Émile Bongiorni

Émile Bongiorni
Personal information
Date of birth 19 March 1921
Place of birth Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Date of death 4 May 1949(1949-05-04) (aged 28)
Place of death Superga, Torino, Italy
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
CA Paris
1943–1944 EF Paris Capitale
1944–1948 RC Paris
1948–1949 Torino F.C. 8 (2)
National team
1945–1948 France 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Émile Bongiorni (19 March 1921 – 4 May 1949) was a French association football striker of Italian descent.

He played for RC Paris where he was capped 5 times for France.In 1948, he moved to Torino F.C., with another Frenchman of Italian descent, Roger Grava of CO Roubaix-Tourcoing[1]. They both died in the Superga air disaster on 4 May 1949.

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