Walter Bianchi

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Walter Bianchi
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-11-07) 7 November 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth Aarau, Switzerland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Walter BIANCHI" (in Italian). www.magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
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