Osvaldo Nardiello
 Nardiello with Boca Juniors | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Osvaldo Nardiello | ||
| Date of birth | 31 August 1936 | ||
| Date of death | 26 May 2020 (aged 83)[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–57 | Newell's Old Boys | 56 | (12) |
| 1958–62 | Boca Juniors | 107 | (44) |
| 1963–65 | Estudiantes LP | 40 | (9) |
| 1965–66 | Chacarita Juniors | 27 | (6) |
| 1967 | San Lorenzo (MdP) | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1959–1962 | Argentina | 11 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ángel Osvaldo Nardiello[2] (Rosario, Santa Fe, 31 August 1936 – 26 May 2020)[3] was an Argentine footballer that played as right winger.[3][2]
He played in eleven matches for the Argentina national football team from 1959 to 1962.[4] He was also part of Argentina's squad for the 1959 South American Championship that took place in Argentina.[5]
Biography
[edit]A native of Rosario, Santa Fe, Nardiello debuted with Newell's Old Boys in 1955, playing there until 1957. Nicknamed Motoneta because of his speed, Nardiello would be soon called up to play with the Argentina national team
Nardiello then moved to Boca Juniors, where he debuted in July 1958.[2] He was part of the team that won the 1962 Argentine Primera División championship after eight seasons without titles. Some of Nardiello's teammates in Boca Juniors were Antonio Roma, Silvio Marzolini, Antonio Rattín, Juan José Pizzuti, and Brazilian forwards Paulo Valentim, Mauro Rapahel (Maurinho), and Almir Moraes Albuquerque.[3] He stayed in Boca Juniors for two years, playing 29 matches with 21 goals scored in Primera División.[2]
After his tenure on Boca Juniors, Nardiello then played for Estudiantes de La Plata, Chacarita Juniors, and San Lorenzo de Mar del Plata.[6] In local football, he played a total of 240 matches scoring 71 goals. In the Argentina national team, Nardiello played 12 matches scoring five goals, three of them to Brazil.[3]
Nardiello was also famous for his addition to tobacco, he died after being six days in a coma. He had been an emergency operation due to a peritonitis.[1]
Titles
[edit]- Boca Juniors
- Primera División (1): 1962
- Argentina
- Copa América (1): 1959 (A)
- Panamerican Championship (1): 1960
References
[edit]- ^ a b Murió el ex campeón con Boca y la selección argentina Ángel Osvaldo Nardiello on Infobae, 26 May 2020
- ^ a b c d Angel Osvaldo Nardiello on Historia de Boca
- ^ a b c d Falleció Osvaldo Nardiello on Página/12, 27 May 2020
- ^ "Osvaldo Nardiello". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Osvaldo Nardiello on BDFA.com
External links
[edit]
- Osvaldo Nardiello at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1936 births
- 2020 deaths
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen