Kevin Bonifazi

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Kevin Bonifazi
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Bonifazi with SPAL in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Toffia, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lecce
(on loan from Bologna)
Number 21
Youth career
2009–2011 Tor Tre Teste
2011–2014 Siena
2014–2015 Torino
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Torino 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Benevento (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Casertana (loan) 8 (1)
2016–2017 → SPAL (loan) 20 (3)
2018–2019 → SPAL (loan) 26 (2)
2019 SPAL 0 (0)
2019–2020 Torino 3 (1)
2020 → SPAL (loan) 14 (1)
2020–2021 SPAL 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Udinese (loan) 30 (0)
2021– Bologna 36 (0)
2024 → Frosinone (loan) 6 (0)
2024– → Lecce (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2017–2019 Italy U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Kevin Bonifazi (born 19 May 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Bologna.

Contents

Club career

He began his playing career with Tor di Quinto and Nuova Tor Tre Teste. At age 15 he was sold to Siena, [2] but following the bankruptcy of the club was signed by Torino in 2014. [3] He won the Campionato Nazionale Primavera with the Granata in the 2014–15 season. [4]

The following season, he was loaned to Benevento in Lega Pro. He made his professional debut on 20 September 2015 in a game against Foggia. [5] In January 2016, he was loaned to Casertana. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 February 2016, a home draw against Juve Stabia. [6]

On 19 July 2016, Torino officially announced his loan to SPAL in Serie B. [7] He made his competitive debut for SPAL on 22 October in a 3–1 home win against Carpi. [8] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 December, a 2–1 win away to Cittadella. [9] On 17 March 2017, Torino announced they had renewed his contract until 2022. [10]

He made his senior debut for Torino on 29 November, in the Coppa Italia against Carpi. On 31 March 2018, he made his Serie A debut, entering as a substitute for Nicolas Nkoulou in a 4–0 win against Cagliari in Sardinia. [11]

On 16 August 2018, he returned to SPAL on loan with an option to buy, and a buy-back option in favour of Torino. [12] On 20 October, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 2–0 victory against Roma in his first appearance back at SPAL. [13]

On 24 January 2020 he returned to SPAL once more on loan, which turned into a permanent transfer at the end of the 2019–20 season as certain conditions were met. He also signed a 4.5-year contract with SPAL. [14]

On 25 September 2020, he joined Udinese on loan with an option to buy. [15]

On 2 July 2021, Bonifazi moved to Bologna. [16] On 8 January 2024, Bologna sent him on loan to fellow Serie A club Frosinone until the end of the 2023–24 season. [17] On 30 August 2024, Bonifazi moved on loan to Lecce, with an option to buy. [18]

International career

On 1 September 2017 he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–0 against Spain.

Personal life

On 22 August 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19. [19]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Benevento (loan) 2015–16 Lega Pro 3020——50
Casertana (loan) 2015–16 8100——81
SPAL (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 20300——203
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 6010——70
SPAL (loan) 2018–19 26210——272
Torino 2019–20 311031—72
Total91203100142
SPAL (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 14100——141
Total606100000616
Udinese (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 30020——320
Bologna 2021–22 22010——230
Career total13288031001439

Honours

Club

Torino
SPAL

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References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Bonifazi". Bologna FC 1909. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "G Factor: Kevin Bonifazi, un talento "esploso per caso" che piace a Roma e Lazio". gianlucadimarzio.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Calciomercato Torino: Contatti per il rinnovo di Bonifazi".
  4. ↑ "Bonifazi esplode e il Torino osserva: Quelle doti da piccolo Maksimovic…".
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 20 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Casertana, tanto gioco ma solo un gol. La Juve Stabia pareggia a Caserta". www.noicaserta.it. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bonifazi alla Spal".
  8. ↑ "SPAL vs. Carpi - 22 October 2016 - Soccerway".
  9. ↑ "Cittadella vs. SPAL - 3 December 2016 - Soccerway".
  10. ↑ "Bonifazi rinnova sino al 2022".
  11. ↑ "Cagliari vs. Torino - 31 marzo 2018 - Soccerway".
  12. ↑ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, dal Torino arrivano Valdifiori e Bonifazi" . Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Roma-SPAL, 0-2: Bonifazi di testa da corner. Giallorossi inermi". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "KEVIN BONIFAZI RITORNA IN BIANCAZZURRO!" (Press release) (in Italian). SPAL. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Kevin Bonifazi è bianconero" (Press release) (in Italian). Udinese. 25 September 2020.
  16. ↑ "Kevin Bonifazi joins Bologna". Bologna. 2 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Bonifazi è Giallazzurro" [Bonifazi is Giallazzurro] (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Bonifazi in giallorosso" [Bonifazi in yellow and red] (in Italian). Lecce. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "Coronavirus, Bonifazi: "Io positivo, chi deve faccia controlli"". ansa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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