Antoine Bonifaci
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 September 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Bezons, France | ||
Date of death | 29 December 2021 | (aged 90)||
Place of death | Villefranche-sur-Mer, France | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Villefranche-sur-Mer | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1954 | Nice | 109 | (9) |
1954–1955 | Inter Milan | 25 | (0) |
1955–1957 | Bologna | 54 | (2) |
1957–1960 | Torino | 102 | (1) |
1960–1961 | Vicenza | 13 | (0) |
1961–1963 | Stade Français | 24 | (1) |
Total | 327 | (13) | |
International career | |||
1951–1953 | France | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Antoine Bonifaci (4 September 1931 – 29 December 2021) was a French professional footballer who played in France with Nice and Stade Français, and in Italy with Inter Milan, Bologna, Torino and Vicenza. He played for the France national team from 1951 to 1953. In 1952, he was transferred from Nice to Inter Milan for a fee of around 30 million francs.[1]
The football stadium of Villefranche-sur-Mer bears his name.
Bonifaci died in Villefranche-sur-Mer on 29 December 2021, at the age of 90.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jacques Ferran (1965). Football, aventure des hommes (in French). La Table ronde. p. 38.
- ^ "Antoine Bonifaci, légende de l'OGC Nice, est mort". L’Équipe. 30 December 2021.
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2021 deaths
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- France men's international footballers
- OGC Nice players
- Inter Milan players
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- Torino FC players
- LR Vicenza players
- Stade Français (association football) players
- Ligue 1 players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Footballers from Val-d'Oise
- People from Bezons
- French football midfielder stubs