Pércival Piggott
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming | ||
| Date of birth | November 23, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Cojutepeque | ||
| 1992–1994 | Tauro | ||
| 1994–1995 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 1995–1998 | Victoria | (17) | |
| 1998–2001 | Herediano | ||
| 2000 | → San Francisco (loan) | ||
| 2001 | Luis Ángel Firpo | ||
| 2001–2004 | Liberia | ||
| 2005–2007 | Tauro | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1987–2000 | Panama | 43 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Sporting San Miguelito | ||
| 2012–2013 | Panama U-17 (assistant) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 July 2015 | |||
Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming (born 23 November 1966 in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian former footballer who played professionally for clubs in Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.
Club career
[edit]Piggott scored a goal but still was on the losing side in the 1989/89 Salvadoran league final with Cojutepeque, when they were beaten on penalties by Luis Ángel Firpo after the game ended 2-2 after extra time.[1] He also played for Firpo twice, the second spell started in March 2001 when arriving from Panamanian club San Francisco.[2] He played in Costa Rica for Herediano[3] and in Honduras for Victoria and he returned to Costa Rica in August 2001 when he joined Municipal Liberia.[4] He retired in 2007.[5]
International career
[edit]Piggott made his debut for Panama in a May 1987 Olympic Games qualification match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 43 caps, scoring 2 goals.[6] He represented his country in 15 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[7] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]
His final international was a November 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 July 1993 | Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States |  United States |
1–0 | 1–2 | 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2 | 29 February 2000 | Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador |  El Salvador |
1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly match |
Managerial career
[edit]After retiring as a player, Piggott worked as a pundit for Panamanian TV.[9] In March 2010, Piggott was appointed manager of Sporting San Miguelito.[10]
Personal life
[edit]His son Romario Piggott joined his dad's former club Tauro from Chepo ahead of the 2015 Clausura.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Cinco años de una larga espera para el Firpo - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
- ^ Percival Piggott regresa al fútbol de El Salvador - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ Hablar con goles•Percival Piggott, delantero herediano, resiente que la afición se indisponga con él por la sequía de goles del equipo - Nación (in Spanish)
- ^ Piggot ficha con Liberia - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ “Me estoy preparando para dirigir al Herediano” Pércival Piggott, exdelantero florense - Diario Extra
- ^ Panama - Record International Players - RSSSF
- ^ Pércival Piggott – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ ¿Qué pasó con... Pércival Piggott? - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Piggott llega al Sporting para sacarlo a flote - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ He has other 2 kids: Percival A. Piggott and Naomi PiggottRomario Piggott a las filas taurinas - Tauro FC (in Spanish)
External links
[edit]- Pércival Piggott at National-Football-Teams.com
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