Walter Gassire
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Antonio Gassire Osorio | ||
Date of birth | 21 August 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Florida, Uruguay | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
–1963 | Peñarol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1965 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
1965–1972 | Defensor Sporting | ||
1974–1980 | Toluca | ||
1980–1981 | Atletas Campesinos | 15 | (0) |
1981–1982 | Atlético Español | 5 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Tampico Madero | 26 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Walter Gassire (born 21 August 1946) is a Uruguayan former football goalkeeper who won the Mexican Primera División with Deportivo Toluca.
Career[]
Born in Florida, Gassire began playing football with the youth teams of C.A. Peñarol. He made his professional debut with Montevideo Wanderers F.C. in 1963, and two years later he moved to Defensor Sporting for six seasons.[1]
In 1974, Gassire moved to Mexico where he spent six seasons with Deportivo Toluca F.C., winning the league in 1974–75.[2] He developed brain cancer while playing with Toluca in 1980. He recovered and joined Atletas Campesinos but had an injured Achilles tendon and left after six months. He next had a brief stint at Atlético Español and then finished his career at Tampico Madero in 1983.[1]
After he retired from playing, Gassire became a football coach. He was an assistant manager with Toluca in 1986 and again with former teammate, Héctor Hugo Eugui, in 2011.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Ballesteros, Enrique (3 June 2004). "Minuto 91 (Walter Gassire)" [91st Minute (Walter Gassire)] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
- ^ González, Juan Pablo (12 February 2011). "Los 10 mejores jugadores en la historia del Toluca" [The top 10 players in the history of Toluca] (in Spanish). El Universal Estado de México.
- ^ "Venimos a ganar" [We came to win] (in Spanish). DeportivoToluca.com. 18 May 2011.
External links[]
- Walter Gassire – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
- Defensor Sporting players
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Atlético Español footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Association football goalkeepers
- Uruguayan football goalkeeper stubs