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Antonio Busini

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Antonio Busini
Personal information
Date of birth (1904-07-05)5 July 1904
Place of birth Padua, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 20 August 1975(1975-08-20) (aged 71)
Place of death Riccione, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1927 Padova 117 (46)
1927–1931 Bologna 102 (44)
1931–1933 Fiorentina 58 (5)
1933–1934 Padova 30 (6)
1934–1937 Sampierdarenese 63 (8)
1937 Milan 0 (0)
1938 Seregno
International career
1929 Italy 1 (0)
Managerial career
1940–1941 Milan (tech. director)
1945–1947 Milan (tech. director)
1948–1954 Milan (tech. director)
1951 Italy (tech. commissioner)
1957–1958 Roma (assistant)
1959–1960 Genoa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Busini (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo buˈziːni]; 5 July 1904 – 20 August 1975) was an Italian professional football player, coach, and official, who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Busini played for 8 seasons (196 games, 31 goals) in the Serie A for Bologna F.C. 1909, ACF Fiorentina, Calcio Padova and Sampierdarenese.

International career

Busini played his only game for the Italy national football team on 28 April 1929 in a match against Germany.

Personal life

His two older brothers (including the oldest Federico Busini) played football professionally. To distinguish them, Federico was referred to as Busini I and Antonio as Busini III.

Honours

As a player

Bologna

As a technical director

Milan