Bruno Venturini

{{Short description|Italian footballer (1911–1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bruno Venturini | image = | image_size= | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|9|26}} | birth_place = [[Carrara]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1991|3|7|1911|9|26}} | death_place = [[Lecce]], Italy | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1927–1931 | clubs1 = [[Carrarese Calcio|Carrarese]] | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1931–1932 | clubs2 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1932–1933 | clubs3 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina II]] | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1933–1934 | clubs4 = [[A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905|Lucchese]] | caps4 = 31 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1934–1940 | clubs5 = [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampierdarenese]] | caps5 = 75 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1940–1941 | clubs6 = [[Spezia Calcio 1906|Spezia]] | caps6 = 9 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1941–1943 | clubs7 = [[U.C. Sampdoria|A.C. Liguria]] | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1936 | nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|ITA|1861}}}} {{MedalCompetition |[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]|[[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]}} }}

'''Bruno Venturini''' ({{IPA|it|ˈbruːno ventuˈriːni}}; 26 September 1911 – 7 March 1991) was an Italian [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]], and who competed with Italy in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26142 |title=Bruno Venturini |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>

==Career== Born in [[Carrara]], Venturini began playing football as a goalkeeper for local side [[Carrarese Calcio]]. He later played in [[Serie A]] for [[ACF Fiorentina]], [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampierdarenese]] and [[U.C. Sampdoria|A.C. Liguria]]. He also played in [[Serie B]] for [[Spezia Calcio 1906]]. Venturini was a member of the [[Italy national football team|Italian Olympic team]], which won the gold medal in the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic football tournament]].

==Death== Venturini died at the age of 79 on 7 March 1991 in Lecce.<ref name="stampa1">{{cite web|publisher=La Stampa|title=MORTO VENTURINI OLIMPIONICO '36|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,page/id,0860_01_1991_0053_0025_25715525&s=536a72046203d36efca697db4ad0b549|language=Italian|date=9 March 1991}}</ref>

==Honours== === International === ;Italy * [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold Medal]]: [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]

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==External links== * {{FIFA player|292066}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130305122049/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Venturini.html Bruno Venturini] at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it (archived) {{in lang|it}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070301230044/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VENTUBRU01 Bruno Venturini] at databaseOlympics.com (archived)

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