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He started playing in Rosario Central , where he stayed 2 successful seasons before transferring to Mexico's Toluca . After only one season in Mexico he moved to CD Tenerife , where he played from 1991 to 1996, except for the 1993/1994 season when he played for Valencia CF . Pizzi played between 1994 and 1998 22 matches for the Spain scoring 8 goals, including one match at the . During the 1995/1996 season, while playing for CD Tenerife , he won the ''Pichichi'' with 31 goals in 41 matches, and obtained the European Golden Boot . After the successful season with CD Tenerife , he transferred to FC Barcelona , and even though he only played 2 seasons with in the Catalonian team, with less goals than with Tenerife, he became very popular among the ''Culé'' fans. With Barcelona he won the Supercopa De España in 1996, the European Super Cup and Copa Del Rey in 1997, and in 1998 again the Copa del Rey, and his only La Liga title. Perhaps the most remembered accomplishment by Barcelona's fans was the decisive goal in the 5:4 victory over Atlético De Madrid for the Quarter final match of the Copa Del Rey , after a negative half time score of 0:3. After the 1998 Spanish title, he came back to Argentina to play for River Plate, and then to his first team: Rosario Central . Back to Europe , he played only 11 matches with Portuguese FC Porto before he retired from professional football. After his retirement, he played Polo in Catalonia n ''Cerdanyola del Vallés''. Together with Peru vian Jose Del Solar , Pizzi coached Argentine First Division 's Colón De Santa Fe at the beginning of the Clausura 2005, but they were laid off after 3 losses in the first 3 matches. CAREER EXTERNAL LINKS |
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