Flavio Maestri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Cristal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1996 | Sporting Cristal | 153 | (91) |
| 1996–1997 | Hércules Alicante | 20 | (2) |
| 1998–2001 | Universidad de Chile | 91 | (27) |
| 2002–2004 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | (4) |
| 2003 | → San Luis (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Vitória (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2004–2007 | Alianza Lima | 73 | (24) |
| 2005 | → Shanghai Jiucheng (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Sport Boys (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 2009 | Sporting Cristal | 9 | (2) |
| Total | 397 | (158) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–2007 | Peru | 57 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014– | Coronel Bolognesi | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade (born 21 January 1973 in Lima) is a Peruvian 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 Peru, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, China, Chile and has also played for the National team.
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, Alberto Gallardo, 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 Juan Carlos Oblitas 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 Roberto Palacios, Nolberto Solano, Julinho, Jorge Soto, Pedro Garay and Julio César Balerio that won the "Tricampeonato" from 1994–1996. 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 Universidad de Chile 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.
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