Alfredo Obberti

{{Short description|Argentine footballer (1945–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image = Alfredo Obberti.jpg

| caption = Obberti in 1970

| name = Alfredo Obberti

| fullname = Alfredo Domingo Obberti

| height = 1.85 m

| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|8|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|5|1945|8|12|df=y}}

| death_place =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1962–1969

| clubs1 = Huracán

| caps1 = 74

| goals1 = 26

| years2 = 1965

| clubs2 = → Colón de Santa Fe (loan)

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| goals2 =

| years3 = 1968

| clubs3 = → Los Andes (loan)

| caps3 = 37

| goals3 = 23

| years4 = 1970–1972

| clubs4 = Newell's Old Boys

| caps4 = 147 (total)

| goals4 = 89

| years5 = 1972–1973

| clubs5 = Grêmio

| caps5 = 37

| goals5 = 11

| years6 = 1974–1975

| clubs6 = Newell's Old Boys

| caps6 = (see above)

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| nationalteam1 = Argentina

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

}}

Alfredo Domingo Obberti (12 August 1945 – 5 July 2021)[https://www.clarin.com/deportes/murio-mono-obberti-maximos-idolos-newell-s_0_pPfHc5jXE.html Murió el Mono Obberti, uno de los máximos ídolos de Newell's] {{in lang|es}} was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker for a number of clubs in Argentina and Grêmio in Brazil.

Obberti made his professional debut in 1962 playing for Huracán, he spent a season with Colón de Santa Fe in 1965 before returning to Huracán in 1966.

In 1968 Obberti joined Los Andes where he became Argentina's leading goalscorer in the Metropolitano 1968 with 13 goals. In 1969, he returned to Huracán.

In 1970 Obberti joined Newell's Old Boys where he again became topscorer in Argentina with 10 goals. In 1972, he joined Grêmio returning to Newell's in 1974. In his time with Newell's he scored 89 goals in 147 matches to make him the club's third highest goalscorer of all time.[http://www.epidemialeprosa.com.ar/masgoles.htm Newell's top goalscorers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130004718/http://www.epidemialeprosa.com.ar/masgoles.htm |date=30 November 2007 }}

Obberti was Grêmio's highest foreign goalscorer with 35 goals in 105 matches, until Hernán Barcos, also from Argentina, surpassed him in August 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://zerohora.clicrbs.com.br/rs/esportes/gremio/noticia/2014/03/maior-artilheiro-estrangeiro-da-historia-do-gremio-visita-delegacao-em-rosario-4450531.html|title = Maior artilheiro estrangeiro da história do Grêmio visita delegação em Rosario|date = 19 March 2014}}