| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Santiago Javier Ostolaza Sosa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dolores, Soriano, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Uruguay U17 (Head Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1986 | Bella Vista | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Cruz Azul | 72 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Querétaro | 38 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Gimnasia La Plata | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Olimpia | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Nacional | 20 [1] | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Aurora | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Rentistas | 24 [1] | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Defensor Sporting | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Montevideo Wanderers | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1993 | Uruguay | 43 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | River Plate (URU) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Deportivo Maldonado | ||||||||||||||||
| Montevideo Wanderers | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Real Sociedad de Zacatecas | |||||||||||||||||
| Alacranes de Durango | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Guerreros de Hermosillo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | ESPOLI | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Uruguay U17 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Santiago Javier Ostolaza Sosa (born 10 July 1962 in Dolores, Soriano) is a Uruguayan former football midfielder and the current manager of the Uruguayan U-17 national team. Among others clubs, he was manager for Nacional of Uruguay. He played for the same team when he was a player, and in 1988 he received the prize as man of the match after the Intercontinental Cup final against PSV Eindhoven, in which he scored two goals. [2]
Ostolaza made 43 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1985 to 1993 [3] and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [4]
He has a son, also named Santiago Ostolaza, who currently plays for Montevideo Wanderers.