Bruno Ballarini
Italian footballer
Intro | Italian footballer | ||||
Places | Italy | ||||
was | Athlete Football player Association football player | ||||
Work field | Sports | ||||
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Birth | 18 April 1937, Milan, Italy | ||||
Death | 17 January 2015Como, Italy (aged 77 years) | ||||
Star sign | Aries | ||||
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Bruno Ballarini (18 April 1937 – 17 January 2015) was an Italian football defender.
Born in Milan, in 1958 Ballarini moved from U.S. Rovereto, where he played as a midfielder, to Calcio Como, where the coach of the time Hugo Lamanna instead employed him in the role of defender. He played in the Como team twelve consecutive championships, seven in Serie B and five in Serie C, becoming the captain of the team. He holds the record for championship appearances in Calcio Como with 350 matches.
At the end of his career Ballarini was player-coach of FC Chiasso in the Swiss Challenge League championship in 1971-1972.