he made his debut against Alianza Lima ; he scored his first two league goals two weeks later in a 2-1 win over Atlético Torino .

Alianza Lima

In 1998 he moved to league rivals and then champions Alianza Lima and scored 25 goals in the first two seasons. At the end of the 1999 season of the Peruvian Torneo Apertura , he finished second with the team behind Universitario de Deportes .

Werder Bremen

In 1999 he was signed by Bundesliga club Werder Bremen . In his premier season he scored ten goals in 25 Bundesliga games, the following season he scored 19 goals in 31 Bundesliga games.

FC Bayern Munich

Because of these successes, FC Bayern Munich became aware of Pizarro and signed him in the summer of 2001 for 15 million DM (8.2 million euros). With Bayern Munich he won the World Cup in 2001 , the Double in 2003, 2005, 2006 and the DFB League Cup in 2004 . The contract, which expired on June 30, 2007, was not extended after Pizarro had rejected an offer from FC Bayern Munich.

FC Chelsea / Werder Bremen

Pizarro in Werder Bremen's club clothes (2010)

For the 2007/08 season Pizarro moved to the English first division club Chelsea , where he signed a four-year contract. However, he could not prevail there, was mostly only substituted and scored only two league goals.

He then moved back to Werder Bremen for a year on loan for the 2008/09 season , where he was the most successful goalscorer with 17 goals and won the DFB Cup in 2009 .

He then returned to Chelsea, to which he was contractually bound for two more years. He completed the pre-season and was used in the World Football Challenge , which he won with the club. Another Premier League appearance did not follow. After several weeks of attempts by Werder Bremen to sign Pizarro again, and after coach Carlo Ancelotti had not called him into the 18-man squad at the start of the season against Hull City , Chelsea finally agreed to return. According to his own information, Pizarro turned down offers from Turkish, Greek and other English clubs. On August 18, 2009, three days after the start of the Premier League season and after two days of playing in the Bundesliga, he signed a three-year contract with Werder Bremen with an option for another year. By 2012 he had scored 43 goals in three years, replacing Giovane Élber as the best foreign shooter in the Bundesliga.

Return to FC Bayern Munich

Pizarro in 2013

For the 2012/13 season , Pizarro returned to Bayern Munich on a free transfer, where he signed a contract valid until June 30, 2013. After a few short appearances in the Bundesliga, he scored three goals in a 6-1 win in the fourth Champions League group game against OSC Lille on November 7, 2012 . On March 30, 2013, he scored four goals in a 9-2 win at home against Hamburger SV and prepared two goals. At the end of the season he won the triple with Bayern Munich . In July 2013, Pizarro's contract was extended by one year to June 30, 2014.

In 2014 Pizarro won his fifth championship and his fifth DFB Cup with Bayern; Pizarro's contract was extended for another year - until June 30, 2015. A torn muscle bundle in his thigh during training on November 3, 2014, forced him to take a break for several weeks. In the second half of the 2014/15 season he played eight Bundesliga games in which he remained without hits. He ended his last season at Bayern Munich with his sixth championship.

Return to Werder Bremen

After two months without a club, Pizarro returned to Werder Bremen on September 7, 2015. He signed a contract that ran until the end of the 2015/16 season and was given the number "14" on his back. He made his comeback on September 13, 2015, when he played a 3-1 away win at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on matchday 4 in the 82nd minute of the game from coach Viktor Skripnik , with whom he played together during his first time in Bremen. was substituted on for Ulisses Garcia and prepared the interim 2-1 for Anthony Ujah in the 92nd minute . On February 5, 2016, he was the first foreigner to play his 400th Bundesliga game. He is the only still active player with more than 400 Bundesliga games . On March 2, 2016, in Werder's 4-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen, Pizarro was the oldest Bundesliga player to date to score three goals in a game. With his 102nd Bundesliga goal for Werder, scored on April 16, 2016 in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg , he is now the club's most successful goalscorer. He overtook long-time record holder Marco Bode , who scored 101 goals. At the end of the season, his contract term was extended by a further year until June 30, 2017, but not beyond the end of the 2016/17 season.

1. FC Cologne

On September 29, 2017, Pizarro joined 1. FC Köln , with whom he received a contract that ran until the end of the 2017/18 season . After a few minor injuries, he scored his first goal on March 4, 2018 in the game against VfB Stuttgart . 1. FC Köln lost the game 2: 3. At the end of the season he was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln as bottom of the table. He came to 16 missions and one goal.

Again return to Werder Bremen

For the 2018/19 season , the 39-year-old Pizarro returned to Werder Bremen to end his career at the club, which had been his first in Europe in 1999. He received the shirt with the number 4. When Pizarro came on two days after his 40th birthday on October 5, 2018 in the game against VfL Wolfsburg, he was only the ninth 40-year-old player to a Bundesliga appearance. With the 1-1 equalizer at Hertha BSC on February 16, 2019, he replaced Mirko Votava (also Werder Bremen) as the oldest Bundesliga goalscorer (40 years and 136 days). With this hit he set another record, becoming the first Bundesliga player to score in 21 consecutive years (previously Klaus Fischer (20 years old)). After more hits, his record is now 40 years and 227 days (last hit on May 18, 2019 for a 2-1 final against RB Leipzig ).

On the last match day of the 2018/19 season, Pizarro extended his contract term for another year.

In the first main round of the 2019/20 DFB Cup , Pizarro scored twice in a 6-1 win against Atlas Delmenhorst , making him the oldest double goal scorer in this competition.

In the two relegation games with 1. FC Heidenheim to stay in the league, he was no longer used.

National team

Pizarro as captain of the Peruvian national team (2007)

Pizarro was the captain of the Peruvian senior team , which missed qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . He scored one goal in eleven qualifying games in which he was used. Pizarro had previously participated with the national team in the Copa America 2004 , in which the team failed in the quarter-finals in the selection of Argentina . In one game he suffered a torn skull and was out for several months.

In October 2006 he got into trouble with national coach Franco Navarro when he only played one of two international matches against arch-rivals Chile in order to be able to return to Bayern Munich in time. In the event of punishment from FIFA or the FPF , he threatened to resign from the national team. In a letter Pizarro finally asked the Peruvian Football Association not to be nominated for international matches as long as Navarro is the national coach. In July 2008, the association's internal ban on players involved in the boycott was lifted. Nevertheless, Pizarro was initially no longer considered. On March 29, 2011 he was used again in the international test match against the selection of Ecuador in The Hague . On June 17, 2011, he suffered an inner ligament rupture in a training match for the national team, so he was out for the 2011 Copa América . In 2015 he took part again in the Copa America , played in the group matches against Venezuela's selection , against which he scored the 1-0 winner, and against Colombia , where he was surprised to receive the captain's armband from Carlos Lobaton . He also played in the quarter-finals against the selection of Bolivia and in the semi-finals, which were lost 1: 2 against the eventual tournament winners Chile. In 2016, coach Ricardo Gareca decided not to use Pizarro for the 100th anniversary edition of the Copa America . For the 2018 World Cup , he was not nominated for the Peruvian squad. The Peruvian is currently playing 85 full internationals with 20 goals.

successes

societies

National team

Bundesliga

  • On October 23, 2010 (9th matchday; Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Bremen 1: 4) he became the most successful foreign goalscorer in the Bundesliga with his 134th goal (in the 287th game) (until then: Giovane Élber , 133 goals / 260 games ). He was replaced on March 9, 2019 (25th matchday) by Poland's Robert Lewandowski , who scored 196 and 197 goals in Bayern Munich's 6-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg . Pizarro's current standings on that date were 195 goals in 467 games.
  • Since September 25, 2012 (5th matchday; FC Bayern Munich - VfL Wolfsburg 3-0) and his 337th Bundesliga appearance, he has been the most frequently used foreign player . On February 5, 2016 (20th match day, Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Bremen 5: 1) he played his 400th Bundesliga game as the first foreign player. Pizarro is the 65th player to have reached this mark and is also the only active player (as of March 12, 2018) with more than 400 Bundesliga appearances. On September 29, 2018 (6th matchday, VfB Stuttgart - Werder Bremen 2-1), he became the first foreign player to play his 450th Bundesliga game.
  • Pizarro has been the Bundesliga’s oldest three-goal scorer since March 2, 2016 (37 years and 151 days).
  • Record scorer of SV Werder Bremen with 108 Bundesliga goals.
  • Since February 16, 2019, he has been the oldest goalscorer in the Bundesliga after his 195th Bundesliga goal (40 years and 136 days).
  • On May 4, 2019 (32nd matchday), he scored the goal to the final score in a 2-2 draw in the home game against Borussia Dortmund; at his 196th Bundesliga club he was 40 years and 213 days old, increasing the record by 77 days. He increased this again by another 14 days, as he scored again on May 18, 2019 (34th matchday) with the 2-1 winning goal in the home game against RB Leipzig .
  • On December 8, 2019 (14th matchday), he became the player who played against the most opponents (38 teams) in the history of the Bundesliga through the game against SC Paderborn .

DFB Cup

  • Pizarro is the foreign player who has won the cup most often (six times in total) and has reached the final most often (eight times).
  • Pizarro is the most successful foreign goalscorer and foreign record player in the DFB Cup , who has scored 34 goals in a total of 57 games for Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen (as of August 10, 2019).
  • In the first main round of the 2019/20 DFB Cup, Pizarro scored twice in a 6-1 win against Atlas Delmenhorst, making him the oldest double goal scorer in this competition.

Awards

Handprint by Claudio Pizarro in the Lloyd-Passage Bremen

Others

Pizarro married his school friend and childhood sweetheart in 1999, who gave birth to their first child, a son, on October 17, 1999. The couple has three children in total.

His younger brother Diego Enrique Pizarro Bosio (* 1990) is also a footballer, he has been under contract with the Peruvian club Academia Deportiva Cantolao since January 2016 . Between 2005 and 2009 he played in the youth division of FC Bayern Munich.

Together with his former teammate Tim Borowski from Bremen , Pizarro owns the stallion "Black Arrow". The racehorse is trained by Andreas Wöhler , head of the Ravensberg stud in Gütersloh. On August 21, 2011, Black Arrow sprinted to his first victory at Ascot race day in Hanover, ridden by jockey Eduardo Pedroza . Furthermore, Pizarro and Borowski possess along with Thomas Mueller as owner community , the race-horse "El Tren".

Season overview

society league season league Nat. Cup European Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
Deportivo Pesquero Primera División 1996 16 3 - - - - - - 16 3
1997 25th 8th - - - - - - 25th 8th
total 41 11 - - - - - - 41 11
Alianza Lima Primera División 1998 22nd 7th - - 11 2 - - 33 9
1999 22nd 18th - - - - - - 22nd 18th
total 44 25th - - 11 2 - - 55 27
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 1999/00 25th 10 5 2 9 3 - - 39 15th
2000/01 31 19th 1 0 5 4th - - 37 23
total 56 29 6th 2 14th 7th - - 76 38
FC Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2001/02 30th 15th 4th 0 16 4th - - 50 19th
2002/03 31 15th 7th 2 7th 2 - - 45 19th
2003/04 31 11 5 1 7th 0 - - 43 12
2004/05 23 11 5 6th 7th 4th - - 35 21st
2005/06 26th 11 6th 5 6th 1 - - 38 17th
2006/07 33 8th 2 0 10 4th - - 45 12
total 174 71 29 14th 53 15th - - 256 100
Chelsea FC Premier League 2007/08 21st 2 9 0 2 0 - - 32 2
2009/10 - - - - - - - - - -
total 21st 2 9 0 2 0 - - 32 2
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 2008/09 26th 17th 5 4th 15th 7th - - 46 28
2009/10 26th 16 4th 1 10 12 - - 40 29
2010/11 22nd 9 2 2 5 3 - - 29 14th
2011/12 29 18th - - - - - - 29 18th
total 103 60 11 7th 30th 22nd - - 144 89
FC Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2012/13 20th 6th 2 3 6th 4th - - 28 13
2013/14 17th 10 2 3 6th 0 - - 25th 13
2014/15 13 0 2 1 2 0 - - 17th 1
total 50 16 6th 7th 14th 4th - - 70 27
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 2015/16 28 14th 4th 2 - - - - 32 16
2016/17 19th 1 - - - - - - 19th 1
total 47 15th 4th 2 - - - - 51 17th
1. FC Cologne Bundesliga 2017/18 16 1 - - - - - - 16 1
total 16 1 - - - - - - 16 1
Werder Bremen Bundesliga 2018/19 26th 5 4th 2 - - - - 30th 7th
total 26th 5 4th 2 - - - - 30th 7th
Total career 578 235 69 34 124 50 - - 771 319

Web links

Commons : Claudio Pizarro  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players , FIFAdata.com, December 15, 2013, accessed on December 6, 2017, p. 5 (pdf; 204 KB).
  2. ↑ Pizarro: "Germany is the center of my life" . ( Memento from May 25, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Claudio Pizarro: The best foreign striker in Bundesliga history . ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: ftbpro.com , August 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ Claudio Pizarro: Der Lässig , taz.de from December 1, 2008.
  5. ^ Passport forgeries in professional football: Goal-threatening grandchildren , tagesspiegel.de, accessed on May 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Pizarro, Claudio - 2007/08 player statistics . In: kicker.de , accessed on May 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ Pizarro is back! Kicker.de from August 15, 2008.
  8. ↑ Pizarro in exchange with Pirlo to Milan? on bild.de on July 28, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ AC Milan 1 - 2 Chelsea ( Memento of July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) of July 24, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ Chelsea 2 - 1 Hull on premierleague.com, accessed September 8, 2015.
  11. ↑ Pizarro is back on focus.de on August 18, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kreiszeitung: The figurehead is back: With Pizarro Werder is acceptable , August 19, 2009.
  13. ↑ Pizarro returns to FC Bayern. In: fcbayern.de. May 26, 2012, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  14. ↑ Denis Canalp: Bayern attacker hits against Lille three times: Pizarro sends a challenge to the competition. (No longer available online.) In: RP Online . November 8, 2012, archived from the original on November 11, 2012 ; Retrieved November 24, 2012 .
  15. ↑ Patrick Strasser: Pack of four against HSV: Can Pizarro now play against Juve? Evening newspaper , March 30, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Pizarro signs a new contract. In: fcbayern.de. July 4, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  17. ↑ Pizarro and Alaba injured , fcbayern.de, accessed on November 7, 2014.
  18. ^ Return perfect ( memento from November 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) werder.de, accessed on September 7, 2015.
  19. ↑ Returnees Pizarro gives Werder the late boost , kicker online, accessed on September 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ fifa.com: "Transfer and goal records galore"
  21. ↑ Claudio Pizarro writes Bundesliga history Bundesliga.de, accessed on March 3, 2016.
  22. ^ Claudio Pizarro oldest three-packer , accessed on March 4, 2016.
  23. ↑ Another year: Pizarro extends contract with Werder werder.de, accessed on May 17, 2016.
  24. ↑ Press release on werder.de of July 2, 2017, accessed on July 2, 2017.
  25. ↑ FC sign Claudio Pizarro. In: fc.de. September 29, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017 .
  26. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/bundesliga-2017-2018-1-fc-koeln-vfb-stuttgart/
  27. ↑ Claudio Pizarro will return to Werder at the end of his career | SV Werder Bremen . ( werder.de [accessed on July 29, 2018]).
  28. ↑ On the 40th by Claudio Pizarro: Club of the 40s . ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on October 11, 2018]).
  29. ↑ The legend of Pizarro continues . Werder Bremen , May 18, 2019, accessed on May 18, 2019 .
  30. ↑ Osako opens and Pizarro closes the shooting festival . kicker.de , August 10, 2019, accessed on August 15, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Pizarro boycotted the national team . In: n-tv.de, October 17, 2006, accessed on May 29, 2012.
  32. ↑ FPF pardons nation players . In: transfermarkt.de, July 5, 2008, accessed on May 29, 2012.
  33. ^ Match report Peru versus Ecuador (March 29, 2011) in weltfussball.de .
  34. ↑ Pizarro suffers a rupture of the inner ligament in his right knee . ( Memento from December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: werder.de, accessed on June 18, 2011.
  35. ↑ Most criticized captain of the world on sueddeutsche.de, June 19, 2015, accessed August 20, 2016.
  36. ↑ Vidal and Co. in the summer of the Copa on sport1.de, April 30, 2016, accessed August 20, 2016.
  37. ↑ Farfán leads Peru's World Cup squad - Pizarro not included on sport1.de, May 16, 2016, accessed May 21, 2016.
  38. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Claudio Miguel Pizarro - Goals in International Matches . RSSSF.com . January 10, 2020. Accessed January 15, 2020.
  39. ↑ Match report on Kicker .de.
  40. ^ The unbelievable final point of Claudio Pizarro FAZ accessed on February 16, 2019.
  41. ↑ Match report on Kicker .de.
  42. ↑ Message on sportbuzzer.de.
  43. ↑ a b DFB Cup player statistics. In: fussballdaten.de. Fußballdaten Verlags GmbH, accessed on February 10, 2016 .
  44. ↑ Goal of the Month February 2001. In: sportschau.de .
  45. ↑ Goal of the month September 2008 . In: sportschau.de .
  46. ↑ Goal of the month May 2010 . In: sportschau.de .
  47. ↑ Goal of the month May 2014 . In: sportschau.de .
  48. ↑ DFL honors Matthäus, Overath, Rehhagel - and Pizarro , dfl.de, accessed on August 21, 2019.
  49. ↑ Player profile of Diego Pizarro on transfermarkt.de
  50. ↑ Pizarro's successful horse from Gütersloh . on nw-news .de.
  51. ↑ Top footballers in gallop fever. on baarnboox.de.
Top scorer of the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Europa League


UEFA Cup

1972 : Ludwig Bründl  | 1973 : Jupp Heynckes / Jan Jeuring  | 1974 : Lex Schoenmaker  | 1975 : Jupp Heynckes  | 1976 : Ruud Geels  | 1977 : Stan Bowles  | 1978 : Raimondo Ponte / Gerrie Deykers  | 1979 : Allan Simonsen  | 1980 : Dieter Hoeneß / Harald Nickel  | 1981 : John Wark  | 1982 : Torbjörn Nilsson  | 1983 : Alain Giresse / Erwin Vandenbergh  | 1984 : Tibor Nyilasi  | 1985 : Garry Bannister / Edin Bahtić  | 1986 : Klaus Allofs  | 1987 : Peter Houtman / Wim Kieft / Paulinho Cascavel / Jari Rantanen  | 1988 : Kenneth Brylle / Dimitrios Saravakos  | 1989 : Torsten Gütschow  | 1990 : Falko Götz / Karl-Heinz Riedle  | 1991 : Rudi Völler  | 1992 : Dean Saunders  | 1993 : Gérald Baticle  | 1994 : Dennis Bergkamp / Edgar Schmitt  | 1995 : Ulf Kirsten  | 1996 : Jürgen Klinsmann  | 1997 : Maurizio Ganz  | 1998 : Stéphane Guivarc'h  | 1999 : Enrico Chiesa  | 2000 : Darko Kovačević  | 2001 : Dimitar Berbatow / Bolo  | 2002 : Pierre van Hooijdonk  | 2003 : Such  | 2004 : Sonny Anderson / Didier Drogba / Mateja Kežman / Alan Shearer  | 2005 : Alan Shearer  | 2006 : Matías Delgado  | 2007 : Walter Pandiani  | 2008 : Luca Toni / Pawel Pogrebnjak  | 2009 : Vágner Love

UEFA Europa League

2010 : Óscar Cardozo / Claudio Pizarro  | 2011 , 2012 : Falcao  | 2013 : Libor Kozák  | 2014 : Jonatan Soriano  | 2015 : Alan / Romelu Lukaku  | 2016 : Aritz Aduriz  | 2017 : Edin Džeko / Giuliano  | 2018 : Aritz Aduriz / Ciro Immobile  | 2019 : Olivier Giroud  | 2020 : Bruno Fernandes

personal data
SURNAME Pizarro, Claudio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pizarro Bosio, Claudio Miguel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Callao , Peru