Antoine Bonifaci

Antoine Bonifaci
Bonifaci with Inter Milan in 1955
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-09-04)4 September 1931
Place of birth Bezons, France
Date of death 29 December 2021(2021-12-29) (aged 90)
Place of death Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Villefranche-sur-Mer
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1954 Nice 109 (9)
1954–1955 Inter Milan 25 (0)
1955–1957 Bologna 54 (2)
1957–1960 Torino 102 (1)
1960–1961 Vicenza 13 (0)
1961–1963 Stade Français 24 (1)
Total 327 (13)
International career
1951–1953 France 12 (2)
*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]

  1. ^ Jacques Ferran (1965). Football, aventure des hommes (in French). La Table ronde. p. 38.
  2. ^ "Antoine Bonifaci, légende de l'OGC Nice, est mort". L’Équipe. 30 December 2021.