Osvaldo Piazza

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Osvaldo Piazza

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo José Piazza
Date of birth	(1947-04-06) 6 April 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1972	Lanús	113	(1)
1972–1979	Saint-Étienne	244	(19)
1979–1982	Vélez Sársfield	104	(0)
1982–1983	Corbeil-Essonnes	24	(0)
Total		485	(20)
International career
1972–1977	Argentina	15	(0)
Managerial career
1982–1983	Corbeil-Essonnes
1990–1991	Almirante Brown
1992–1994	Olimpia
1994–1997	Vélez Sársfield
1997–1998	Universitario
2000–2002	Independiente
2002	Universitario
2003	Libertad
2004	Atlético de Rafaela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo José Piazza (born 6 April 1947) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. In his playing days, he was a defender.^[1]

Biography

He arrived at

• French championship in 1974, 1975, and 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne
• Coupe de France 1974, 1975, and 1977 with AS Saint-Étienne
• European Cup runner-up in 1976 with AS Saint-Étienne

Manager

• Primera División Argentina
  : 1995 (Apertura, opening championship), 1996 (Clausura, ending championship)
• Liga Paraguaya: Primera División
  " 1993
• Primera División Peruana
  : 1998
• Supercopa Sudamericana
  : 1996

References

External links

• Osvaldo Piazza at National-Football-Teams.com
• Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007) (in Spanish)
• Lyrics of Mon Copain l'Argentin by Bernard Sauvat (song dedicated to Oswaldo Piazza)