Osvaldo Piazza

Osvaldo Piazza
	Piazza in 1976
Personal information
Full name	Osvaldo José Piazza
Date of birth	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
1967–1972	Lanús
1972–1979	Saint-Étienne
1979–1982	Vélez Sársfield
1982–1983	Corbeil-Essonnes
Total
International career
1972–1977	Argentina
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.^{[citation needed]}

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 many 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 returning to France with Corbeil-Essonnes, as a player-coach but it was a failure.

Lanús

AS Saint-Étienne

Olimpia

Vélez Sarsfield

Universitario

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)