Roberto Bonano

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Roberto Bonano
Personal information
Full name Roberto Oscar Bonano
Date of birth (1970-01-24) 24 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1996 Rosario Central 110 (0)
1996–2001 River Plate 104 (1)
2001–2003 Barcelona 51 (0)
2004 Murcia 11 (0)
2004–2008 Alavés 56 (0)
Total332(1)
International career
1989 Argentina U20 4 (0)
1996–2000 Argentina 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Oscar Bonano (born 24 January 1970) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Already in his 30s, he moved from River Plate to Spain where he spent the remainder of his 17-year professional career in representation of three teams, mainly Alavés.

Bonano earned 13 caps for Argentina, and was part of the squad at the 2002 World Cup.

Playing career

Club

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Bonano represented in his native country Rosario Central and Club Atlético River Plate, winning several titles with the latter including five Argentine Primera División championships. [1] In 2001, at 31, he moved to FC Barcelona, initially as first-choice; he made his La Liga debut on 26 August of that year, in a 2–1 away win against Sevilla FC. [2]

After the emergence of Víctor Valdés from the Catalans' academy, however, Bonano was deemed surplus to requirements [3] and signed with Real Murcia CF, [4] joining Deportivo Alavés in the Segunda División in summer 2004 following his team's relegation. [5] With the Basques, he was instrumental in a 2005 top-flight promotion but, the following campaign, acted second-fiddle to his compatriot Franco Costanzo who also played with him at River, [6] as the season ended in relegation. [7]

Bonano's last year at Alavés was highly turbulent, being suspended by the club's elusive chairman/owner/manager Dmitry Piterman after the latter had had a run-in with teammate Lluís Carreras. [8] He retired at the season's close, aged 38.

International

Bonano represented Argentina at various youth levels. He made his senior debut on 28 December 1996, in a 3–2 friendly loss to Yugoslavia. [9]

Bonano was subsequently picked up for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as a backup to Pablo Cavallero and Germán Burgos, [10] and appeared in 13 matches for his country in four years. [11]

Coaching career

From 2011 to 2013, Bonano worked as assistant under Eduardo Berizzo, first with Estudiantes de La Plata then O'Higgins F.C. in Chile. [12] Again in Spain, he was assistant and goalkeeper coach at Carreras' RCD Mallorca. [13]

On 6 July 2015, Bonano reunited with his compatriot Berizzo, joining his staff at RC Celta de Vigo. [14] Two years later, in the same capacity and under the same manager, he signed for Sevilla. [15]

Honours

Rosario Central

River Plate

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References

  1. ↑ Entrevista a Roberto Bonano: de su experiencia al lado de estrellas como Rivaldo, Xavi e Iniesta al “fútbol opaco” del Barcelona sin Messi (Interview to Roberto Bonano: from his experience alongside stars as Rivaldo, Xavi and Iniesta to Barcelona's "opaque football" without Messi); Infobae, 5 September 2023 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Kluivert resuelve el dilema del Barça (Kluivert solves Barça conundrum); El País, 27 August 2001 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Víctor Valdés, el portero moderno (Víctor Valdés, the modern goalkeeper); El País, 15 August 2002 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Murcia ficha a Roberto Bonano (Murcia sign Roberto Bonano); El Mundo, 30 December 2003 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Piterman contrata a Bonano como portero (Piterman signs Bonano as goalkeeper); Diario AS, 16 July 2004 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Un regreso poco feliz (Not a very happy return); La Nación, 27 March 2006 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ 100 años entre la gloria y el barro (100 years between the glory and the mud); Noticias de Álava, 22 January 2021 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Bonano se planta ante Piterman y le dejan solo (Bonano confronts Piterman and is left alone); Gara, 21 February 2007 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Qué es de la vida de Tito Bonano, ex arquero de la Selección Argentina que mereció más oportunidades (What happened to Tito Bonano, former Argentina national team goalkeeper who deserved to play more); La Selección Argentina, 21 October 2023 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ El meta Pablo Cavallero desplaza a Burgos y Bonano en Argentina (Goalie Pablo Cavallero surpasses Burgos and Bonano in Argentina); El Mercurio, 28 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ El único (The only one); La Nación, 27 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ El adiós de Roberto "Tito" Bonano (The farewell of Roberto "Tito" Bonano); O'Higgins FC, 12 December 2013 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Lluís Carreras, nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Lluís Carreras, new Mallorca manager); El Mundo, 26 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ Roberto Bonano, nuevo ayudante de Berizzo en el Celta de Vigo (Roberto Bonano, new Berizzo assistant at Celta de Vigo); Diario AS, 6 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Berizzo llega al Sevilla con cinco ayudantes habituales de su equipo técnico (Berizzo arrives at Sevilla with five habitual assistants of his coaching staff); La Vanguardia, 13 June 2017 (in Spanish)
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