Ernesto Fabián Canobbio

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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
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder Left-Sided Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Celta de Vigo
Number	24
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2000 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–	Progreso Peñarol Valencia CF Celta de Vigo	? (?) 73 (26) 11 (1) 70 (20)
National team2
	Uruguay	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ernesto Fabián Canobbio Bentaberry commonly known as Nestor Canobbio (born March 8, 1980 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a 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 Miguel Areias | 7 Núñez | 8 Ángel | 9 Baiano | 10 Bamogo | 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 | 30 Jonathan Vila | 34 Dani Abalo | Manager: Vazquez