Pierluigi Consonni (14 January 1949 – 24 March 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 January 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy | ||
Date of death | 24 March 2020 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1968–1970 | Ponte San Pietro | 33+ | (?) |
1970–1971 | Trevigliese | 30 | (?) |
1971–1972 | Derthona | 38 | (0) |
1972–1977 | Bari | 162 | (1) |
1978–1979 | Salernitana | 32 | (0) |
1978–1980 | Pergolettese | 47 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editConsonni grew up with Ponte San Pietro, where he made his debut in the regional championships and later in Serie D, a category in which he also played in the 1970-1971 season with the Trevigliese.
After a year with Derthona in Serie C, he moved to Bari where he played two championships in Serie B, totaling 65 appearances among cadets, and three more in Serie C.[1][2]
He then played in Serie C with Salernitana and ended his career in 1980, playing with Pergocrema.[3][4][5]
He died in his native Ponte San Pietro on 24 March 2020, aged 71, after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic in Italy.[6][7][8] Five days earlier Innocenzo Donina, also a former Bari player and also from the province of Bergamo, had succumbed to the same illness.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "ALMANACCO SOLOBARI.IT - L'archivio storico sull'A.S. Bari". www.solobari.it. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Morto il calciatore bergamasco Pierluigi Consonni
- ^ "Salernitana Story - Gestione giocatori". www.salernitanastory.it. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Morto il calciatore bergamasco Pierluigi Consonni
- ^ Covid: scompare l’ex granata Pierluigi Consonni
- ^ "Coronavirus, addio a un altro ex Bari: è morto Pierluigi Consonni". BariViva. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Lutto Granata, è morto per il Covid-19 un ex difensore a Bergamo". SalernoToday. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Morto il calciatore bergamasco Pierluigi Consonni
- ^ Quando il virus coinvolge il Bari: ex tesserati e tifosi, il triste bilancio delle vittime biancorosse
- ^ Coronavirus: morto anche Consonni
- ^ Coronavirus, addio a un altro ex del Bari: morto Pierluigi Consonni
Bibliography
edit- Arrigo Beltrami, Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio, Edizioni Panini, Modena 1974
- Arrigo Beltrami, Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio, Edizioni Panini, Modena 1975
External links
edit- Pierluigi Consonni at WorldFootball.net