Benito Lorenzi
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| Benito Lorenzi | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| 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 | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1945-1946 | Borgo a Buggiano | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1946-1947 1947-1958 1958-1959 1959-1960 1960 |
Empoli Inter Alessandria Brescia Varese |
40 (15) 305 (138) 25 (4) 14 (4) 9 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1949-1954 | Italy | 14 (4) |
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Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi (December 20, 1925 - March 3, 2007) was an Italian football (soccer) player born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker.
Through out his career (1947–1960) he played with Inter and Alessandria in Serie A, Empoli and Brescia in Serie B, and Varese in Serie C. 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 3, 2007 at Sacco Hospital, Milan. He was 81 years old.
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Categories: Italian football striker stubs | 1925 births | 2007 deaths | People from the Province of Pistoia | Italian footballers | Italy international footballers | Football (soccer) strikers | Serie A players | Empoli F.C. players | F.C. Internazionale Milano players | U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players | Brescia Calcio players | A.S. Varese 1910 players | 1950 FIFA World Cup players | 1954 FIFA World Cup players
