Osvaldo Piazza

Osvaldo Piazza

Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo José Piazza
Date of birth	(1947-04-06) 6 April 1947
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Club Atlético Lanús
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1972	Lanús	113	(1)
1972–1979	AS Saint-Étienne	244	(19)
1979–1982	Vélez Sársfield	104	(0)
1982–1983	AS Corbeil-Essonnes	?	(?)
International career
1972–1977	Argentina	15	(0)
Managerial career
1982–1983	AS Corbeil-Essonnes
1990–1991	CA Almirante Brown
1992–1994	Club Olimpia
1994–1997	Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield
1997–1998	Universitario de Deportes
2000–2002	Club Atlético Independiente
2002	Universitario de Deportes
2003	Club Libertad
2004	Atlético de Rafaela
2004–	AS Saint-Étienne (Sport administrator and scout)
2005–	Talleres de Córdoba (Sport director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osvaldo José Piazza (born 6 April 1947 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football defender, now a manager.

Biography

He arrived at AS Saint-Étienne, in 1972, replacing new coach Robert Herbin at fullback position.He was associated with Christian Lopez and had the habit to help the team offensively.He won lots of titles with AS Saint-Étienne. He was very popular at this time, and Bernard Sauvat wrote a song dedicated to him. Piazza earned 15 caps for Argentina, but could not participate to 1978 FIFA World Cup in his country due to family problems even though César Luis Menotti wanted him in the squad. In 1979, he played for Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, before coming back to France with AS Corbeil-Essonnes, as player-coach but it was a failure.

Titles

As a player

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

As a coach

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

External links

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