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{{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|Mercedes]], Uruguay
| height = {{height|m=1.80}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = <!--Club Atlético--> Bristol
| youthyears2 = 1993–1998
| youthclubs2 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]]
| years1 = 1998–2006
| clubs1 = [[Danubio F.C.|Danubio]]
| caps1 = 183
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 2006–2007
| clubs2 = [[Peñarol]]
| caps2 = 27
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2006–2007
| clubs3 = → [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007–2012
| clubs4 = [[Club Libertad|Libertad]]
| caps4 = 120
| goals4 = 13
| years5 = 2012–2016
| clubs5 = [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia La Plata]]
| caps5 = 88
| goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 419
| totalgoals = 36
| nationalyears1 = 1999
| nationalteam1 = [[Uruguay national under-20 football team|Uruguay U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2007
| nationalteam2 = [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]
| nationalcaps2 = 15
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs1 = <!--Club Atlético--> Argentino Junior Darregueira
| manageryears2 = 2020      | managerclubs2 = [[Real Pilar Fútbol Club|Real Pilar]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2021      | managerclubs3 = [[Real Pilar Fútbol Club|Real Pilar]]
| manageryears4 = 2021      | managerclubs4 = [[Defensor Sporting]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2022      | managerclubs5 = [[Club Deportivo Palestino|Palestino]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs6 = [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]] (assistant)
}}
'''Omar Heber Pouso Osores''' (born 28 February 1980) is a Uruguayan [[Association football|football]] coach and a former [[midfielder]].

==Club career==
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Pouso came to [[Danubio F.C.|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 F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] of the [[Premier League]] on a season-long loan from [[CA Peñarol|Peñarol]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/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 F.C.|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>[http://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 [[Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata|Gimnasia]] in [[Argentine Primera División|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 U-20 Championship|1999 South American Championship]] and the [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|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 national football team|Uruguay]] and scored one goal, a volley in a friendly international against [[England national football team|England]] at [[Anfield]] in March 2006.<ref>[http://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 Fútbol Club|Real Pilar]].<ref name="eo"/>

As an assistant coach, he has served for [[Defensor Sporting]] under [[Leonel Rocco]] and both [[Club Deportivo Palestino|Palestino]] and the [[Bolivia national football team|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 national football team|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 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}
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