Walter Bianchi
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 November 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Aarau, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Cesena | 0 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Rimini | 33 | (0) |
1983–1984 | Brescia | 9 | (0) |
1984–1985 | Rimini | 32 | (0) |
1985–1987 | Parma | 68 | (2) |
1987–1989 | AC Milan | 5 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Torino | 18 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Verona | 0 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Cosenza | 27 | (0) |
1992–1994 | Verona | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Walter Bianchi (born 7 November 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender, usually as a left-back, although he was also capable of playing on the right.[1]
Playing career[]
Bianchi made his Serie A debut with AC Milan on 13 September 1987, in a 3–1 away win over Pisa. He spent two seasons with the club, who were being coached by Arrigo Sacchi at the time, playing five games in Serie A; he won the 1987–88 Serie A title with the club and the 1988–89 European Cup.[1]
His career was hampered by injuries; he had to undergo ten surgeries in twelve years overall.[2]
On 28 July 1992, he was hurt in a traffic accident involving the team bus of Hellas Verona F.C. and fell into a coma for several days. He recovered in a few months.[3]
Honours[]
- AC Milan[1]
- Serie A champion: 1987–88.
- Supercoppa Italiana winner: 1988.
- European Cup winner: 1988–89.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Walter BIANCHI" (in Italian). www.magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Mattia Bazzoni (9 March 2015). "I 10 infortuni shock della Serie A: da Antognoni a Totti a Grassadonia". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Perrone, Roberto (3 November 2002). "Bianchi, l' allievo più sfortunato di Sacchi" [Bianchi, Sacchi's unluckiest student]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 39. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Rimini F.C. 1912 players
- Brescia Calcio players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- A.C. Milan players
- Torino F.C. players
- Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- Association football defenders
- People from Aarau
- Italian football defender, 1960s birth stubs