Peter Bonetti

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Peter Bonetti
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Personnel
Surname Peter Phillip Bonetti
birthday September 27, 1941
place of birth Wandsworth (now London ),  England
date of death April 12, 2020
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1960-1975 Chelsea FC 495 (0)
1975 St. Louis Stars 21 (0)
1976-1979 Chelsea FC 105 (0)
1979 Dundee United 5 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1962-1965 England U23 12 (0)
1966-1970 England 7 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Peter Phillip Bonetti (born September 27, 1941 in Wandsworth , † April 12, 2020 ) was a football goalkeeper . He was active for Chelsea FC , the St. Louis Stars and the England national team .

With the English national team he was a member of the squad in 1966 world champion. For his only appearance at a World Cup, he came in 1970 in the quarter-final against Germany. He won the 1970 FA Cup with Chelsea FC from London and the European Cup Winners' Cup the following year , where Chelsea defeated Real Madrid in the final.

Life

Bonetti was born as the son of Swiss parents who immigrated from the canton of Ticino in Putney , a district that is now part of London . Chelsea signed Bonetti from Reading FC's youth team . Between 1959 and 1979 he was used in a total of 729 games, which was a record at that time. In addition, he remained clean in 21 games during one season and only had to accept a maximum of one goal in 2/3 of his games for Chelsea.

Towards the end of his career Bonetti spent a season in the North American professional league NASL , where he was in goal for the St. Louis Stars. He achieved greater prominence in his last international match when he conceded three goals to make it 2-3 final in the quarter-finals of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico as a substitute for Gordon Banks after a 2-0 lead against Germany . This game was Bonetti's only use during a soccer world championship. In his other six internationals for England he only conceded one goal.

After leaving Chelsea for good in 1979, he moved to the Isle of Mull , Scotland , to work as a postman . During his stay in Scotland, he made a brief return to football and played a number of games for Dundee United .

Bonetti held the record of most goalkeeping games at a club for a long time until it was beaten by Alan Knight , goalkeeper at Portsmouth FC , in the 1990s .

Peter Bonetti died on April 12, 2020 after a long illness.

successes

England

  • World Champion: 1966

Chelsea

Web links

  • Peter Bonetti on sporting-heroes.net
  • Peter Bonetti (Biographies of Ticino Emigrants) - Website of the Canton of Ticino, accessed July 24, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Bonetti: Former Chelsea and England goalkeeper dies aged 78 BBC Sport , April 12, 2020, accessed April 12, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bonetti, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonetti, Peter Phillip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsworth
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2020