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Massimo Bonini

1959 - Today

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Massimo Bonini (born 13 October 1959) is a Sammarinese former professional football player and coach, who played as a midfielder for Italian sides Bellaria Igea, Forlì, Cesena, Juventus and Bologna. His greatest achievements in club football were at Juventus, where his work-rate enabled him to form a notable midfield partnership with French playmaker Michel Platini and mezzala Marco Tardelli, having won 3 Serie A titles, 1 Italian Cup, 1 European Cup, 1 Cup Winners' Cup, 1 European Super Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup and becoming the first and only Sanmarinese footballer to win a UEFA club competition. At the international level, he gained 19 caps for the San Marino national football team. Widely regarded as the best Sanmarinese player of all time, he is one of the few sportspeople from his country to have won a world title, alongside motorcyclist Manuel Poggiali, jumper Elisabetta Rossi, and fisherman Marino Michelotti For its 50th anniversary in 2004, UEFA asked each of its then 52 member associations to nominate one player as the single most outstanding player of the period 1954–2003, and Bonini was chosen as the Golden Player of San Marino by the San Marino Football Federation in November 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Massimo Bonini is the 1,302nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,035th in 2019), the 2,685th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,506th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Italian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Massimo Bonini ranks 1,302 out of 21,273. Before him are Heinz Flohe, Károly Palotai, Hristo Bonev, Ratomir Dujković, Amedeo Amadei, and Erik Nilsson. After him are Karl-Heinz Riedle, Dragan Holcer, Kenzo Yokoyama, Dries Mertens, César Sampaio, and Hiroshi Yoshida.

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Among people born in 1959, Massimo Bonini ranks 152. Before him are Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Henry Czerny, Jim Yong Kim, Koichi Tanaka, Martin Brundle, and Aidan Quinn. After him are R. A. Salvatore, John C. McGinley, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Roberto Moreno, Nobuo Uematsu, and Vincent Lindon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Massimo Bonini ranks 2,685 out of 5,161. Before him are Elia Dalla Costa (1872), Thrasybulus of Syracuse (-500), Gaetano Pugnani (1731), Félix Fénéon (1861), Giuseppe Acerbi (1773), and Amedeo Amadei (1921). After him are Patty Pravo (1948), Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara (1564), Emma of Italy (null), Salvatore De Giorgi (1930), Ugolino di Nerio (1280), and Massimo Ranieri (1951).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Italy

Among soccer players born in Italy, Massimo Bonini ranks 93. Before him are Daniele De Rossi (1983), Mario Corso (1941), Angelo Domenghini (1941), Roberto Rosato (1943), Guido Masetti (1907), and Amedeo Amadei (1921). After him are Walter Mazzarri (1961), Pietro Serantoni (1906), Francesco Acerbi (1988), Enrico Chiesa (1970), Adolfo Baloncieri (1897), and Alberto Gilardino (1982).

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