Ariel Osvaldo Pestano Valdés (born 31 January 1974), better known as El Veterano ("The Veteran"), is a Cuban former baseball catcher. He has won both silver and gold medals in the Olympic Games and also played catcher on Cuba's World Baseball Classic team in March 2006 and March 2009. In Cuba, Pestano plays with the Villa Clara Naranjas of the Cuban National Series.
Pestano was born on 31 January 1974 in Caibarién, in Las Villas (current Villa Clara Province).
He retired after the 2015âÂÂ16 Cuban National Series season.