Pércival Piggott

Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming (born 23 November 1966 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired Panamanian footballer who played professionally for clubs in Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.

Pércival Piggott
Personal information
Full name Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming
Date of birth (1966-11-23) November 23, 1966
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Playing 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
National team‡
1987–2000 Panama 43 (2)
Teams managed
2010 Sporting San Miguelito
2012–2013 Panama U-17 (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2007
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 July 2015
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Piggott and the second or maternal family name is Cumming.

Club career

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

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
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 July 1993Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States United States1–01–21993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
229 February 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador El Salvador1–21–3Friendly match

Managerial career

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

His son Romario Piggott joined his dad's former club Tauro from Chepo ahead of the 2015 Clausura.[11]

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References
  1. Cinco años de una larga espera para el Firpo - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. Percival Piggott regresa al fútbol de El Salvador - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  3. 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)
  4. Piggot ficha con Liberia - Panamá América (in Spanish)
  5. “Me estoy preparando para dirigir al Herediano” Pércival Piggott, exdelantero florense - Diario Extra
  6. Panama - Record International Players - RSSSF
  7. Pércival Piggott – FIFA competition record
  8. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
  9. ¿Qué pasó con... Pércival Piggott? - El Salvador.com (in Spanish)
  10. Piggott llega al Sporting para sacarlo a flote - La Prensa (in Spanish)
  11. Romario Piggott a las filas taurinas - Tauro FC (in Spanish)
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