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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 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.

Titles

Player

AS Saint-Étienne

• Ligue 1: 1974, 1975, 1976
• Coupe de France 1974, 1975, 1977
• European Cup runner-up: 1975-76

Manager

Olimpia

• Liga Paraguaya: Primera División: 1993

Vélez Sarsfield

• Primera División Argentina: 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura
• Supercopa Sudamericana: 1996
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1997

Universitario

• Primera División Peruana: 1998

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)