Walter Bianchi

Walter Bianchi
Personal information
Date of birth	7 November 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Aarau, Switzerland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1982	Cesena
1982–1983	Rimini
1983–1984	Brescia
1984–1985	Rimini
1985–1987	Parma
1987–1989	AC Milan
1989–1990	Torino
1990–1991	Verona
1991–1992	Cosenza
1992–1994	Verona
	*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]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Walter BIANCHI" (in Italian). www.magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ 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.
^ 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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[magliarossonera-1] "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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