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Agustín Canobbio Graviz (born 1 October 1998) is a Uruguayan professional
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who plays as an
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or winger for
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club
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and the Uruguay national team.


Early life

Canobbio was born on 1 October 1998 and raised in
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to former professional footballer
Osvaldo Canobbio Osvaldo Francisco Canobbio Pittaluga (born 17 February 1973) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the youth team coach of Liverpool Montevideo. Playing career Club Canobbio started his se ...
and Verónica Graviz. Through his father, Canobbio is of Italian descent and holds an
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.


Club career

Canobbio is a youth academy graduate of
Centro Atlético Fénix Centro Atlético Fénix is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The football team currently plays in Uruguayan Segunda División. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Mo ...
. He made his professional debut for the club on 30 August 2016 in a 1–0 league defeat against Cerro.


Peñarol

After his outstanding performance with the
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, Canobbio joined Peñarol in 2018, playing a total of 66 matches across domestic and international competitions, and winning the
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and the
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of that year. In 2019, the club decided to renew his contract, but after performing inconistantly, his contract was not renewed for 2020. In 2021, after another stint at Fénix, Canobbio returned to Peñarol, where he played a key role in the
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, scoring against Corinthians Paulista and River Plate Asunción in the group stages, as well as providing several assists. In the round of 16, he scored against
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at the
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, and was also a standout in the return leg of that match. This earned him a contract renewal for the 2022 season.


Athletico Paranaense

On March 2022, Canobbio signed a five-year contract with Athletico Paranaense. The deal, negotiated by his representatives, was finalized for 3,200,000 dollars, around 2 million euros.


Fluminense

On 11 January 2025, he joined Fluminense, following Athletico's relegation at the end of 2024 season.


International career

Canobbio is a former Uruguayan youth national team player. He was part of under-20 team which won
2017 South American U-20 Championship The 2017 South American Youth Football Championship (, ) was the 28th edition of the South American Youth Football Championship, a football competition for the under-20 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Ecuador f ...
and reached semi-finals of
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 a ...
. On 7 January 2022, Canobbio was named in Uruguay's 50-man preliminary squad for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against
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and
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. However, weeks later, after Lucas Torreira and Diego Rossi tested positive for
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, Canobbio was called up to cover their absences; he made his senior team debut on 27 January 2022 in a 1–0 win against Paraguay. He was eventually included in the final squad for the
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and the
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, the latter of which he would win third place under
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.


Career statistics


Club


International

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


Honours

Peñarol *
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Supercopa Uruguaya The Supercopa Uruguaya (''Uruguayan Supercup'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Uruguay organised by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) which is played between the Primera División champions and the Torneo Intermedio ...
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Athletico Paranaense *
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Uruguay U20 *
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Uruguay *
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third place:
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Individual *
Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...
Player of the Year:
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*
Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...
Team of the Year:
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at the Uruguayan Football Association website {{DEFAULTSORT:Canobbio, Agustin 1998 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent Men's association football forwards Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's youth international footballers Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Centro Atlético Fénix players Peñarol players Club Athletico Paranaense players Fluminense FC players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2024 Copa América players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil