| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Dante Pesce Figueroa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1930-10-08)8 October 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1954 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1954 | →LDU Quito (loan) | ||
| 1955–1960 | Green Cross | ||
| 1961 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961 | Green Cross (youth) | ||
| 1961 | Green Cross | ||
| 1963 | ACF (youth) | ||
| 1963–1964 | San Luis | ||
| 1965 | Unión Española | ||
| 1965 | Universidad Católica (assistant) | ||
| 1965 | Iberia | ||
| 1965 | Concepción-Lord | ||
| 1966 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1967 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1968 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1968–1970 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1970 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| 1971 | Palestino | ||
| 1972–1973 | Lota Schwager | ||
| 1975 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1976 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1977–1979 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
| 1980 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1981 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1981–1982 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1986 | Provincial Osorno | ||
| 1999 | Deportes La Serena (youth) | ||
| 1999 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Dante Pesce Figueroa (8 October 1930 – 23 June 2013), known asDante Pesce, was a Chilean football player and manager who played as aforward. Besides Chile, he played in Ecuador.
Aforward from theUniversidad de Chile youth system, Pesce made his debut on 29 April 1950 in a 4–3 win againstUniversidad Católica, scoring the first goal. In 1954, he was loaned to Ecuadorian sideLiga de Quito, scoring a goal in the first official match in the club history.[2][3] He and his compatriot Carlos Arce[4] became the first Chileans to play for them before players such as Pedro Pérez,Adolfo Ovalle,Edson Puch, among others.[5]
Back in Chile, he played forGreen Cross until 1960[6][7] andUniversidad Católica in the1961 Copa Chile Green Cross, scoring two goals in the final match.[8]
He developed his career in Chile. Subsequently, his retirement, he began coaching Green Cross in thetop division.[9] In that division, he also ledSan Luis,[10]Unión Española,[11]Deportes La Serena,[12][1]O'Higgins[13] andLota Schwager.[14]
In thesecond division, he ledIberia,Coquimbo Unido,Palestino,[15]Audax Italiano, Deportes La Serena,Santiago Wanderers andProvincial Osorno.[7]
At youth level, he worked in the systems of Green Cross, Universidad de Chile[16] and Deportes La Serena. In 1963, he also coached a youth team made up by players from clubs in theAsociación Central de Fútbol (ACF) in a national championship in Arica.[7]
In addition, he served as assistant in Universidad Católica in 1965[7] and was the third manager of Concepción-Lord, laterDeportes Concepción, in the 1965 regional championship.[17]
He made an appearance in the 1988 German filmDer Radfahrer vom San Cristóbal (The Cyclist of San Cristóbal) by Peter Lilienthal, about a cyclist in the context of the Chilean society in the 1980s.[18]
He suffered theAlzheimer's disease and died on 23 June 2013.[2][19]
Pesce was a founder member of the Association of Football Managers in Chile alongside coaches such asFernando Riera,Hugo Tassara,José Santos Arias, among others.[20]
As a football coach of Deportes La Serena, he is considered a forefather of football academies inLa Serena.[21]
La final fue en partidos de ida y vuelta, en donde Universidad Católica logró imponerse en el primer partido con doblete de Dante Pesce.