Carlo Osti
Carlo Osti was born in Vittorio Veneto (Treviso), on January 20, 1958.
He started his youth football with Conegliano (Treviso) before playing for the first team from 1973-76. The Gialloblu were in Serie D and he played 54 league games with 5 goals.
In 1976 he joined Udinese and stayed two seasons. In the first the Bianconeri finished 5th in Serie C but in the second won promotion to Serie B under Massimo Giacomini. Osti played a total of 15 league games.
In 1978-79 he played for Atalanta in a joint ownership deal. The Bergamaschi were in Serie A but were relegated under Batista Rota. Osti played 22 league games. He played with three Lazio connections: Giorgio Mastropasqua (1980-82), Vincenzo Chiarenza (1981-82, 1983) and Roberto Tavola (1982-83).
In 1979 Juventus bought Atalanta's half but left Osti at Udinese for a season. The Friulani finished 15th in Serie A, first under Corrado Orrico (1-22) and then Dino D'Alessi (23-30). Osti played 28 games (24 in A). His teammates included two Lazio connections: Claudio Vagheggi (1981-82) and Angelo Cupini (1983-84).
In 1980 Osti joined Juventus. He stayed two seasons, winning the Scudetto twice under Giovanni Trapattoni. He however only played 19 total games (12 in A). Juventus had strong defenders such as Claudio Gentile, Sergio Brio, Antonio Cabrini, Antonello Cuccureddu, Gaetano Scirea and Beppe Furino just to name a few. In Turin he played alongside a few Lazio connections; Roberto Tavola (1982-83), Massimo Storgato (1984-85) and Giuseppe Galderisi (1987-88) plus future manager and president Dino Zoff (1990-94, 1997, 2001).
In October 1982 Osti signed for Avellino and stayed two seasons. The Irpini were in Serie A and finished 9th and 12th under managers Giuseppe Marchioro, Fernando Veneranda and Ottavio Bianchi. Osti played 60 games (52 in A) with 1 goal (Verona).
In 1984 he returned to Atalanta for four seasons. The Nerazzurri were in Serie A and finished 10th, 8th, 15th (relegated) and 4th in B (promoted). He played 93 games (72 in A) with 1 goal (Inter). His managers were Nedo Sonetti (3 seasons) and Emiliano Mondonico. His teammates included many Lazio connections; Andrea Agostinelli (1975-79), Aldo Cantarutti (1978-79), Enrico Vella (1982-83), Oliviero Garlini (1984-86), Giorgio Magnocavallo (1985-87), Andrea Icardi (1988-89) and Roberto Soldà (1989-92).
In the autumn of 1988 he joined Piacenza. It was a deal which took future Lazio player Armando Madonna to Bergamo. Osti remained two seasons with Piacenza, in the first they were relegated from Serie B and in the second finished 8th in C1. He played 54 games and in the second season was captain. His managers were Enrico Catuzzi, Attilio Perotti and Giorgio Rumignani. He played alongside Lazio connections; Beppe Signori (1992-97).
In 1990 he joined his last club Virescit Bergamo. The Viola were in C2 and finished 11th under former Torino player Giancarlo Danova. Osti played 27 league games.
At 33 he retired but remained in the football world.
In 1993 he started a long career as a director.
From 1993 to 1995 he was in charge of Piacenza's youth academy.
In 1995-95 he was sporting director at Triestina.
From 1996 to 1999 he was sporting director at Ternana obtaining promotions from C2 to B.
From 1999 he was with Alzano Virescit for two seasons.
In 2001 he was with Treviso until 2005. He was part of the Trevigiani's first ever promotion to Serie A.
In 2005-06 his path crossed with Lazio's. He was sporting director working alongside transfer market consultant Walter Sabatini. He worked under Claudio Lotito… not easy for anyone. The manager was Delio Rossi and the signings included; Emílson Cribari, Guglielmo Stendardo, Valon Behrami, Stefano Mauri, Gaby Mudingayi and Igli Tare. He also brought Samir Handanovič on loan in January 2006 (he would go on to play 455 games for Inter). Lazio finished 6th but were then demoted to 16th due to Calciopoli.
At the end of the season Osti left and went to Atalanta for four seasons.
In 2011-12 he was at Lecce.
From 2102 to 2023 (with brief interruption from October 2021 to January 2022) he was with Sampdoria.
In January 2025 he became sporting director at Palermo where he is still currently working, in Serie B with Pippo Inzaghi as manager.
He is highly respected as a sporting director and his next aim is to bring Palermo back up to Serie A.
As a player Osti was a full-back but could also play centre-back. He was a quick and tough man-to-man marker who had a solid career. In his youth he played 6 times for Italy U21s and 6 times for the Italy Olympic team.
He won the Scudetto twice with Juventus, albeit not as a protagonist, had good years at Atalanta with a promotion to A and was also part of the Avellino "miracle" period.
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