Mauro Iván Obolo (; born 28 September 1981) is a former Argentine footballer.

Club career

Obolo started his professional career with Vélez Sársfield. He made his flight top debut in the Argentine Primera on 27 April 1999 against Gimnasia de Jujuy. Obolo's first spell at Vélez lasted until June 2001. Subsequently, he was loaned to Belgrano where he had a successful run, followed by a short stint in Italy with Piacenza. The Apertura 2003 marked the returned of Obolo to "El Fortín". He played for Vélez until the end of the Clausura 2004. Next, he went on loan again to play for Argentine club Lanús and later for Burgos CF in Spain.

Iván Obolo

Obolo joined Arsenal de Sarandí as a free agent in 2006, and he became a key player for the club, appearing in all 19 of the Clausura 2007 games, and finishing as the club's top scorer with five goals.

Iván Obolo

Along with fellow countryman Lucas Valdemarín, Obolo moved to Swedish side AIK on 1 July 2007. At his arrival he immediately justified his transfer by showing class and flair on the pitch. He quickly became a key player at his new club. After winning both the Swedish league and cup 2009 he turned back home.

Iván Obolo

In January 2010, Obolo returned to Arsenal de Sarandí. On his return has scored 25 goals in 76 games, and also instrumental in the shares, so it is again tempted by large teams of South America as Grêmio, Boca Juniors and Vélez Sársfield.

On 10 January 2012, Obolo signed a three-year deal with Vélez Sársfield, in an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be a $1M fee. He then made his debut on 7 February, in a Copa Libertadores match against Defensor Sporting, getting on the scoresheet.

In early 2017 Obolo retired from professional football.

Honours

AIK

Allsvenskan: 2009

Svenska Cupen: 2009

References

External links

Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website

Un fortinero en Suecia

Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI

Living people

1981 births

AIK Fotboll players

Argentine men's footballers

Arsenal de Sarandí footballers

Club Atlético Belgrano footballers

Burgos CF footballers

Men's association football forwards

Club Atlético Lanús footballers

Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers

Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina

Piacenza Calcio 1919 players

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers

Argentine Primera División players

Serie A players

Allsvenskan players

Segunda División B players

Chilean Primera División players

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden

Expatriate men's footballers in Spain

Expatriate men's footballers in Chile

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain

Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Sweden

Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Argentine people of Italian descent