Walter Gassire

Walter Antonio Gassire Osorio (21 August 1946 – 19 March 2023) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He won the Mexican Primera División with Deportivo Toluca.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gassire and the second or maternal family name is Osorio.
Walter Gassire
Personal information
Full name Walter Antonio Gassire Osorio
Date of birth (1946-08-21)21 August 1946
Place of birth Florida, Uruguay
Date of death 19 March 2023(2023-03-19) (aged 76)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Florida, Gassire began playing football with the youth teams of C.A. Peñarol. He made his professional debut with Montevideo Wanderers 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, 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]

Gassire died on 19 March 2023, at the age of 76.[4]

References
  1. Ballesteros, Enrique (3 June 2004). "Minuto 91 (Walter Gassire)" [91st Minute (Walter Gassire)] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo.
  2. 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.
  3. "Venimos a ganar" [We came to win] (in Spanish). DeportivoToluca.com. 18 May 2011.
  4. "Toluca anuncia muerte del ex portero Walter Gassire". ESPN Deportes. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.


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