Flavio Maestri

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Flavio Maestri
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Personal information
Full name Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade
Date of birth (1973-01-21) 21 January 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1983–1988 Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total397(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.

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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 Roberto Palacios, Nolberto Solano, Julinho, Jorge Soto, Pedro Garay and Julio César Balerio that won the "Tricampeonato" from 1994 to 1996. By age 23, Flavio became an idol for Cristal fans and became an integral member of the team by scoring more than 100 goals.

His good performances caught the attention of Hércules CF and in 1996 he transferred there. He played in Spain until 1998 when Chilean club Universidad de Chile acquired him. Flavio played with Chilean club until 2001.

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 Sporting Cristal. Alianza Lima signed him and Flavio became part of their team in 2004. [2] In 2005 again Maestri went abroad, to Chinese club Shanghai The 9 on loan. After his loan in China he returned to Alianza Lima where he became National Champions in 2006. At the end of 2007, Alianza Lima did not renew their contract with Maestri. Flavio decided to sign with Sport Boys [3] but due to injury he did not play often.

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
Universidad de Chile
Alianza Lima

Individual honours

AwardYear
Top Goalscorer Peruvian First Division 1994
Player of the Year Peru1994

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Flavio Maestri confirma que jugará con el campeón Alianza Lima Archived 25 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Peru21 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Flavio Maestri reveló que jugará gratis en Sport Boys – La Tercera (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "Peru – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Flavio Maestri – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ↑ Flavio Maestri es el nuevo técnico de Bolognesi de Tacna – Depor (in Spanish)
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