Claudio Pizarro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Claudio Pizarro

Peruvian footballer

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1978

Place of Birth: Callao, Callao Constitutional Province, Peru

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Italy, Germany, Peru

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Claudio Pizarro

  • Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (American Spanish: ['klauĂ°jo pi'saro]; born 3 October 1978) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Werder Bremen.
  • Mostly playing with Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, he has scored 336 goals in 850 games in his career. Pizarro started his career with Deportivo Pesquero in 1998, before moving to Alianza Lima.
  • Then, he moved over to Germany playing for Werder Bremen.
  • He has spent most of his career playing in the Bundesliga, having two spells at Bayern Munich and four at Werder Bremen, during which he won 17 trophies, 16 of which occurred at Bayern.
  • These include the UEFA Champions League, 6 Bundesliga titles and 6 DFB Pokal cups.
  • He had a short spell with Chelsea in 2007, scoring on his debut and being the first Peruvian to ever play for the club.
  • On 23 October 2010, Pizarro set a new record for most goals scored by a foreign player in the Bundesliga, surpassing Giovane Élber's record of 132 in a game against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
  • As of 18 May 2019, Pizarro is the fifth highest goalscorer in Bundesliga history with 197 goals and the all-time top scorer for Werder Bremen.
  • With his goal on 16 February 2019 against Hertha BSC, Pizarro became the oldest goalscorer in Bundesliga history, breaking the previous record held by Miroslav Votava.A full Peruvian international since 1999, Pizarro represented and captained the Peru national football team at four Copa AmĂ©rica tournaments and four FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns, where he did help his side qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup but did not get picked for the finals.
  • He holds the record for the fastest ever goal scored for Peru just after 18 seconds in the match.
  • He retired from international football in 2016.

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