Alfredo Obberti Explained

Alfredo Obberti
Fullname:Alfredo Domingo Obberti
Height:1.85 m
Birth Date:12 August 1945
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position:Striker
Years1:1962–1969
Clubs1:Huracán
Caps1:74
Goals1:26
Years2:1965
Clubs2:Colón de Santa Fe (loan)
Years3:1968
Clubs3:Los Andes (loan)
Caps3:37
Goals3:23
Years4:1970–1972
Clubs4:Newell's Old Boys
Caps4:147 (total)
Goals4:89
Years5:1972–1973
Clubs5:Grêmio
Caps5:37
Goals5:11
Years6:1974–1975
Clubs6:Newell's Old Boys
Caps6:(see above)
Nationalteam1:Argentina

Alfredo Domingo Obberti (12 August 1945 – 5 July 2021)[1] was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for a number of clubs in Argentina and Grêmio in Brazil.

Obberti made his professional debut in 1962 playing for Huracán, he spent a season with Colón de Santa Fe in 1965 before returning to Huracán in 1966.

In 1968 Obberti joined Los Andes where he became Argentina's leading goalscorer in the Metropolitano 1968 with 13 goals. In 1969, he returned to Huracán.

In 1970 Obberti joined Newell's Old Boys where he again became topscorer in Argentina with 10 goals. In 1972, he joined Grêmio returning to Newell's in 1974. In his time with Newell's he scored 89 goals in 147 matches to make him the club's third highest goalscorer of all time.[2]

Obberti was Grêmio's highest foreign goalscorer with 35 goals in 105 matches, until Hernán Barcos, also from Argentina, surpassed him in August 2014.[3]

Honours

Newell's Old Boys

Notes and References

  1. https://www.clarin.com/deportes/murio-mono-obberti-maximos-idolos-newell-s_0_pPfHc5jXE.html Murió el Mono Obberti, uno de los máximos ídolos de Newell's
  2. http://www.epidemialeprosa.com.ar/masgoles.htm Newell's top goalscorers
  3. Web site: Maior artilheiro estrangeiro da história do Grêmio visita delegação em Rosario. 19 March 2014.