Giampiero Boniperti
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Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title | Juventus chairman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term | 1971–1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Vittore Catella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | Filippo Boniperti (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1994–1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Political party | Forza Italia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giampiero Boniperti (Italian pronunciation:
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Club career
Born in
Although he began as a centre forward, he could play also as an inside forward or on the right wing. In his second season with Juventus, he was 20 years old and scored 27 goals during that season, finishing above Valentino Mazzola as the league's top scorer.[5][12] Boniperti's first league championship with Juventus was during the 1949–50 season. By his 24th birthday, he had scored 100 goals for the club, adding a second scudetto title to his name in 1951–52. Although he was named the club's captain in 1954, for much of the 1950s Juve and Boniperti struggled to put the club back to the top of the Italian championship.[5][12]
In 1957 Juventus signed two forwards: John Charles and Omar Sívori. With them, Boniperti would be a part of what was referred to as the Magical Trio. During Boniperti's last four seasons at the club before his retirement, Juventus was successful in the Italian league, winning the Serie A three times (1957–58, 1959–60 and 1960–61), and the Coppa Italia twice (1958–59 and 1959–60).[5][12] At the time of his retirement, Boniperti was Juventus' all-time top goalscorer with 182 in all competitions, this record stood for over 40 years before Alessandro Del Piero beat it on 10 January 2006.[5] As of 2010, Boniperti was the second top goalscorer of all-time at Juventus and was seventh on the list of all-time top appearances for the club. With 443 appearances in Serie A for Juventus, he held the club record for most appearances in the competition, until long-serving player and former Juventus captain Alessandro Del Piero beat it on 14 February 2010.[14]
International career
After playing 14 games in the Serie A league, Boniperti was called up to play for the Italy national football team, making his international debut on 9 November 1947, in a game against Austria; the match ended in a 5–1 loss to the Austrian side.[15][16] He got even with Austria a couple of years later, when in May 1949 he scored his first international goal for Italy, with a 3–1 victory. Boniperti managed to achieve 38 caps (24 of which he played as captain) and scored 8 goals for Italy. Boniperti played for Italy in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cup finals (captaining the team in the latter edition of the tournament), as well as in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[15][17]
Style of play
A talented, creative, and prolific
After retirement
Juventus executive
"Winning is not important, it's the only concern."
—Boniperti on Juventus' winning philosophy, at the inauguration of the Juventus Stadium, September 8, 2011.[22]
A short while after his retirement, the Agnelli family offered Boniperti an executive position as a director in the club's management team; in 1971, he was appointed the chairman of the board of directors (Italian: presidente del consiglio di amministrazione), a position he held for many years, and still had a role at the club as one of the honorary chairmen (Italian: Presidenti Onorari, served along with Franzo Grande Stevens).[13][23][24][25][26]
He often found the pressure of watching rather than playing quite unbearable, and was known to drive around Turin at halftime and just listen to the match on the radio. When players asked for pay rises, Boniperti would point to photographs of recent defeats on the wall and turn them away in shame. The pressure of remaining Italy's top team was intense for him, even behind the scenes. [2]
Politics
From 1994 until 1999, Boniperti was elected as a deputy in the European Parliament with the centre-right wing party Forza Italia.[27]
Personal life
Boniperti's grandson
He is currently a free agent.Boniperti died in Turin on 18 June 2021 due to heart failure, aged 92.[30] The Italy national team wore black armbands in tribute to him in their match on 20 June against Wales in the UEFA Euro 2020.[31]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Juventus
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1946–47 | Serie A | 6 | 5 | — | — | 6 | 5 | ||
1947–48 | 40 | 27 | — | — | 41 | 28 | ||||
1948–49
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32 | 15 | — | — | 34 | 15 | ||||
1949–50
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35 | 21 | — | — | 35 | 21 | ||||
1950–51
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37 | 22 | — | — | 40 | 23 | ||||
1951–52
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33 | 19 | — | — | 35 | 22 | ||||
1952–53 | 29 | 7 | — | — | 31 | 7 | ||||
1953–54 | 30 | 14 | — | — | 30 | 14 | ||||
1954–55 | 27 | 9 | — | — | 28 | 9 | ||||
1955–56 | 31 | 6 | — | — | 31 | 6 | ||||
1956–57 | 24 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||||
1957–58
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34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | — | 34 | 8 | |||
1958–59 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||
1959–60
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31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 7 | |||
1960–61
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28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
Career total | 443 | 178 | 13 | 1 | 3[nb 1] | 0 | 459 | 179 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 1947 | 1 | 0 |
1948 | 0 | 0 | |
1949 | 3 | 1 | |
1950 | 3 | 0 | |
1951 | 5 | 1 | |
1952 | 4 | 0 | |
1953 | 4 | 0 | |
1954 | 4 | 3 | |
1955 | 3 | 2 | |
1956 | 3 | 0 | |
1957 | 2 | 0 | |
1958 | 3 | 0 | |
1959 | 1 | 0 | |
1960 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 38 | 8 |
- Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boniperti goal.[33][34]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 22 May 1949 | Stadio Comunale, Florence, Italy | Austria | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1948–53 Central European International Cup |
2 | 25 November 1951 | Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
3 | 24 January 1954 | San Siro, Milan, Italy | Egypt | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 5–1 | |||||
5 | 17 June 1954 | Stade Olympique, Lausanne, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1954 FIFA World Cup |
6 | 16 January 1955 | Stadio della Vittoria, Bari, Italy | Belgium | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly
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7 | 18 December 1955 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy | West Germany | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
8 | 10 December 1960 | Stadio San Paolo, Naples , Italy
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Austria | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Juventus[5]
Individual
- Serie A top scorer: 1947–48 (27 goals)[35]
- FIFA 100: 2004[36]
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2012[37]
- CONI Award for Outstanding Sporting Career: 2013[38]
See also
Notes
- ^ Boniperti also played in the Latin Cup and the Coppa dell'Amicizia unofficially.
References
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- ^ "Giampiero Boniperti". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Gigi Garanzini. "BONIPERTI, Giampiero" (in Italian). Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport (2002). Retrieved 7 November 2014.
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- ^ "Star quality shines through". fifa.com. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Boniperti, Giampiero: National team statistics" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Bonipèrti, Giampiero" (in Italian). Treccani: Enciclopedie on line. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Giampiero Boniperti – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- ^ "Buon compleanno Boniperti, 81 anni bianconeri" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009.
- ^ "Juventus - GIAMPIERO BONIPERTI: Honorary President". Juventus.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Happy birthday, Giampiero Boniperti!". Juventus.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Many happy returns, Boniperti!". Juventus.com. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "4ª legislatura | Gian Piero BONIPERTI | Deputati | Parlamento Europeo". www.europarl.europa.eu.
- ^ "Juve, Filippo Boniperti convocato in Under 19" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Juve, Boniperti Jr: "Quante emozioni con la prima squadra"" (in Italian). Tuttosport. 3 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Morto Giampiero Boniperti, una vita per la Juventus - Sport". Agenzia ANSA. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "ITALY WEAR BLACK ARMBANDS FOR BONIPERTI". Football Italia. 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Boniperti, Giampiero" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Giampiero Boniperti - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ISBN 9788891275394.
- ^ Roberto Di Maggio; Igor Kramarsic; Alberto Novello (11 June 2015). "Italy - Serie A Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "The Fifa 100". The Guardian. 4 March 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ "Celebrazioni 60 anni dell'Olimpico, Malagò premia Boniperti" (in Italian). CONI. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
External links
- Giampiero Boniperti at National-Football-Teams.com