Émile Bongiorni

Émile Bongiorni

Personal information
Date of birth	19 March 1921
Place of birth	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Date of death	4 May 1949 (aged 28)
Place of death	Superga, Torino, Italy
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	CA Paris
1943–1944	EF Paris Capitale
1944–1948	RC Paris
1948–1949	Torino F.C.	8	(2)
National team
1945–1948	France	5	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Émile Bongiorni (19 March 1921 – 4 May 1949) was a French association football striker of Italian descent.

He played for RC Paris where he was capped 5 times for France.In 1948, he moved to Torino F.C., with another Frenchman of Italian descent, Roger Grava of CO Roubaix-Tourcoing.^[1] They both died in the Superga air disaster on 4 May 1949.

References

• Profile on French federation official site

1. Le désastre de Superga,wearefootball.org