Omar Pouso

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Omar Pouso
Personal information
Full name Omar Heber Pouso Osores
Date of birth (1980-02-28) 28 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Mercedes, Uruguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Bristol
1993–1998 Danubio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2006 Danubio 183 (19)
2006–2007 Peñarol 27 (2)
2006–2007 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2012 Libertad 120 (13)
2012–2016 Gimnasia La Plata 88 (2)
Total419(36)
International career
1999 Uruguay U20 10 (0)
2004–2007 Uruguay 15 (1)
Managerial career
2017–2019 Argentino Junior Darregueira
2020 Real Pilar (assistant)
2021 Real Pilar
2021 Defensor Sporting (assistant)
2022 Palestino (assistant)
2022–2023 Bolivia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omar Heber Pouso Osores (born 28 February 1980) is a Uruguayan retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Pouso came to Danubio at the age of 13 from Club Atlético Bristol and made his professional debut in 1998. [1]

Pouso moved to Europe in August 2006 when he joined Charlton Athletic of the Premier League on a season-long loan from Peñarol. [2] He played his only league match the following month in a 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth, in which he was substituted after 57 minutes. Pouso was signed by Iain Dowie, and was released alongside compatriot Gonzalo Sorondo by new manager Alan Pardew in February 2007. [3]

International career

At under-20 level, Pouso represented Uruguay in both the 1999 South American Championship and the 1999 FIFA World Championship. [1] [4]

Pouso has 15 caps for Uruguay and scored one goal, a volley in a friendly international against England at Anfield in March 2006. [5]

Coaching career

Pouso started a career as coach with Club Atlético Argentino Junior Darregueira in 2019. The next year, he worked for Real Pilar. [1]

As an assistant coach, he has served for Defensor Sporting under Leonel Rocco and both Palestino and the Bolivia national team under Gustavo Costas. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Las historias de Omar Pouso: un guerrero que busca su camino como DT". www.elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Charlton complete Pouso loan deal BBC Sport, 31 August 2006
  3. ↑ Charlton release Uruguayan pair BBC Sport, 20 February 2007
  4. ↑ "Mundial sub 20 - Nigeria 1999". www.auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ↑ England 2-1 Uruguay BBC Sport, 1 March 2006
  6. ↑ "Omar Pouso es el DT asistente del argentino Costas en la selección de Bolivia". Tenfield.com (in Spanish). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.


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