Pedro Verde Explained

Pedro Verde
Fullname:Pedro Andrés Verde Erbetta
Birth Date:12 March 1949
Birth Place:General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina
Position:Forward
Years1:1969–1973
Clubs1:Estudiantes
Caps1:90
Goals1:13
Years2:1973–1977
Clubs2:Las Palmas
Caps2:42
Goals2:5
Years3:1977–1979
Clubs3:Hércules
Caps3:56
Goals3:5
Years4:1979–1980
Clubs4:Sheffield United
Caps4:10
Goals4:3
Totalcaps:198
Totalgoals:26
Nationalyears1:1978
Nationalteam1:Argentina
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Pedro Andrés Verde Erbetta (born 6 March 1949) is a former Argentine professional footballer who played as a forward for Club Estudiantes de La Plata, and briefly Sheffield United.

Club career

Pedro Verde began his career in Argentina in 1969 playing for Estudiantes de La Plata. He played for the La Plata club until 1973, a club where he scored 13 goals in 90 games. That year he went to Spain to join the squad of UD Las Palmas, a club in which he remained firm until 1977. That year he joined Hércules CF, where he stayed until 1979. In 1979 Verde moved to England to join the ranks of Sheffield United, where he ended his career as a professional footballer in 1980.

In his playing career he scored 26 goals in 200 games.

International career

Verde represented the Argentina national team three times.

Personal life

Pedro Verde is the uncle of former footballer Juan Sebastián Verón.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: 'My uncle played for Sheffield United' . 12 August 2022 . The Guardian . 2 March 2003.