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. They both died in the Superga air disaster on 4 May 1949.

Émile Bongiorni

Honours

Club

Torino

Serie A: 1948–49

References

Profile on French federation official site

External links

1921 births

1949 deaths

French sportspeople of Italian descent

French men's footballers

France men's international footballers

Men's association football forwards

Racing Club de France Football players

Ligue 1 players

Torino FC players

Serie A players

French expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Sportspeople from Boulogne-Billancourt

Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine

Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster

Émile Bongiorni