José Dante Pesce Figueroa (8 October 1930 – 23 June 2013), known as Dante Pesce, was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Ecuador.
A forward from the Universidad de Chile youth system, Pesce made his debut on 29 April 1950 in a 4–3 win against Universidad Católica, scoring the first goal. In 1954, he was loaned to Ecuadorian side Liga de Quito, scoring a goal in the first official match in the club history.[2][3] He and his compatriot Carlos Arce[4] became the first Chileans to play for them before players such as Pedro Pérez, Adolfo Ovalle, Edson Puch, among others.[5]
Back in Chile, he played for Green Cross until 1960[6][7] and Universidad Católica in the 1961 Copa Chile Green Cross, scoring two goals in the final match.[8]
He developed his career in Chile. Subsequently, his retirement, he began coaching Green Cross in the top division.[9] In that division, he also led San Luis,[10] Unión Española,[11] Deportes La Serena,[12][1] O'Higgins[13] and Lota Schwager.[14]
In the second division, he led Iberia, Coquimbo Unido, Palestino,[15] Audax Italiano, Deportes La Serena, Santiago Wanderers and Provincial Osorno.[7]
At youth level, he worked in the systems of Green Cross, Universidad de Chile[16] and Deportes La Serena. In 1963, he also coached a youth team made up by players from clubs in the Asociación Central de Fútbol (ACF) in a national championship in Arica.[7]
In addition, he served as assistant in Universidad Católica in 1965[7] and was the third manager of Concepción-Lord, later Deportes Concepción, in the 1965 regional championship.[17]
He made an appearance in the 1988 German film Der Radfahrer vom San Cristóbal (The Cyclist of San Cristóbal) by Peter Lilienthal, about a cyclist in the context of the Chilean society in the 1980s.[18]
He suffered the Alzheimer's disease and died on 23 June 2013.[2][19]
Pesce was a founder member of the Association of Football Managers in Chile alongside coaches such as Fernando Riera, Hugo Tassara, José Santos Arias, among others.[20]
As a football coach of Deportes La Serena, he is considered a forefather of football academies in La Serena.[21]
La final fue en partidos de ida y vuelta, en donde Universidad Católica logró imponerse en el primer partido con doblete de Dante Pesce.
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