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Fernando Zappia

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Fernando Zappia
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-02-22) February 22, 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 River Plate
1977 Lanús
1978–1980 Wacker Innsbruck
1980–1983 AS Nancy 98 (0)
1983–1987 Metz 140 (1)
1987–1989 Lille OSC 65 (0)
1989–1990 AS Nancy 33 (1)
1990–1992 Atlanta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Zappia (born 22 February 1955, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football defender.

Zappia started his career with River Plate after a short spell with Lanús he joined Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck in 1978.

From 1980 until 1990 Zappia played in France for a number of teams, he had two spells with AS Nancy and also played for Metz and Lille OSC.

Late in his career he returned to Argentina to play for Atlanta in the lower leagues.

Honours

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Season Club Title
1983-1984 FC Metz Coupe de France

References

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  • Fernando Zappia at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • Fernando Zappia at FC Metz at archive.today (archived 2007-10-29) (in French)
  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.