Pedro Magallanes is a retired Argentine football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 midfielder

Midfielder

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 who played professionally in Argentina and the United States.

Magallanes had an extensive career in Argentina. He played the 1978-1979 season with Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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. He also played for Rosario Central

Rosario Central

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 and Talleres de Córdoba

Talleres de Córdoba

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. He played for Argentinos Juniors

Argentinos Juniors

Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early...

 during the 1980-1981 season. He also played for Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

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 and Loma Negra

Loma Negra de Olavarría

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. In 1988, he moved north where he had an unsuccessful trial with the San Diego Sockers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He joined the Hamilton Steelers of the Canadian Soccer League. In July 1988, the Steelers loaned Magallanes to the Vancouver 86ers. In May 1989, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the American Soccer League

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 signed Magallanes. On June 17, 1989, Jean Harbor

Jean Harbor

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 struck Magallanes in the face, breaking his cheekbone during a game between the Strikers and the Washington Diplomats. In 1997, Magallanes served briefly as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Mutiny

Tampa Bay Mutiny

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 of Major League Soccer

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