Émile Bongiorni

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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.

References

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4 May 1949

Torino F.C. players and staff	Agnisetta Bacigalupo A. Ballarin D. Ballarin Bongiorni Castigliano Civalleri Corina Erbstein Fadini Gabetto Grava Grezar Lievesley Loik Maroso Martelli Mazzola Menti Operto Ossola Rigamonti Schubert

Others	Biancardi Bonaiuti Casalbore Cavallero D'Inca Meroni Pangrazi Tosatti

Persondata
Name	Bongiorni, Emile
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	19 March 1921
Place of birth	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Date of death	4 May 1949
Place of death	Superga, Torino, Italy

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