Loris Boni
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | January 14, 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Remedello, Italy | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1969–1971 | Solbiatese | 37 | (0) |
1971–1975 | Sampdoria | 99 | (5) |
1975–1979 | Roma | 80 | (0) |
1979–1981 | Pescara | 46 | (0) |
1981–1983 | Cremonese | 40 | (1) |
1983–1984 | Novara | 21 | (5) |
1984–1987 | Legnano | 77 | (0) |
1987–1990 | Fanfulla | ||
National team | |||
1972–1977 | Italy U-21 | 5 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1991–1992 | Fanfulla | ||
1992–1993 | Seregno | ||
1993–1994 | Casalese | ||
1994–1996 | Fidenza | ||
1996–1997 | Legnago Salus | ||
1997–1998 | Sassuolo | ||
1998–2000 | Montichiari | ||
2000–2001 | Mantova | ||
2001–2006 | Cologna Veneta | ||
2006–2007 | Piovese | ||
2007–2008 | Imperia | ||
2008–2009 | Fanfulla | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Loris Boni (born January 14, 1953 in Remedello, Province of Brescia) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.
After couple of seasons in the third-tier Serie C, he made his debut in the Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria a couple of months before his 19th birthday. He had an impressive rookie season for such a young player, becoming a first-team regular and scoring a memorable goal in a 4–4 draw against Inter Milan. Next season, he was instrumental to the victory away against Torino F.C. that helped Sampdoria to avoid relegation.
Soon he moved to Roma, but was not able to maintain high level of play he displayed with Sampdoria, he has not scored any league goals during his 4 seasons in Rome. However, he scored in an important 1975–76 UEFA Cup game that Roma won 2–0 against Östers IF, Boni played all 6 Roma games in that tournament.
Overall, he played 9 seasons in the Serie A (202 games, 5 goals).
After retirement as a player, he works as a coach for lower league teams.