Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade (born 21 January 1973 in

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) is a

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vian 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

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, Spain,

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, China,

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and has also played for the National team.

Club career

When Flavio Maestri was 10 years old, his father, Edmondo Maestri Baroni, brought him to Sporting Cristal to try out. The youth coach at the time,

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, 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

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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

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, 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

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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. In 2005 again Maestri went abroad, to Chinese club

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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

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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

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, 24 of those in FIFA World Cup qualification matches. 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.Flavio Maestri es el nuevo técnico de Bolognesi de Tacna
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Honours

Club

;Sporting Cristal *

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(4): 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003 Clausura ;Universidad de Chile *

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(2):

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

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(2):

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;Alianza Lima *

(3): 2004, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Descentralizado

Individual honours

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maestri, Flavio 1973 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian people of Italian descent Association football forwards Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Hércules CF players Universidad de Chile footballers San Luis F.C. players Esporte Clube Vitória players Club Alianza Lima footballers Sport Boys footballers Peruvian Primera División players La Liga players China League One players Liga MX players Chilean Primera División players Peruvian expatriate footballers Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in China Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Spain 1991 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2004 Copa América players Peruvian football managers Coronel Bolognesi managers