Óscar Fabbiani (born 17 December 1950 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) is an

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an professional

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who played international football for the Chile national team Fabbiani was three times topscorer in the Chilean league with

Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium ...

and was the leading scorer in the

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for the

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

. Fabbiani comes from a family of footballers, he has 13 relatives who were professional footballers, including a nephew,

Cristian Fabbiani Cristian Gastón Fabbiani (born 3 September 1983 in Ciudad Evita) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current manager at Fenix de Pilar. Playing career Fabbiani comes from a family of footballers, he has 13 relatives from his fat ...

Honours

Club

Palestino *

Primera División de Chile Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera Alí Rafael Primera Rosel ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

Individual

* Primera División de Chile Top Scorer:

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

* NASL Top Scorer:

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fabbiani, Oscar 1950 births Living people Argentine emigrants to Chile Argentine people of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Chilean people of Italian descent Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Expatriate footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile 1979 Copa América players Association football forwards San Martín de Tucumán footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Dallas Sidekicks (original MISL) players Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate soccer players in South Africa