Juan Pajuelo

Juan Luciano Pajuelo Chávez (born 23 September 1974) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Club career
Born in Lima, Pajuelo played for most of his career with Alianza Lima, Deportivo Municipal and Universitario de Deportes in the Primera División Peruana. He also had spells with Los Andes and Estudiantes de La Plata in the Primera División Argentina, Atlas in the Primera División de México and Ionikos in the Greek Super League.

International career
Pajuelo also made 25 appearances for the senior Peru national football team from 1999 to 2003.

Coaching career
In March 2014, Pajuelo was hired as an assistant manager for his former club Universitario. On 1 September 2015, manager Luis Fernando Suárez was fired and Pajuelo took over as a caretaker manager. It only lasted for some days, before Roberto Challe was hired.

Pajuelo left Universitario at the end of 2015, and became the manager of Atlético Torino for the 2016 season. He was fired on 19 May 2016 due to bad results.

In July 2018, he then became the manager of Comerciantes Unidos. He was fired again after two months. In January 2019, he returned to Universitario and was hired as the reserve team manager.