Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paolo Pasquale Peschisolido | ||
Date of birth | 25 May 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1992 | Toronto Blizzard | 72 | (32) |
1990–1991 | Kansas City Comets (indoor) | 43 | (24) |
1992–1994 | Birmingham City | 43 | (16) |
1994–1996 | Stoke City | 66 | (19) |
1996 | Birmingham City | 9 | (1) |
1996–1997 | West Bromwich Albion | 45 | (18) |
1997–2001 | Fulham | 95 | (24) |
2000 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2001 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2001 | → Norwich City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Sheffield United | 79 | (17) |
2004–2007 | Derby County[A] | 91 | (20) |
2007–2008 | Luton Town | 4 | (0) |
2009 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0 | (0) |
Total | 562 | (174) | |
International career | |||
1986–1987 | Canada U-17 | 7 | (0) |
1988 | Canada U-20 | 6 | (2) |
1990–1992 | Canada U-23 | 12 | (5) |
1992–2004 | Canada | 53 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
2009 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant) | ||
2009–2012 | Burton Albion | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paolo Pasquale Peschisolido (born 25 May 1971), commonly known as Paul Peschisolido, is a Canadian former soccer player and coach. Peschisolido was coach of English League Two club Burton Albion from May 2009 until March 2012.
A forward, Peschisolido began his career in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard and played in the Major Indoor Soccer League with the Kansas City Comets before moving to England.
Over 16 seasons he scored 118 goals from 447 appearances in the Football League, playing for nine different clubs: Birmingham City, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Norwich City, Derby County and Luton Town.
Peschisolido represented his country from U-16 level upwards to the senior level spanning from 1986 to 2004, making his senior debut for the Canadian national team in 1992. He went on to play 53 times for Canada, scoring 10 goals, in a 12-year senior international career.[1][2] On 1 June 2013, he was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.