Roberto Boninsegna

Roberto Boninsegna
Roberto Boninsegna (1974)
Personnel
birthday	November 13, 1943
place of birth	Mantua ,  Italy
size	178 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Inter Milan
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1963-1964	AC Prato	22 00(1)
1964-1965	Potenza SC	32 00(9)
1965-1966	Varese FC	28 00(5)
1966-1969	Cagliari Calcio	83 0(23)
1969-1976	Inter Milan	197 (113)
1976-1979	Juventus Turin	58 0(22)
1979-1980	Hellas Verona	14 00(3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1967-1974	Italy	22 (9) 00
1 Only league games are given.

Roberto Boninsegna (born November 13, 1943 in Mantua ) is a former Italian football player .

Career

It took striker Roberto Boninsegna a few years to work his way from lower-class clubs to the top of Italy in the 1960s. He came to the Sardinian club Cagliari Calcio in 1966 via AC Prato , Potenza SC and Varese FC . Together with Luigi Riva , he made the club a top Italian club, but left it for the 1969/70 season for Inter Milan . From then on, Riva and Boninsegna only formed a feared storm duo in the Italian national team . In 1970 Cagliari Calcio became Italian champions for the first and only time without Boninsegna.

Boninsegna, however, played a good world tournament at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico in the same year . In the 8th minute he scored the 1-0 for Italy in the game of the century between Italy and Germany, which lasted up to the 92nd minute, and moved into the final against Brazil thanks to the 4-3 win . Here, too, he scored the 1-1 goal in the 1: 4 defeat.

For German football fans, Roberto Boninsegna remains in negative memories of the rifle throwing game in October 1971. In the round of 16 of the European Cup between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Inter Milan, a spectator threw a can of drinks at the player Boninsegna when the score was 2: 1 for the Gladbacher, who then collapsed and let himself be carried off the pitch in the 28th minute. At the time, viewers and commentators rated this as acting. Borussia Mönchengladbach sensationally won the game 7-1, UEFA later annulled the result. In a replay in Berlin , the Gladbachers did not get beyond a 0-0. In the 89th minute, Boninsegna fouled Ludwig Müller severely and broke his shin and fibula. Since they lost the first leg in Milan 2-4, they were eliminated. Boninsegna, on the other hand, moved into the final with Inter later and lost to Ajax Amsterdam .

In 1974 Boninsegna returned to Germany for the 1974 World Cup . However, it was only used once. When Italy were 2-0 down against Poland in the decisive preliminary round match , Boninsegna came on after the half-time break. However, the game was lost 2-1 and runner-up world champions Italy drove home disappointed. A novelty in this game was the yellow card, which Boninsegna received before the start of the game for unsportsmanlike conduct.

1976 changed Boninsegna for three years from Inter Milan to major competitors Juventus , where he 1976-77 under coach Giovanni Trapattoni at the side of Roberto Bettega and Franco Causio the UEFA Cup and 1976/77 and 1977/78 the Scudetto won. He ended his active career in 1980 at Hellas Verona .

successes

In the club

• Italian championship : 1970/71 , 1976/77 , 1977/78
• Coppa Italia : 1978/79
• UEFA Cup : 1976/77

Individual awards

• Scorer of Serie A : 1970/71, 1971/72
• Top scorer of the Coppa Italia: 1971/72

Trivia

In the film Nobody Skin Like Don Camillo , Boninsegna played a footballer and was responsible for the implementation of the football games in the film.

Web links

Commons : Roberto Boninsegna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mission data at the Italian Association (Italian)
• Mission data from Boninsegna in the Inter-Archiv (Italian)
• Roberto Boninsegna in the database of weltfussball.de
• Roberto Boninsegna in the Internet Movie Database (English)