Benito Lorenzi

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Benito Lorenzi
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Personal information
Full name	Benito Lorenzi
Date of birth	December 20, 1925
Place of birth	Borgo a Buggiano, Italy
Date of death	March 3, 2007 (aged 81)
Place of death	Milan, Italy
Nickname	Veleno (Poison)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1945-1946	Borgo a Buggiano
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1946-1947 1947-1958 1958-1959	Empoli Inter Alessandria	40 (15) 305 (138) 25 (4)
National team
1949-1954	Italy	14 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi (December 20, 1925 - March 3, 2007) , was an Italian football (soccer) player born in Borgo a Buggiano, Pistoia. He played as a striker.

Through out his career (1947–1959) he played with Inter and Alessandria in Serie A and with Empoli F.C. in Serie B. He won two back to back Italian titles (in 1953 and 1954) with Inter, and scored 143 goals in 314 games in official matches. With the Italian team he scored 4 goals in 14 matches. He participated in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups.

He died on March 3rd, 2007 at Sacco Hospital, Milan. He was 81 years old.

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