Carlos Canobbio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Canobbio and the second or maternal family name is Bentaberry.

Carlos Alberto Canobbio Bentaberry (born 7 January 1982) is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Danubio F.C. as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Montevideo, Canobbio started playing professionally with C.A. Progreso (2000–04), going on to represent in his homeland Deportivo Colonia (2005–06) and C.A. Rentistas (2006). For the following four years he competed abroad, with Spain's AD Cerro de Reyes (2007), CD Onda (2007), CD Buñol (2008) and CD Olímpic de Xàtiva (2009–10)[1] and Greece's Makedonikos FC (2008–09), always in lower league football.

In 2011 Canobbio returned to his country and Progreso, freshly returned to the top division.

Personal life

Canobbio's older brother, Fabián, is also a footballer. A midfielder, he also played in Spain but with much more success, notably winning La Liga and the UEFA Cup with Valencia CF; they shared teams at Progreso.

References

  1. ↑ "El Olímpic ficha al central uruguayo Carlos Canobbio" [Olímpic signs Uruguayan centre-back Carlos Canobbio] (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

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