Osvaldo Toriani (July 24, 1937 – September 24, 1988) was an Argentine footballer who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

Career

Toriani played with

Unión de Mar del Plata Club Atlético Unión de Mar del Plata is an Argentine sports club from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province. The club was founded on December 1, 1926, and its main sports are football and basketball. In football, Unión currently plays in th ...

in 1955. He played in the Argentine Primera División in 1958 with

Club Atlético Tigre Club Atlético Tigre is an Argentine professional football club located in Victoria, Buenos Aires. Tigre currently plays in the Primera División, the top level of the Argentine football league system, having secured promotion as the 2021 Pri ...

. The following season he played in the

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

with Tigre. In 1960, he played with Club Atlético Independiente, and assisted in securing the league title in 1960, and 1963. He also assisted Independiente in winning the

1964 Copa Libertadores The 1964 Copa de Campeones de América was the fifth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. For the first time since its inception, every member of CONMEBOL was represented in the competition. Deportivo Italia became the firs ...

, and

1965 Copa Libertadores The 1965 Copa Libertadores de América was the sixth edition of South America's premier club football tournament. Colombia did not send a representative due to the disagreements between CONMEBOL and the Colombian football federation. This will bec ...

. In 1967, he signed with

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

. In 1971, he played abroad in Colombia's Categoría Primera A with América de Cali. In the summer of 1972 he played in the National Soccer League with

Toronto Italia The National Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Teams were primarily based in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The league was renamed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993 following the folding ...

. During his tenure with Toronto he assisted in securing the NSL Championship. In 1973, he signed with Colombian rivals

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

. He played in the North American Soccer League with

Miami Toros The Miami Toros was a professional soccer team in the North American Soccer League from 1972 to 1976. The club was founded in 1967 as the Washington Darts, and moved to Miami, where they played the 1972 season in the NASL's Southern Division ...

. In his debut season with Miami he featured in the NASL Championship final against

Los Angeles Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs was an American professional soccer team based in Los Angeles, California that existed from 1974 to 1981. The Aztecs competed in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1981 as well as the 1975 NASL Indoor tourn ...

, but lost the match in a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

. In total he played in 34 matches with Miami.

Personal life

On September 24, 1988, he committed suicide by an overdose of barbiturates and inhaling carbon monoxide from a lit brazier.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toriani, Osvaldo 1937 births 1988 deaths 1988 suicides Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Unión de Mar del Plata footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers América de Cali footballers Toronto Italia players Independiente Medellín footballers Miami Toros players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Categoría Primera A players Canadian National Soccer League players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players People from Zárate, Buenos Aires Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Canada Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Drug-related suicides in Argentina Barbiturates-related deaths Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning Footballers from Buenos Aires Province