Osvaldo Canobbio
Personal information
Full name Osvaldo Francisco Canobbio Pittaluga
Date of birth (1973-02-17) 17 February 1973
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 Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 River Plate Montevideo
1994–1995 Nacional
1995–1996 Newell's Old Boys 11 (1)
1997–1998 Deportivo Español 51 (9)
1998–1999 Talleres 25 (1)
1999–2001 Racing Club 37 (10)
2001 Huracán 15 (1)
2002 Cobreloa 29 (14)
2003 Yunnan Hongta 25 (8)
2004–2006 River Plate Montevideo 51 (22)
2007 Olimpia
2007–2008 Liverpool Montevideo 22 (6)
2008–2009 Cerro Largo 4 (0)
2009–2010 Juventud
2010 Fénix 8 (0)
International career
1993–1997 Uruguay 8 (2)
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

Club

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

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

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

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay[2] 199310
199400
199562
199600
199710
Total82
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
122 March 1995Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, Medellín, Colombia Colombia1–12–1Friendly
225 June 1995Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay New Zealand6–07–0

References

  1. "FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991". Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. 1 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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