Óscar Fabbiani

Óscar Roberto Fabbiani Venturelli (born 17 December 1950 in Buenos Aires) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Argentina, he played international football for the Chile national team.^[2] Fabbiani was three times topscorer in the Chilean league with Palestino^[3] and was the leading scorer in the North American Soccer League for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1979.^[4] Fabbiani comes from a family of footballers, he has 13 relatives who were professional footballers, including a nephew, Cristian Fabbiani.^[5][6]

Óscar Fabbiani

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Personal information
Full name	Óscar Roberto Fabbiani Venturelli[1]
Date of birth	(1950-12-17) 17 December 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1971	JJ Urquiza	7	(2)
1972	San Martín Tucumán	10	(1)
1973	Estudiantes BA	20	(3)
1974	Unión San Felipe	0	(0)
1974–1978	Palestino	155	(125)
1979–1981	Tampa Bay Rowdies	55	(40)
1979–1981	Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)	20	(37)
1981	Everton	21	(7)
1982	Palestino	5	(3)
1983	Unión San Felipe	33	(16)
1984	Deportes Iquique	18	(5)
1985	Cape Town Spurs	9	(1)
1986	Dallas Sidekicks	11	(2)
1986–1987	Palestino	58	(18)
1988	Coquimbo Unido	13	(3)
1989	Soinca Bata
1990–1991	San Luis
1991–1992	San Antonio Unido
International career
1976–1981	Chile	6	(0)
Managerial career
1992	San Antonio Unido
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[7]

Honours

Palestino

• Primera División de Chile: 1978^[8]
• Copa Chile: 1975, 1977^[9]

Individual

• Primera División de Chile Top Scorer: 1976, 1977, 1978^[3]
• NASL Top Scorer: 1979^[10]