- Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
Infobox Football biography
playername = Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
fullname = Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
height = height|m=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|1|12
cityofbirth =Buenos Aires
countryofbirth =Argentina
currentclub = Fiorentina
clubnumber = 9
position =Striker
youthyears = 1995-1999
1999-2000
2000-2005
youthclubs = Lanús
Banfield
Huracán
years = 2005
2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Huracán
Atalanta
Lecce
Fiorentina
caps(goals) = 33 (11)
03 0(1)
31 (18)
13 0(5)
nationalyears = 2007-
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 10 0(2)
pcupdate =May 18 2008
ntupdate =September 9 2008 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (born
January 12 ,1986 inCapital Federal ,Buenos Aires ) is an Italian-Argentine footballer, currently playing forACF Fiorentina .Career
Osvaldo made his competitive football debut in the Argentine 2nd Division for
Club Atlético Huracán in 2005. After less than a year he was signed by Italian side Atalanta, where he played only three matches with a single goal in the Serie B 2005–06. In 2006 Atalanta agreed a co-ownership deal which sent the player to Lecce, another Serie B team, where Osvaldo had the opportunity to play regularly, scoring eight goals in 31 appearances with the "giallorossi". Following such a fairly impressive season, Atalanta regained the full player's property and sold him to Fiorentina. He played his firstSerie A match onSeptember 29 ,2007 , scoring two goals in a 3–0 away win to Livorno.On
March 2 ,2008 he headed in a cross from team matePapa Waigo N'Diaye to give Fiorentina a 3-2 win in stoppage time over their fiercest of rivals,Juventus . He was then sent off for his goal celebration, after having been booked earlier in the match, when he removed his team jersey and pretended tomachine gun his own fans in a similar fashion to Fiorentina legendGabriel Batistuta 's goal celebration. His most important goal saw Fiorentina to the Champions League on 18 May 2008 with an overhead kick against FC Torino. [http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0708/tor-fio.html]Osvaldo's celebration was significant seeing as both
Batistuta and Osvaldo hail fromArgentina and both wore Fiorentina's celebrated number 9 jersey.On
November 9 ,2007 Osvaldo, a dual Italian and Argentine citizen, accepted to be called-up byPierluigi Casiraghi to become part of the Italian Under-21 national team.On
May 18 ,2008 Osvaldo scored the game winning and only goal againstTorino Football Club with a spectacular overhead kick. The victory allowed Fiorentina to finish two points ahead ofA.C. Milan and qualify forUEFA Champions League .On
May 29 ,2008 Osvaldo scored the game winning and only goal against Chile U21 in the final of the2008 Toulon Tournament . It was his only goal during this event.External links
* [http://touchline.onthespot.co.uk/guardian/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=13&CPID=19&pStr=Player&PLID=197807&TEID=171 Guardian statistics]
Persondata
NAME= Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Osvaldo, Pablo Daniel
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1986-1-12
PLACE OF BIRTH=Capital Federal ,Argentina
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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