Néstor Fabbri

Néstor Fabbri
Personal information
Full name Néstor Ariel Fabbri
Date of birth (1968-04-29) 29 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
All Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1985 All Boys 40 (15)
1986–1992 Racing Club 169 (6)
1992 América de Cali 29 (1)
1992–1993 Lanús 46 (4)
1994–1998 Boca Juniors 117 (13)
1998–2002 Nantes 116 (9)
2002–2003 Guingamp 33 (1)
2003–2004 Estudiantes 26 (1)
2004–2005 All Boys 18 (3)
Total 594 (53)
International career
1987–1997 Argentina 22 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Néstor Ariel Fabbri (born 29 April 1968) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Fabbri started playing at the young division of All Boys in 1984, he made his debut for the first team during the 1984–85 season in the Argentine 2nd division.[1] In 1986, he joined first division Racing Club. In 1987 Fabbri was named Player of the Year of Argentina.[2]

After six seasons with Racing, Fabbri spent the 1992 season with Colombian América de Cali, and the 1993 season back to Argentina for Club Atlético Lanús, before moving to Boca Juniors in 1994. Fabbri played with Boca until 1998, when he was transferred to French first division FC Nantes. With Nantes Fabbri won the 1999 and 2000 French Cups, the 1999 and 2001 Champion's Trophies, and the 2001 French Championship.

In 2002, Fabbri moved to En Avant de Guingamp, at that time in the French first division. He played one season for Guingamp with teammates like Didier Drogba or Florent Malouda and the team finished in seventh place. He returned to Argentina, first to play for Estudiantes in 2003, and then in 2004 to his first team All Boys, where he retired.

With the Argentina national football team, "La Tota" Fabbri played 21 matches, including the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and scored 1 goal.

Personal life

Fabbri worked as an agent for his nephew Jonathan Calleri, who plays as a forward for Brazilian club São Paulo.[3]

Honours

Racing

América de Cali

FC Nantes

Argentina

Individual

  • Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 1987

References

  1. ^ Néstor Fabbri le dijo adiós al fútbol at La Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Néstor Fabbri" (in Spanish). Racing Club. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Fabbri le apuntó a Angelici: "Hubiera preferido que Boca no tratara así a Calleri; hizo un negocio redondo con él"" [Fabbri pointed at Angelici: "I would have preferred Boca not to have treated Calleri like that; they did a good deal with him"] (in Spanish). Infobae. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2020.