Flavio Zandoná

Flavio Zandoná
Personal information
Full name	Flavio Gabriel Zandoná
Date of birth	April 8, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Zárate, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Belgrano de Zárate
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1994	San Lorenzo
1994–2000	Vélez Sársfield
1998	→ CD Veracruz (loan)
2000	Avispa Fukuoka
2000	Cerro Porteño
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Flavio Gabriel Zandoná (born April 8, 1967), nicknamed Chino (Chinese), is a former Argentine footballer who played most of his career for Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine Primera, winning 8 honours with the club. He was born in Zárate, Buenos Aires Province.

Playing career

Zandoná started playing for San Lorenzo in 1994 as a centre back. 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 Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cup.

Zandoná was known for his aggressive style on and off the field. Playing with Vélez in the 1995 Supercopa Sudamericana he punched Flamengo's striker Edmundo after a short slap exchange.^[1] Soon after, Romário 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 Racing.^[2]

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

Primera División Argentina (3): 1995 Apertura, 1996 Clausura, 1998 Clausura
Copa Libertadores (1): 1994
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1994
Copa Interamericana (1): 1994
Supercopa Sudamericana (1): 1996
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1997

References

^ YouTube video Retrieved 2010-1-2.
^ "Zandoná le pegó a un hincha" (in Spanish). La Nación. 1998-11-21. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

External links

Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
Flavio Gabriel Zandona at BDFA (in Spanish)

[1] YouTube video Retrieved 2010-1-2.

[2] "Zandoná le pegó a un hincha" (in Spanish). La Nación. 1998-11-21. Retrieved 2010-01-02.

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