Oscar Pisano

Oscar Pisano

Personal information
Date of birth	September 3, 1956 (1956-09-03) (age 55)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1977	Argentinos Juniors
1978	Huracan de las Heras
1979	Argentino de Quilmes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1979	Memphis Rogues	1	(0)
1979–1980	Cleveland Cobras
1979–1980	Cleveland Force (indoor)	16	(2)
1980–1984	Buffalo Stallions (indoor)	163	(24)
1981–1983	Rochester Flash
1984	Buffalo Storm
1984–1994	Canton Invaders (indoor)
1986	Toronto Italia
1990	Orlando Lions
1994–1995	Las Vegas Dustdevils (indoor)
1995	Buffalo Blizzard (indoor)	19	(1)
National team
1994–1995	Argentina national futsal team	2	(0)
Teams managed
1987-1990	Canton Invaders (assistant)
1992-1993	Canton Invaders
	Montreal Impact (assistant)
1996-1998	Columbus Crew (assistant)
1998-2000	Dallas Burn (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Oscar Pisano (born 3 September 1956) is a retired Argentine football defender who went on to become a football manager. Pisano spent time in numerous North American indoor and outdoor leagues including the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Canadian National Soccer League. He earned two caps with the Argentina national futsal team in 1994 and 1995.

Player

Pisano spent most of his playing career in the United States where he played indoor and outdoor soccer. In 1979, he signed with the Memphis Rogues of the North American Soccer League. He played only one game before being released. He was then signed with the Cleveland Cobras of the American Soccer League. In the fall of 1979, he signed with the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League.^[1] He returned to the Cobras for the 1980 outdoor season before joining the Buffalo Stallions of MISL in the fall of 1980. During his years with the Stallions, he continued outdoors during the summer with the Rochester Flash of the American Soccer League in 1981, 1982 and 1983. In 1984, he played for the Buffalo Storm in the United Soccer League. He then moved to the Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association. He would go on to play ten seasons with the Invaders. In 1986, he played for Toronto Italia in the Canadian National Soccer League. In 1990, he played for the Orlando Lions of the American Professional Soccer League.^[2] In summers of 1994 and 1995, he played for the Las Vegas Dustdevils in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. He played for the Argentina national indoor football team twice between 1994 and 1995.^[3] In 1995, he played for the Buffalo Blizzard of the National Professional Soccer League.^[4][5]

Coach

In September 1992, he was elevated to head coach of the Invaders.^[6] In 1986, Oscar was hired as Assistant Coach of the Columbus Crew. Coaching there until January 21, 1998, when he was named an assistant coach with the Dallas Burn of Major League Soccer.

Yearly Awards

• 1984-1985 AISA - Defender of the Year
• 1984-1985 AISA - All-Star Team
• 1984-1986 AISA - Defender of the Year
• 1984-1986 AISA - All-Star Team

References

1. ^ 1979-1980 Cleveland Force
2. ^ 1990 Orlando Lions
3. ^ Oscar Pisano at worldcupmasters.com
4. ^ OLD STALLION PISANO SURFACES IN KEY ROLE The Buffalo News - Friday, November 3, 1995
5. ^ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS -- 1995-1996
6. ^ PISANO TO COACH INVADERS VETERAN DEFENDER, AND ASSISTANT COACH, WILL REPLACE LIEKOSKI Akron Beacon Journal (OH) - Friday, September 18, 1992

External links

• Profile at NASL Jerseys
• 1990 A-League squads
• Profile at Zoominfo

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Name	Pisano, Oscar
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Date of birth	1956-09-03
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
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