Pércival Piggott


Pércival Antonio Piggott Cumming is a Panamanian former footballer who played professionally for clubs in Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.

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. He also played for Firpo twice, the second spell started in March 2001 when arriving from Panamanian club San Francisco. He played in Costa Rica for Herediano and in Honduras for Victoria and he returned to Costa Rica in August 2001 when he joined Municipal Liberia. He retired in 2007.

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. He represented his country in 15 FIFA [World Cup qualification] matches and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international was a November 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Trinidad and Tobago.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 July 1993Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States1–01–21993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
229 February 2000Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador1–21–3Friendly match

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Piggott worked as a pundit for Panamanian TV. In March 2010, Piggott was appointed manager of Sporting San Miguelito.

Personal life

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