Émile Bongiorni Explained

Émile Bongiorni
Birth Date:19 March 1921
Birth Place:Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Death Place:Superga, Torino, Italy
Position:Striker
Years1:1938–1939
Years2:1944–1948
Years3:1948–1949
Clubs3:Torino F.C.
Caps1:37
Goals1:18
Caps2:89
Goals2:43
Caps3:8
Goals3:2
Nationalyears1:1945–1948
Nationalteam1:France
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:2

Émile Bongiorni (19 March 1921 – 4 May 1949) was a French association football striker of Italian descent.

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

Club

Torino

1948–49

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Le désastre de Superga,wearefootball.org . 2 March 2008 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050253/http://www.wearefootball.org/hors-jeu/4/lire/le-desastre-de-superga/ . dead .