Osvaldo Canobbio

Osvaldo Canobbio
Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo Francisco Canobbio Pittaluga
Date of birth	17 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Liverpool Montevideo (youth)
Youth career
	River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1993	River Plate Montevideo
1994–1995	Nacional
1995–1996	Newell's Old Boys
1997–1998	Deportivo Español
1998–1999	Talleres
1999–2001	Racing Club
2001	Huracán
2002	Cobreloa
2003	Yunnan Hongta
2004–2006	River Plate Montevideo
2007	Olimpia
2007–2008	Liverpool Montevideo
2008–2009	Cerro Largo
2009–2010	Juventud
2010	Fénix
International career
1993–1997	Uruguay
Managerial career
2010	Rampla Juniors (assistant)
2012	Fénix (assistant)
2013	El Tanque Sisley
2014–2015	Barcelona SC (assistant)
2015–2017	Fénix (youth)
2017	Villa Española
2018	Liverpool Montevideo (assistant)
2019–	Liverpool Montevideo (youth)
2019	Liverpool Montevideo (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo Francisco Canobbio Pittaluga (born 17 February 1973) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the youth team coach of Liverpool Montevideo.

Playing career[edit]

Club[edit]

Canobbio started his senior career in 1988 with River Plate Montevideo. They were relegated to Uruguayan Segunda División in 1990. They were promoted back to Uruguayan Primera División in 1991. The finished second in the league in 1992.

By 1994 Canobbio had joined Nacional. He then moved to Argentina in 1996 and started playing for Deportivo Español. In Argentina he also joined Talleres (in 1997) and Racing Club (in 1998) where he became the highest goalscorer of the team.

In 2002 Osvaldo moved to Chile and joined Cobreloa and participated in Copa Libertadores.

After almost fourteen years playing in South America, Osvaldo moved to China to join Yunnan Hongta, a team which used to participate in the Chinese League.

Between 2004 and 2007, Osvaldo has played for his former team River Plate. Then he played for Honduran club Olimpia. He joined Liverpool Montevideo in July 2007.

International[edit]

Canobbio was part of Uruguay squad at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[1] He played eight matches and scored two goals for the senior team between 1993 and 1997.^[2]

Personal life[edit]

Canobbio's son Agustín is a current Uruguayan international.^[3]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Uruguay^[2]	1993	1	0
	1994	0	0
	1995	6	2
	1996	0	0
	1997	1	0
Total		8	2

Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Canobbio goal.

List of international goals scored by Osvaldo Canobbio
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 March 1995	Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, Medellín, Colombia	Colombia	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	25 June 1995	Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay	New Zealand	6–0	7–0	Friendly

References[edit]

^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991". Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Osvaldo Canobbio - AUF". Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "Un Canobbio se puso la de Peñarol". 10 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

External links[edit]

Osvaldo Canobbio at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991". Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[auf-2] "Osvaldo Canobbio - AUF". Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[3] "Un Canobbio se puso la de Peñarol". 10 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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