Antoine Bonifaci

Antoine Bonifaci
	Bonifaci with Inter Milan in 1955
Personal information
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
1950–1954	Nice
1954–1955	Inter Milan
1955–1957	Bologna
1957–1960	Torino
1960–1961	Vicenza
1961–1963	Stade Français
Total
International career
1951–1953	France
	*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

^ 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.

External links

Player profile at Fédération Française de Football (in French)

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[1] Jacques Ferran (1965). Football, aventure des hommes (in French). La Table ronde. p. 38.

[L'Equipe-2] "Antoine Bonifaci, légende de l'OGC Nice, est mort". L’Équipe. 30 December 2021.

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