The former Uruguayan international player Walter Pandianiknown as ‘The Rifle’, He was a charismatic forward of reference in Spanish football, with a career marked by his competitive nature, leadership and goal-scoring nose. Now he will begin a new adventure on the bench of a Spanish fifth category team fighting for promotion.
He Palencia CFcurrent second place in Group 8 of Third RFEF, two points behind the leader Atlético Tordesillas, announced, through an official statement, the incorporation of Pandiani (49 years old) as the new coach of the first team, which constitutes a significant commitment to lead the club’s sporting project. It should be noted that Palencia is the only Spanish province without a soccer team in the first four categories.
As a player, the Montevideo left a special mark on the Deportivo de La Coruñawith which he conquered two Spanish Super Cups and one King’s Cup, In addition to winning the cup tournament, he also won the Majorca and the Spanish.
He also served, among others, in the ranks of Osasuna in First and in Villarrealin the Second Division. In his almost 12 years in the top category of Spanish football, he played 278 games, in which he scored 82 goals. Also noteworthy is that he suffered five expulsions.
The new technician of the Palencia CF He was also the top scorer of the UEFA Cup in 2007, with 11 goals, a competition in which he played in the final with Spanish. After hanging up his boots, Pandiani He has developed a career on the bench linked to training.
He began his career as a coach in youth categories in Spain, leading the Juvenil A of CD Masnou and of CE Europe, before making the international leap as coach of Dibba Al-Hisn SC, in the Second Division of the United Arab Emirates.
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He later returned to Uruguaywhere he took on projects of different profiles, in the CA Cerro and the Albion FCin which he promoted a philosophy based on locker room cohesion, collective effort and group unity. His last experience was in Miramar Misionesin the highest category of Uruguayan football, where it managed to remain in the 2024 season.
