Benito Lorenzi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benito Lorenzi | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Borgo a Buggiano, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 3 March 2007 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Milan, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1945–1946 | Borgo a Buggiano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1946–1947 | Empoli | 40 | (15) |
| 1947–1958 | Inter | 314 | (143) |
| 1958–1959 | Alessandria | 25 | (4) |
| 1959–1960 | Brescia | 14 | (4) |
| 1960 | Varese | 9 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1949–1954 | Italy | 14 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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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