Pedro began his career in Argentine club Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1957, winning the 1958 Argentine Primera División, and finishing the season as the joint-fourth highest goalscorer, and as his club's top scorer, with 19 goals.
After two seasons in Argentina, Pedro subsequently moved to Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma in 1959, where he played for seven seasons.
Pedro won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with the club in 1961 (the predecessor to the UEFA Cup), finishing as the top scorer of the tournament, with 12 goals.
During the 1962 to 1963 season, he was the Serie A top scorer (tied with Harald Nielsen with 19 goals), and he once again finished as the top scorer of the 1962 to 1963, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, scoring 6 goals throughout the tournament, as Roma reached the semi-finals, losing out to the eventual champions Valencia.
Pedro also won the Coppa Italia with Roma during the 1963 to 1964 season, finishing the tournament as top scorer yet again, with 4 goals. In total, he played 130 games for A.S. Roma and scored 76 times.
He later spent a season with Brescia and then Venezia before retiring from his International career.
Pedro was capped three times for Argentina, scoring two goals.
He took part in the first ever edition of the Copa América in 1959, on home soil, making his debut in the competition, and appearing three times.
Pedro scored two goals in a 6–1 win against Chile in the opening match of the tournament, which was also his international debut, helping his country to lift the South American Championship title.
Pedro Waldemar Manfredini passed away at the age of 83 years old.
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