Flavio Maestri
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1983–1988 | Sporting Cristal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1996 | Sporting Cristal | 153 | (91) |
1996–1997 | Hércules Alicante | 20 | (2) |
1998–2001 |
Universidad de Chile | 91 | (27) |
2002–2004 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | (4) |
2003 | → San Luis (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2004 | → Vitória (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2004–2007 |
Alianza Lima | 73 | (24) |
2005 |
→ Shanghai The 9 (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2008 | → Sport Boys (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2009 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | (2) |
Total | 397 | (158) | |
International career | |||
1991–2007 | Peru | 57 | (11) |
Managerial career | |||
2014 | Coronel Bolognesi | ||
2022- | Peru Olympic football team | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade (born 21 January 1973 in Lima) is a Peruvian retired football player.
He is nicknamed The Tank because of his large size. Throughout his career, he has played professional football for numerous teams in Peru, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, China, Chile and has also played for the National team.
Club career
When Flavio Maestri was 10 years old, his father, Edmondo Maestri Baroni,[1] brought him to Sporting Cristal to try out. The youth coach at the time, Alberto Gallardo, admitted him into the club. When Flavio was 16, he signed his first professional contract with Sporting Cristal. At age 18 he debuted with the first team under coach Juan Carlos Oblitas in a match against San Agustin. He scored his first goal that same year in a match against Hijos de Yurimaguas.
Flavio Maestri was part of the team consisting of
His good performances caught the attention of
In 2002, Maestri came back to Sporting Cristal after six years outside of Peru. He was loaned out to San Luis F.C. but came back to Sporting Cristal to win another championship, the Torneo Apertura 2003. Flavio was than loaned out again, this time to Brazilian club Vitória.
Flavio returned to Peru and did not renew his contract with
In 2009, he returned once again to Sporting Cristal.
International career
Maestri has made 57 appearances for the Peru national football team,[4] 24 of those in FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[5]
He is also responsible for Peru winning the only important title for the team during the last decade which was the 1999 Kirin Cup, where they shared first place with Belgium. Maestri scored the only goal on the sixth minute against Belgium which later ended in a tie.
Managerial career
Maestri was named manager at Coronel Bolognesi in June 2014.[6]
Honours
Club
- Sporting Cristal
- 2003 Clausura
- Universidad de Chile
- 2000
- Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000
- Alianza Lima
- 2006 Descentralizado
Individual honours
Award | Year |
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Top Goalscorer Peruvian First Division
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1994 |
Player of the Year Peru | 1994 |
References
- ^ "Que los cumpla feliz: Papá de Flavio Maestri celebró cumpleaños" (in Spanish). elbocon.pe. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ Flavio Maestri confirma que jugará con el campeón Alianza Lima Archived 25 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Peru21 (in Spanish)
- ^ Flavio Maestri reveló que jugará gratis en Sport Boys – La Tercera (in Spanish)
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archivedfrom the original on 2 February 2009.
- ^ Flavio Maestri – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Flavio Maestri es el nuevo técnico de Bolognesi de Tacna – Depor (in Spanish)
External links
- Flavio Maestri at National-Football-Teams.com