 Bonini in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 October 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | San Marino, San Marino | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1977 | Juvenes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1978 | Bellaria Igea | 33 | (1) |
| 1978–1979 | Forlì | 23 | (1) |
| 1979–1981 | Cesena | 60 | (5) |
| 1981–1988 | Juventus | 192 | (5) |
| 1988–1992 | Bologna | 112 | (5) |
| 1993–1997 | Juvenes | ||
| 1994–1995 | San Marino Calcio | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980–1983 | Italy U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 1990–1995 | San Marino | 19 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996–1998 | San Marino | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1][2][3]
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[4] 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.[1][2][3][5]
- ^ a b "MASSIMO BONINI" (in Italian). Storie di Calcio. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Il Pallone Racconta: Massimo Bonini" (in Italian). Il Pallone Racconta. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Gli eroi in bianconero: Massimo BONINI" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ Bologna, Eros (July 2020) [2019]. "Investire sui giovani e le strutture" (PDF). Panorama Sport (in Italian). Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sanmarinese. p. 7.
- ^ "Golden Players take centre stage". www.uefa.com. 29 November 2003. Archived from the original on 12 March 2004.