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Italian footballer (1934–2021)

Benito Boldi
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-02-19)19 February 1934
Place of birth Tarcento, Italy
Date of death 3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Biella, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1955 SPAL 11 (0)
1955–1956 Juventus 4 (0)
1956–1957 SPAL 10 (0)
1957–1959 Juventus 10 (0)
1959–1960 Catania 27 (0)
1960–1962 Cesena 49 (0)
1962–1968 Biellese 173 (0)
Total 284 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benito Boldi (19 February 1934 – 3 February 2021) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Boldi was part of the Juventus teams that won the 1957–58 Serie A and the 1958–59 Coppa Italia. He played for SPAL and Catania in Serie B and for Cesena and Biellese in Serie C.

Personal life

Boldi was born in Tarcento, Province of Udine. His brothers Mario Boldi and Luciano Boldi also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Benito was known as Boldi II. He was married with two children.

Death

Boldi died from complications brought about by COVID-19 on 3 February 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, sixteen days short from his 87th birthday.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Addio a Benito Boldi, vinse lo scudetto con la Juve accanto a Sivori e Charles". Prima Biella (in Italian). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.


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