Émile Bongiorni (19 March 1921 – 4 May 1949) was a French association football striker of Italian descent.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | ||
| Date of death | 4 May 1949 (aged 28) | ||
| Place of death | Superga, Torino, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1939 | CA Paris | 37 | (18) |
| 1944–1948 | RC Paris | 89 | (43) |
| 1948–1949 | Torino F.C. | 8 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1945–1948 | France | 5 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
Honours edit
Club edit
- Torino
References edit
- ^ "Le désastre de Superga,wearefootball.org". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
External links edit
- Émile Bongiorni at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Émile Bongiorni at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
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