Massimo Bonini
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{{Infobox Football biography
| playername = Massimo Bonini
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| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1959|10|13}}
| cityofbirth = [[San Marino, San Marino|San Marino]]
| countryofbirth = [[San Marino]]
| currentclub = retired
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| position = [[Defensive Midfielder]]
| youthyears = 1973-1977
| youthclubs = [[A.C. Juvenes/Dogana|Juvenes]]
| years = 1977-1978<br/>1978-1979<br/>1979-1981<br/>1981-1988<br/>1988-1992
| clubs = [[A.C. Bellaria Igea Marina|Bellaria Igea]]<br/>[[A.C. Forlì|Forlì]]<br/>[[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]<br/> [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]<br/>[[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
| caps(goals) = {{0}}33 (0)<br/>{{0}}23 (1)<br/>{{0}}60 (5)<br/>192 (5)<br/>112 (5)
| nationalyears = <br/>1990-1995
| nationalteam = [[Italy national football team|Italy U-21]]<br/>{{flagicon|San Marino}} [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}{{0}}9 (0)<br/>{{0}}19 (0)
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'''Massimo Bonini''' (born [[13 October]] [[1959]] at [[San Marino]]) is regarded by many as the best [[football (soccer)|football]] player - and amongst the best [[sport]]smen - in the history of the Republic of [[San Marino]]. He was a midfielder who played for [[A.C. Bellaria Igea Marina|Bellaria]], [[A.C. Forlì|Forlì]], [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] and [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]] during his career.
Most significantly, Bonini was a Juventus player between 1981 and 1988, in which he played 296 matches and scored 6 goals. He won 3 [[Serie A|Scudetti]], 1 [[Coppa Italia|Italian Cup]], 1 [[UEFA Champions League|European Champion Clubs' Cup]], 1 [[Cup Winners' Cup]], 1 [[European Super Cup]] and 1 [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]] (or '''World Club Championship'''). He is the only San Marino football player to have won the European Cup. Plus, both he and the [[motorcycle]] rider [[Manuel Poggiali]] are the only sportsmen from [[San Marino]] to have won a world sport competition.
Since the [[San Marino Football Federation]] was not officially recognised by [[UEFA]] until [[1990]], players from San Marino were assimilated to Italian players. For this reason Massimo Bonini was entitled to play for the [[Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio|Italian Football Federation]] and actually played for the Italian Under-21 football team. Since he always refused to give up the citizenship of San Marino, he had to wait until 1990 in order to play for [[San Marino national football team|San Marino’s first team]], wearing 19 full caps since then. He was also briefly the national coach of San Marino’ national team after retirement.
For its 50th anniversary in 2004, [[UEFA]] asked each of its 52 member associations to nominate one player as the single most outstanding player of the period 1954-2003, and Bonini was chosen as the [[UEFA Jubilee Awards|Golden Player]] of San Marino by the [[San Marino Football Federation]] in November 2003 [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html].
{{Quote|"Michel, are you smoking?". "The thing that really counts is that Bonini does not smoke"|[[Michel Platini]]}}
==External links==
*[http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=50168/newsId=243318.html UEFA.com's article on San Marino's Golden Player]
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[[Category:Italian footballers]]
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[[Category:Bologna F.C. 1909 players]]
[[Category:Serie A players]]
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