Ernesto Fabián Canobbio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nestor Canobbio
Personal information
Full name Ernesto Fabián Canobbio Bentaberry
Date of birth 8 March 1980
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m
Position forward
Club information
Current club Celta de Vigo
Number 24
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1997-2000
2001-03
2003-04
2004-
Progreso
Peñarol
Valencia CF
Celta de Vigo
 ? (?)
73 (26)
11 (1)
70 (20)
National team**
Uruguay 1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20 October 2006.
** National team caps and goals correct
as of 20 October 2006.

Ernesto Fabián Canobbio Bentaberry commonly known as Nestor Canobbio (born March 8, 1980 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan football player, who currently plays for Celta de Vigo of the Spanish La Liga.

Nestor began his career with CA Progreso in 1997. In three seasons there he was impressive enough to be signed by Uruguayan giants Peñarol in 2001. There he spent 2 seasons scoring 26 goals in 73 matches.

In 2003 he was picked up by Valencia CF, where he would spend one year mainly as a substitute. In 2004 he signed with Celta de Vigo where he remains today. He has already appeared in over 70 matches for Vigo and scored 20 goals.


Celta de Vigo - Current Squad

1 Esteban | 3 G. Lucas | 4 Oubiña | 5 Lequi | 6 Roberto | 7 Núñez | 8 Ángel | 9 Baiano | 10 Guerrero | 11 G. López | 12 Placente | 13 Pinto | 14 J. Perera | 15 Contreras | 16 Pablo García | 17 Tamaş | 18 Guayre | 19 Yago | 20 Jonathan | 21 Jorge | 22 Ridder | 23 Nené | 24 Canobbio | 25 Iriney | 26 Sergio A. | 27 Yoel | 28 Richi | 29 Roberto Lago | 30 Jonathan Vila | Manager: Vazquez

In other languages