Óscar Roberto Fabbiani Venturelli (born 17 December 1950 in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

) 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

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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.

In politics

As a member of National Renewal, Fabbiani was a elected councillor for Recoleta commune in 1992 and was a candidate to ''Alcalde'' in 1996.

Honours

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, Venezuelan musician, compos ...

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 ...

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 – 1977 Moscow bombings, 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 (no ...

Individual * Primera División de Chile Top Scorer:

1976 Events January * January 2 – 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 18 – Full diplomatic ...

* NASL Top Scorer:

References

External links

Dallas Sidekicks profile
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabbiani, Oscar 1950 births Living people Argentine emigrants to Chile Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 1979 Copa América players JJ Urquiza players San Martín de Tucumán footballers Estudiantes de Buenos Aires footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Cape Town Spurs F.C. players Dallas Sidekicks (original MISL) players Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Argentine Primera División players 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 Primera B de Chile players Tercera División de Chile players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa Men's association football forwards Chilean football managers San Antonio Unido managers Chilean sportsperson-politicians National Renewal (Chile) politicians Chilean city councillors 20th-century Chilean politicians 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 20th-century Chilean sportsmen