Pablo Bengoechea

Pablo Javier Bengoechea Dutra (Rivera, June 27, 1965) is a Uruguayan former soccer player and coach. He is the current sports manager of Club Atlético Peñarol.He was one of the historic scorers of the Uruguayan classic played between Peñarol and Nacional. He participated throughout Peñarol's second five-year period and scored Uruguay's goals in the finals of two of the last three Copa América won by the team, in 1987 and 1995.

After having been technical assistant to his compatriot Sergio Markarián in the Peruvian national football team, the Peruvian Football Federation appointed him its coach, a position he held until December 2014. He was coach of Club Alianza Lima in Peru.

Among his most important achievements as coach is having been champion of the 2015 Apertura and Clausura Tournament in Uruguay with Peñarol and also having won the 2017 national champion with Alianza Lima. In addition, with the blue and white team he won 6 classics (2-0, 1-2, 1-0, 1-3, 2-0 and 2-1), tied 1 (1-1) and lost 3 (3-0, 1-0 and 2-0).

Professional career

He debuted at the Oriental Atlético Club in the city of Rivera, then in Rivera's national team, the Montevideo Wanderers Fútbol Club, the Sevilla FC in Spain, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and finally in the Club Atlético Peñarol in Montevideo. He is known by the nicknames "The Professor" and "The Ten".

Peñarol

Pablo Bengoechea helped his Peñarol team win the second five-year period of gold, winning in the 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 seasons.

His time at Peñarol was very successful since the Uruguayan won from 1993 to 1997, in what was the club's second five-year term, the Uruguayan in 1999 and 2003, the Liguilla 94 and 97, two Parmalat championships 93, 94 and two Conmebol vice-championships, in 1993 and 1994.

Once retired from football (at 38 years old), Bengoechea opened the restaurant "El Diez" in the Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo. As a return for all the joys that he brought to the Peñarol team, a monument was erected in his honor on the club's training field, 'Los Aromos'. He is considered one of the greatest idols of the Carbonera party.

National team

Outstanding player in the 1990s, he wore the Uruguay jersey from 1987 to 1998. He played with great prominence in the Copa América in 1987 and 1995. He scored the goals in the two finals, giving the Uruguayan team the title of best of America, against Chile and Brazil. He also participated in the 1990 Soccer World Cup in Italy.

Participations in Copa América

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome
Copa America 1987	Argentina	Champion
Copa America 1995	Uruguay Uruguay	Champion

Participations in World Cups

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
1990 World Cup Soccer/Football	ItalyItaly	Final Octavos	1	1

Career as a coach

Peru national team

In 2014, after the departure of Sergio Markarián from the Peruvian soccer team, Pablo Bengoechea took the reins of the Inca national team. With the white and red team he directed nine games, winning five and losing four. After his short stint with the Peruvian team, he returned to his country.

Peñarol

Back in his native Uruguay, Bengoechea was hired by Club Atlético Peñarol in 2015, a club where he is considered an idol. With the 'tittyman' He won the championship in both the Apertura Tournament and the Clausura Tournament of the 'Charrúa' country. His contract was renewed for the 2016 season; However, before starting the next tournament, the aurinegro team decided that he would not continue in office, giving rise to the unusual case of a coach being fired after winning the only two tournaments he played in, only for losing a friendly classic. Later, Peñarol would end up winning the Uruguayan championship by qualifying for the final thanks to the opening game won by Bengoechea, which was recognized by the coach of the moment, Jorge Da Silva.

Lima Alliance

At the end of 2016, Bengoechea was announced as the new technical director of Club Alianza Lima for the 2017 season. With him came reinforcements to the 'aliancista' such as Gonzalo Godoy, Luis Aguiar and Germán Pacheco. With Pablo at the helm, the La Victoria team became champions of both the Apertura Tournament and the Clausura Tournament of Peru. Having won both tournaments, the Alianza team automatically became national champion without having to play a final. Another of Bengoechea's achievements that year with Alianza Lima was having remained undefeated at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium throughout the local tournament.

For the 2018 season, Bengoechea renews its contractual relationship with Alianza Lima. That year he reached the national final again, although he lost to the future champion Sporting Cristal, and qualified the blue and white team for the second consecutive year to the Copa Libertadores de América. At the end of the season, Bengoechea decides to leave his position in the Alliance team by his own decision.

On June 3, 2019, he was officially presented as the new Alianza Lima coach after having been away from the institution for six months. After the resignation of Miguel Ángel Russo, the Uruguayan coach was the first option to put on the blue and white jersey again and finally his return to the Grone team was finalized. His contract was until December 2020. In that year, 2019, he would take the intimate team to a national final again, this time losing against Binacional de Juliaca; thus achieving the team's third consecutive classification to the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.

For the 2020 season, it organized a preseason, however the results were not favorable for the blue and white team, both in the local tournament and in the debut for the Copa Libertadores. He directed his last game with Alianza Lima after losing 2-0 to Universitario.

Personal life

Pablo Bengoechea has been married since 1986 to Fanny Silva, with whom he has three daughters: Aline, Eliane and Paola. His eldest daughter, Aline, is a notary by profession. His daughter Elaine (who is known publicly as Elo) lives in Peru and is a sports journalist; She hosted the sports news program Menú Deportivo, from UCI Noticias, and is currently part of GolPerú. For her part, Paola, the youngest, is a law student.

Career

Statistics as a player

Club	Div.	Season	League		TournamentCompetence		Cups National(1)		Tournaments International(2)		Total		Media
			Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles	Part.	Goles
Montevideo Wanderers F. C. Uruguay Uruguay	1. a	1985	23	7	6	1	6	5	-		35	13	0.37
		1986	23	8	7	1	6	4	6	3	42	16	0.38
		1987	-		5	3	-		-		5	3	0.6
	Total club		46	15	18	5	12	9	6	3	82	32	0.39
Sevilla F. C. SpainSpain	1. a	1987-88	30	12	-		4	1	-		34	13	0.4
		1988-89	27	5	-		2	1	-		29	6	0.18
		1989-90	31	3	-		2	0	-		33	3	0.16
		1990-91	25	4	-		4	1	3	1	32	6	0.22
		1991-92	22	2	-		8	1	-		30	3	0.18
	Total club		135	26	0	0	20	4	3	1	158	31	0.23
Gymnastics and tear L. P. Argentina	1. a	1992-93	16	5	-		-		-		16	5	0.31
	Total club		16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	5	0.31
C. A. Peñarol Uruguay Uruguay	1. a	1993	24	11	-		6	4	8	2	38	17	0.44
		1994	27	12	-		5	4	9	3	41	19	0.46
		1995	24	12	-		8	4	10	3	42	19	0.45
		1996	18	2	-		6	0	9	3	33	5	0.15
		1997	25	11	-		5	1	15	3	45	15	0.33
		1998	18	3	-		4	0	12	1	34	4	0.14
		1999	29	7	-		-		10	3	39	10	0.25
		2000	35	11	-		5	1	11	2	51	14	0.27
		2001	34	7	-		-		10	2	44	9	0.20
		2002	32	15	-		-		10	2	42	17	0.40
		2003	28	4	-		-		3	0	31	4	0.12
	Total club		294	95	0	0	39	14	107	24	440	133	0.30
Total career			491	141	18	5	71	27	116	28	696	201	0.29
(1) Includes data from the American Pre-Liberator Liguilla (1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000). (2) Includes data from the UEFA Cup (1990-91) / Copa Libertadores (1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) / Copa Conmebol (1993, 1994) / Copa Mercosur (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) / South American Super Cup (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997).

Statistical summary

Career as a technical assistant

Equipment	Country	Year
River Plate	Uruguay Uruguay	2005 - 2006
Blue Cross	Mexico Mexico	2007 - 2008
University of Chile	ChileChile	2008 - 2009
Danubio	Uruguay Uruguay	2010
Selection of Peru	Peru Peru	2010 - 2013

Career as a coach

Equipment	Country	Year
Selection of Peru	Peru Peru	2014
Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	2015 - 2016
Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2017 - 2018
Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2019 - 2020

Statistics as a coach

Club	PD	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	DG	Effect.
Peru	9	5	0	4	11	11	+0	55.56%
Peñarol	31	18	8	5	58	33	+25	66.67%
Alliance Lima	134	64	31	39	190	159	+31	55.47%
Total career	174	87	39	48	259	203	+56	57.47%

Titles and recognitions

As a player

National titles

Title	Equipment (*)	Country	Year
National Cup of Selections (OFI)	Rivera Selection	Uruguay Uruguay	1985
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	1993
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay	1994
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	1995
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	1996
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	1997
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	1999
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	2003

Quinquenio

International titles

Title	Club	Country	Year
Copa America	Uruguaya	Argentina	1987
Copa America	Uruguaya	Uruguay Uruguay	1995

Individual distinctions

As a coach

National Championships

Title	Club	Country	Year
Closing Tour	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	2015
Opening Tour	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	2015
Uruguayan Championship	Peñarol	Uruguay Uruguay	2015-16
Opening Tour	Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2017
Closing Tour	Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2017
First Division	Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2017
Closing Tour	Alliance Lima	Peru Peru	2019