Omar Pouso

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Pouso|Osores|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Omar Pouso | image = Omar Pouso.jpg | image_size = | caption = Omar Pouso | fullname = Omar Heber Pouso Osores | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Mercedes, Uruguay | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =  Bristol | youthyears2 = 1993–1998 | youthclubs2 = Danubio | years1 = 1998–2006 | clubs1 = Danubio | caps1 = 183 | goals1 = 19 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Peñarol | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = → Charlton Athletic (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007–2012 | clubs4 = Libertad | caps4 = 120 | goals4 = 13 | years5 = 2012–2016 | clubs5 = Gimnasia La Plata | caps5 = 88 | goals5 = 2 | totalcaps = 419 | totalgoals = 36 | nationalyears1 = 1999 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay U20 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004–2007 | nationalteam2 = Uruguay | nationalcaps2 = 15 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs1 =  Argentino Junior Darregueira | manageryears2 = 2020 | managerclubs2 = Real Pilar (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2021 | managerclubs3 = Real Pilar | manageryears4 = 2021 | managerclubs4 = Defensor Sporting (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2022 | managerclubs5 = Palestino (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs6 = Bolivia (assistant) }} '''Omar Heber Pouso Osores''' (born 28 February 1980) is a Uruguayan football coach and a former midfielder.

==Club career== {{expandsection|date=October 2020}} Pouso came to Danubio at the age of 13 from Club Atlético Bristol and made his professional debut in 1998.<ref name="eo">{{cite web |title=Las historias de Omar Pouso: un guerrero que busca su camino como DT |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/las-historias-de-omar-pouso-un-guerrero-que-busca-su-camino-como-dt-202043016472 |website=www.elobservador.com.uy |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=es |date=3 May 2020}}</ref>

Pouso moved to Europe in August 2006 when he joined Charlton Athletic of the Premier League on a season-long loan from Peñarol.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/5294266.stm Charlton complete Pouso loan deal] BBC Sport, 31 August 2006</ref> He played his only league match the following month in a 1-0 home defeat to Portsmouth, in which he was substituted after 57 minutes. Pouso was signed by Iain Dowie, and was released alongside compatriot Gonzalo Sorondo by new manager Alan Pardew in February 2007.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6379907.stm Charlton release Uruguayan pair] BBC Sport, 20 February 2007</ref>

In February 2012, he joined Gimnasia in Argentina, where he played until his retirement in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGilligan |first=Brendan |date=2023-10-01 |title=Charlton Athletic’s one appearance wonders - Where are they now? |url=https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/charlton-athletics-one-appearance-wonders-where-are-they-now/ |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=FootballLeagueWorld |language=en}}</ref>

==International career== At under-20 level, Pouso represented Uruguay in both the 1999 South American Championship and the 1999 FIFA World Championship.<ref name="eo"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mundial sub 20 - Nigeria 1999 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/mundial-sub-20-nigeria-1999/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=7 May 2024 |language=es}}</ref>

Pouso has 15 caps for Uruguay and scored one goal, a volley in a friendly international against England at Anfield in March 2006.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4754630.stm England 2-1 Uruguay] BBC Sport, 1 March 2006</ref>

==Coaching career== Pouso started a career as coach with Club Atlético Argentino Junior Darregueira in 2019. The next year, he worked for Real Pilar <ref name="eo"/>

As an assistant coach, he has served for Defensor Sporting under Leonel Rocco and both Palestino and the Bolivia national team under Gustavo Costas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Omar Pouso es el DT asistente del argentino Costas en la selección de Bolivia |url=https://www.tenfield.com.uy/omar-pouso-es-el-dt-asistente-del-argentino-costas-en-la-seleccion-de-bolivia/ |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=Tenfield.com |date=16 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=4|Uruguay<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auf.org.uy/omar-pouso/|title=Omar Puso|publisher=Uruguayan Football Association|access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref> |2004||5||0 |- |2005||3||0 |- |2006||6||1 |- |2007||1||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!15!!1 |}

:''Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pouso goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Omar Pouso |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 1 March 2006 || Anfield, Liverpool, England || {{fb|ENG}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly |}

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