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{{Short description|Guatemalan footballer (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1979|9|4|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala
| height              = 1.87 m
| image               = Dwight Pezzarossi García, Ministro de Cultura y Deportes (2014-2015).jpg
| office              = [[Council of Ministers of Guatemala|Minister]] of Culture and Sports
| term_start          = 18 September 2014
| term_end            = 18 September 2015
| president           = [[Otto Pérez Molina]]<br>[[Alejandro Maldonado]]
| predecessor         = Carlos Batzín
| successor           = [[Ana María Rodas]]
| module              = {{Infobox football biography
| embed          = yes
| position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub    = [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]] (manager)
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = Deportivo Escuintla
| years1         = 1996–2000
| clubs1         = [[Club Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 2000–2001
| clubs2         = [[Argentinos Juniors]]
| caps2          = 7
| goals2         = 0
| years3         = 2001
| clubs3         = [[Palestino]]
| caps3          = 23
| goals3         = 13
| years4         = 2002
| clubs4         = [[Santiago Wanderers]]
| caps4          = 8
| goals4         = 4
| years5         = 2002–2003
| clubs5         = [[Racing de Ferrol]]
| caps5          = 36
| goals5         = 8
| years6         = 2003–2004
| clubs6         = [[Comunicaciones]]
| caps6          = 29
| goals6         = 12
| years7         = 2004
| clubs7         = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| caps7          = 0
| goals7         = 0
| years8         = 2004–2005
| clubs8         = [[Club Comunicaciones|Comunicaciones]]
| caps8          = 35
| goals8         = 9
| years9         = 2005–2006
| clubs9         = [[Racing de Ferrol]]
| caps9          = 11
| goals9         = 3
| years10        = 2006–2007
| clubs10        = [[CD Numancia|Numancia]]
| caps10         = 1
| goals10        = 0
| years11        = 2007–2008
| clubs11        = [[Deportivo Marquense]]
| caps11         = 21
| goals11        = 9
| years12        = 2008–2011
| clubs12        = [[Comunicaciones]]
| caps12         = 27
| goals12        = 16
| years13        = 2011–2012
| clubs13        = [[Deportes La Serena]]
| caps13         = 30
| goals13        = 7
| years14        = 2012–2013
| clubs14        = [[Comunicaciones]]
| caps14         = 37
| goals14        = 5
| nationalyears1 = 2000–2012
| nationalteam1  = [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]]
| nationalcaps1  = 72
| nationalgoals1 = 16
}}
| caption             = Official portrait as Minister of Culture and Sports.
}}
'''Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García''' (born 4 September 1979) is a Guatemalan former professional [[association football|football]] [[forward (association football)|forward]] and [[manager]]. On 18 September 2014, Pezzarossi was named [[Council of Ministers of Guatemala|Minister]] of Culture and Sports of Guatemala.

Target man Pezzarossi, nicknamed ''El Tanque'' ("the Tank", due to his size), started his footballing career with Guatemalan lower division club Deportivo Escuintla. He spent one year there before signing for a club in the top Guatemalan league, [[Comunicaciones]].

In 2000, Pezzarossi was signed by [[Argentinos Juniors]] and he became one of the few Guatemalan players to play abroad. Then, in June 2001, Pezzarossi moved to Chilean side [[Palestino]].

==Club career==
Pezzarossi was born in [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala. In 2003, he became the third Guatemalan footballer ever to sign with a Spanish club, joining [[Racing de Ferrol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahora.com.gt/02/07/15/paginas/deportes.htm#n1 |publisher=[[Diario La Hora]] |title=Un tanque en España |access-date=20 January 2007 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226102920/http://www.lahora.com.gt/02/07/15/paginas/deportes.htm |archive-date=26 December 2005 }}</ref> He has played for a number of different clubs in different countries including [[Argentinos Juniors]] of Argentina, [[Club Deportivo Palestino|Palestino]] and [[Santiago Wanderers]]<ref>[http://www.lacuarta.com/diario/2002/01/14/14.12.4a.DEP.ENWANDERERS.html Silvio Fernández y Dwight Pezzarossi: "En Wanderers la romperemos a goles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713180937/http://www.lacuarta.com/diario/2002/01/14/14.12.4a.DEP.ENWANDERERS.html |date=13 July 2011 }} - La Cuarta {{in lang|es}}</ref> of Chile, and [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] of England. He played for [[Racing de Ferrol]] again in 2006, before being transferred to [[CD Numancia|Numancia]]. He could not claim a regular place there and joined [[Deportivo Marquense]] in 2007.<ref>[http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es//pais/35635 Dwight Pezzarossi llega a Marquense] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007000000/http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/ |date=7 October 2013 }} - El Periodico {{in lang|es}}</ref>

In 2008, while playing for Marquense, he had a trial with Italian Serie B side [[Pisa Calcio]].<ref>[http://www.lahora.com.gt/notas.php?key=24303 El centro delantero del equipo de Comunicaciones, Dwight Pezzarossi, ajustará cinco días de la siguiente semana en el club Pisa Calcio de la Segunda División del fútbol italiano]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - La Hora {{in lang|es}}</ref>

===La Serena===
During the [[2011 Copa América]] break, it was reported that Pezzarossi would join to [[Chilean Primera División]] side [[Deportes La Serena]] in a season deal. On 27 June, Pezzarossi arrived to Chile and then he joined to La Serena in a one-year contract. He debuted for La Serena in a 3–0 away loss against [[CF Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]], playing only 23 minutes in the game after of replace to his teammate [[Juan Sánchez Sotelo]]. The following match, Pezzarossi scored in the 2–0 win of La Serena to [[CD Universidad de Concepción|Universidad de Concepción]] in the 88th minute, after an impressive header.

His good performance in La Serena made that Pezzarossi was recalled to the national team for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], in where he scored in a 3–0 win of his country. After of his international participation, he scored for La Serena in a 2–0 win to [[Santiago Wanderers]], a historic triumph of his team after 20 years of footballing paterny{{typo help inline|reason=similar to patterny|date=November 2019}} over La Serena at [[Valparaíso]]. His third goal for the club came against [[Unión Española]] in a dramatic 3–2 win, in where the keeper [[Marcos Gutiérrez]] saved the team of the draw, after of save a penalty to [[Leonardo Monje]].

==International career==
Pezzarossi made his debut for [[Guatemala national football team|Guatemala]] in a January 2000 friendly match against [[Panama national football team|Panama]] and played his last match in 2012, he has earned a total of 72 caps, scoring 16 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-recintlp.html Guatemala - Record International Players] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203095235/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-recintlp.html |date=3 December 2022 }} - RSSSF</ref>
He has represented the Guatemalan team in four [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] campaigns of [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2002]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2006]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010]] and [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2014]] .<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619003928/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178085/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA</ref> He remarkably only played two games at the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]], coming on as a substitute against [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] in 2007 and again as a substitute against [[Grenada national football team|Grenada]] in 2011.

==Career statistics==
:''Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pezzarossi goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Dwight Pezzarossi
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 3 July 2000 || [[Montreal]], Canada || {{fb|HAI}} || style="text-align:center"|4–1  || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 15 August 2000|| [[Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto]], [[Alajuela]], Costa Rica || {{fb|CRC}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 1 June 2001 || [[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]], [[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras || {{fb|CRC}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2001]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 3 June 2001 || [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]], Honduras || {{fb|PAN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || UNCAF Nations Cup 2001
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 1 May 2004 || [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala || {{fb|PAN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 20 June 2004 || Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala || {{fb|SUR}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0  || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 8 September 2004 || [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]], Honduras || {{fb|HON}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|8 || rowspan="2"|26 March 2005 || rowspan="2"| Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TRI}} || style="text-align:center"|4–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|9 || style="text-align:center"|5–1
|-
| style="text-align:center"|10 || 7 October 2006 || [[Lockhart Stadium]], [[Fort Lauderdale]], United States || {{fb|HON}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|11 || 6 August 2008 || [[RFK Memorial Stadium]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], United States || {{fb|BOL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|12 || 11 February 2009 || [[Estadio Monumental de Maturín]], [[Maturín]], Venezuela || {{fb|VEN}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13 || 9 October 2010 || [[Estadio Julián Tesucún]], [[San Jose, Peten]], Guatemala || {{fb|BLZ}} || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|14 || 7 October 2011 || [[Arnos Vale Stadium]], [[Kingstown]], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || {{fb|VIN}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|15 || 8 June 2012 || [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || {{fb|JAM}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| style="text-align:center"|16 || 7 September 2012 || Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala || {{fb|ATG}} || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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