Flavio Gabriel Zandoná (born April 8, 1967), nicknamed ''Chino'' (Chinese), is a former

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who played most of his career for Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera, winning 8 honours with the club. He was born in Zárate,

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Playing career

Zandoná started playing for

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in 1994 as a

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. He later transferred to Vélez Sársfield where he was almost exclusively used as a right back. Zandoná won 8 titles with Vélez, including the 1994

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and Intercontinental Cup. Zandoná was known for his aggressive style on and off the field. Playing with Vélez in the

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he punched

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's striker

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after a short slap exchange. Soon after,

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threw him a flying kick. Later, in 1998, he punched a rival fan who had insulted him after seeing the red card in Vélez' game against

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Honours

Vélez Sársfield *

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(3): 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura *

(1):

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* Intercontinental Cup (1):

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(1):

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(1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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(1):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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* at Fútbol XXI * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zandona, Flavio 1967 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Cerro Porteño players Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Japan J1 League players Avispa Fukuoka players Living people Copa Libertadores–winning players 20th-century Argentine sportsmen