Bruno Bolchi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bruno Bolchi
fullname = Bruno Bolchi
nickname = "Maciste"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1940|2|21
cityofbirth = Milan
countryofbirth = Italy
height = height|meter=1.87
currentclub = retired
position = Manager (former midfielder)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1958-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1970
clubs = Inter Verona Atalanta Torino
caps(goals) = 109 (10) 19 (0) 25 (2) 89 (0)
manageryears = 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1978 1978-1979
1980-1981 1982-1983 1983-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991
1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1999 2000-2001 2001-2002 2003 2004 2005 2007
managerclubs = Pro Patria Pistoiese Unione Valdinievole Sorrento Messina Pistoiese Novara Atalanta Cesena Bari Cesena Arezzo Pisa Reggina Brescia Avellino Lecce Cesena Lucchese Monza Reggina Genoa Ternana Messina Ternana Catanzaro Messina
nationalyears = 1961
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (0)

Bruno Bolchi (born February 21, 1940 in Milan) is an Italian retired football (soccer) manager and former player.

Career

Playing

Bolchi, a midfielder, made his debut at the age of 18 with F.C. Internazionale Milano in a Serie A away match lost 1-0 to S.S.C. Napoli on May 18, 1958. He played six seasons with the "nerazzurri", with 109 caps and 10 goals, gaining the nickname "Maciste" and appearing for the Italian team in four occasions, all in 1961. He then played for Serie B side Verona, and returned to play in the top division for Atalanta and Torino, where he ended his playing career in 1970.

Coaching

Bolchi started his coaching career in 1971 with Pro Patria, then a "Seconda Categoria" club (at the time, Seconda Categoria was the sixth level of Italian football). In 1974 he had his first professional coaching job at Sorrento. He first coached a Serie A team, Cesena, in 1982, but did not manage to save it from relegation. Since then, Bolchi made just two appearances as Serie A coach, despite his long career all over the country: in 1985-1986, his third season as Bari's boss which followed two consecutive promotions from Serie C1 to the top tier of Italian football; however, Bolchi was not able to save the "biancorossi". In 1988-1989, he had his last Serie A job before 2007, as Pisa head coach, but he was sacked after the 22nd matchday.

On April 23, 2007, with just five matches remaining before the end of the league, Bolchi was appointed head coach of Messina, a team he already coached in their 1975-1976 Serie C campaign and, for six matches, at the end of the 2002-2003 season, in Serie B. He did not manage to avoid relegation, also due to Messina's poor league table well before his appointment, and finally retired from football after the end of the season.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italian football manager
DATE OF BIRTH=1940-02-21
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