Osvaldo Piazza

Oswaldo ( rare in the spelling Osvaldo ) José Piazza ( born April 6, 1947 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine football player and current coach.

  • 3.1 as a player
  • 3.2 as coach

Players Career

In the club

The 1.83 m wide Oswaldo Piazza came to the start of the 1972/73 season from Lanus to AS Saint- Étienne and became part of the team that dominated the top flight in France for years. He began there as a right winger, but was still built by the coach novices Herbin in this first season in the defense against the also debuting at the 1972 ASSE goalkeeper Ivan Ćurković. As Vorstopper he formed together with Christian Lopez, a central defense class and was also dangerous because of its forays into the opposition half in the offensive. His "trademark" was the frenetic waving, long hair and a mustache; Piazza is in addition to its unwavering commitment ( Dominique Rocheteau later called him " the locomotive " of the team) attributed an extremely positive and friendly attitude, which may have contributed, along with the athletic performance to its popularity with the fans. Not many footballers can adorn yourself with the fact that they are honored with a song - in which Argentina was the case ( "Mon copain l' argentin ", recorded in 1979 by Bernard Sauvat; see web link below).

Already in his second year, he was at the Verts from Saint- Étienne for the first time French champion, to cup winner and therefore also winner of rolled gold. In 1975, he was able to repeat this three times with success, his track number seven and eight add 1976 in the championship and Cup 1977 in this balance sheet. In the Cup final in 1975, he was the one who after almost 70 minutes scored the redemptive 1-0 against Lens and thereby brought his team to winning ways. At European level, he stood his ground, reached with his ASSE in the national champion trophy 1975/76 even the final, which was however lost against Bayern Munich 0-1.

1975 selected jurors from France Football Argentina's best foreign player of the year; and the editors of the trade magazine Onze Mondial considered him in 1976 and 1977 in their European Team of the year. In Saint- Étienne, he has played with numerous "big " by former French football league as Janvion, Larqué, Hervé Revelli, Bathenay and Santini.

After seven years on the Loire Piazza returned to his homeland in 1979 and played there for three years for Velez Sarsfield.

At 35, he took, back in France, coach education, and served as player-manager of the AS Corbeil -Essonnes, a second division of the Paris suburbs, one last year.

Stations

  • Lanus (up to 1972)
  • AS Saint- Étienne (1972-1979)
  • Velez Sarsfield (1979-1982)
  • AS Corbeil -Essonnes ( 1982/83, as player-coach )

In the National Team

Oswaldo Piazza played in the second half of the 1970s 15 caps for the Argentine national team. Coach Menotti called him in the squad for the World Cup in Argentina; for personal reasons had the defender but then before this tournament cancel.

The coach

In this new role Oswaldo Piazza has worked mainly in South America; the individual stations are not yet to determine any gaps, but he also won several titles beyond the sidelines. In the 1990/91 season he coached the Argentine second division Almirante Brown; 1992/93 he was with Olimpia Asunción Master of Paraguay and penetrated with the outsider to the final of the Copa Libertadores, which was lost to the plaza former club Velez Sarsfield. In the latter, he was then highly successful in the season 1995/96, won both the Apertura and Clausura ( the Argentine championships in the first and second half of the game ), and Supercopa Sudamericana. 1997/98 he was with UD Lima Peruvian champion from 2000 to 2002, he worked at Independiente Avellaneda from, a suburb of Buenos Aires, and then returned to UD Lima.

After he had been on the coaching chair in his AS Saint- Étienne in 2000, a prime candidate, his Verts made ​​it in 2004 in an official capacity to its observers of the South American market for players. In addition, he is currently (April 2006) also sports director at the Argentine second division club Talleres de Córdoba.

Palmarčs

As a player

  • French Champion: 1974, 1975, 1976
  • French Cup Winners: 1974, 1975, 1977
  • European Champion Clubs' Cup: Finalist 1975/76
  • A total of 22 games in the European national champion and two games in the Cup Winners' Cup competition, 2 Hits
  • 244 missions and 19 goals in Division 1
  • Best foreign player in Division 1: 1975
  • 15 A- internationals for Argentina

As coach

  • Argentine champion: 1995 (A ), 1996 (C )
  • Paraguayan champions: 1993
  • Peruvian Champion: 1998
  • Winners of the Super Copa Sudamericana: 1996
Robert Herbin Chanson Double (association football) 1975–76 European Cup Jacques Santini Banlieue Club Atlético Independiente
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