Bruno Bolchi

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Bruno Bolchi
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-02-21) February 21, 1940
Place of birthMilan, Italy
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing positionManager (former midfielder)
Club information
Current clubretired
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1958–1963Inter109(10)
1963–1964Verona19(0)
1964–1965Atalanta25(2)
1965–1970Torino89(0)
National team
1961Italy4(0)
Teams managed
1971–1972Pro Patria
1972–1973Pistoiese
1973–1974Unione Valdinievole
1974–1975Sorrento
1975–1976Messina
1976–1978Pistoiese
1978–1979Novara
1980–1981Atalanta
1982–1983Cesena
1983–1986Bari
1986–1987Cesena
1987–1988Arezzo
1988–1989Pisa
1989–1990Reggina
1990–1991Brescia
1991–1992Avellino
1992–1993Lecce
1993–1995Cesena
1995–1997Lucchese
1997–1998Monza
1999Reggina
2000–2001Genoa
2001–2002Ternana
2003Messina
2004Ternana
2005Catanzaro
2007Messina
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bruno Bolchi (born February 21, 1940 in Milan) is an Italian retired football (soccer) manager and former player.

Career

Playing

Bolchi, a midfielder, made his debut at the age of 18 with F.C. Internazionale Milano in a Serie A away match lost 1-0 to S.S.C. Napoli on May 18, 1958. He played six seasons with the nerazzurri, with 109 caps and 10 goals, gaining the nickname Maciste and appearing for the Italian team in four occasions, all in 1961. He then played for Serie B side Verona, and returned to play in the top division for Atalanta and Torino, where he ended his playing career in 1970.

Coaching

Bolchi started his coaching career in 1971 with Pro Patria, then a Seconda Categoria club (at the time, Seconda Categoria was the sixth level of Italian football). In 1974 he had his first professional coaching job at Sorrento. He first coached a Serie A team, Cesena, in 1982, but did not manage to save it from relegation. Since then, Bolchi made just two appearances as Serie A coach, despite his long career all over the country: in 1985-1986, his third season as Bari's boss which followed two consecutive promotions from Serie C1 to the top tier of Italian football; however, Bolchi was not able to save the biancorossi. In 1988-1989, he had his last Serie A job before 2007, as Pisa head coach, but he was sacked after the 22nd matchday.

On April 23, 2007, with just five matches remaining before the end of the league, Bolchi was appointed head coach of Messina, a team he already coached in their 1975-1976 Serie C campaign and, for six matches, at the end of the 2002-2003 season, in Serie B. He did not manage to avoid relegation, also due to Messina's poor league table well before his appointment, and finally retired from football after the end of the season.

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    Preceded by
    Antonio Angelillo
    Internazionale captain
    1961-1962
    Succeeded by
    Armando Picchi
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