Benito Lorenzi

Benito Lorenzi
Personal information
Full nameBenito Lorenzi
Date of birth20 December 1925
Place of birthBorgo a Buggiano, Italy
Date of death3 March 2007 (aged 81)
Place of deathMilan, Italy
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1945–1946Borgo a Buggiano
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1946–1947Empoli40(15)
1947–1958Inter314(143)
1958–1959Alessandria25(4)
1959–1960Brescia14(4)
1960Varese9(1)
National team
1949–1954Italy14(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi (20 December 1925 – 3 March 2007) was an Italian football (soccer) player born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker.

Throughout 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 3 March 2007 at Sacco Hospital, Milan. He was 81 years old.

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