Walter Corbo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wálter Luis Corbo Burmia | ||
Date of birth | 2 May 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
1968 | CA Peñarol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1976 | CA Peñarol | 121 | (-) |
1977–1978 | Grêmio FBPA | 47 | (-) |
1979–1980 | San Lorenzo de Almagro | 49 | (-) |
National team‡ | |||
1969–1977 | Uruguay | 26 | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 May 2009 |
Wálter Luis Corbo Burmia, known as "Corbo", (born 2 May 1949 in Montevideo) is a former professional footballer. He spent many years with Peñarol and the Uruguay national football team. The curriculum, Corbo also won the title of the Teresa Herrera Cup in 1974 for Peñarol and a second time in 1975.[1]
Uruguayan goalkeeper who defended the biennium Grêmio FBPA 77 and 78, lives in his beloved Montevideo, Uruguay, where he works as an entrepreneur in the auto sector. Here in Brazil is still remembered by the fans for being tricolor one of the Champions of Gaúchão of 1977, breaking an eight-year hegemony of Internacional. For the Campeonato Brasileiro, the former goalkeeper appeared in 47 matches, with 25 wins, 15 draws and seven defeats.[2] In 1979-1980, Corbo played in San Lorenzo de Almagro, of Argentina.
Corbo made 11 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1971 to 1977.[3]
Honours - International competitions[]
- , Spain: 1975
- : 1974, 1975
- "": 1974, 1975
- "": 1974
- : 1974
- : 1973
- : 1972, 1973
Honours - Estadual competitions[]
- Champions of Gaúchão: 1977
- Rio Grande do Sul State Championship: 1977
Honours - National competitions[]
- : 1974, 1975
- Uruguayan League: 1973, 1974, 1975
- : 1974, 1975
References[]
- ^ https://tardesdepacaembu.wordpress.com/tag/walter-luiz-corbo-burmia/
- ^ "Futpedia: Corbo (Walter Corbo)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ Passo Alpuin, Luis Fernando (2009-11-06). "Uruguay - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Peñarol players
- Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Uruguayan football goalkeeper stubs