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Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo Bonucci was born in the year 1987 and he is Italian professional footballer and he plays as a defender of Juventus Club in Series A and he plays in Italian National team. After starting the career with Inter in the year 2005, he spent next season at a loan for Pisa and Treviso and then moved to Bari in the year 2009.

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He had a technique of Ball playing ability with a defensive performance together with his fellow Italian who plays as Centre Back known as Andrea Ranocchia. This earned him the role of playing in Juventus for the season that followed. He later became the key member of three men defensive line for the club. Others are Andrea Barzagli and Giorgio Chiellini.

He won Serie A titles five times consecutive while in the team since 2012 until 2016. While at the international level, Leonardo Bonucci represented Italy for two FIFA World Cups of 2010 and 2014, he won Two European championships of 2012 and 2016 while he was also in FIFA confederation cup of 2013. He was on the runners-up medal for Euro 2012 and he got a third-place medal for 2013 Confederations cup.

According to his biography, Leonardo Bonucci is married. His wife is a former model known as Martina Maccari. They have given birth to two children and they are Matteo and Lorenzo. The father is an owner of a paint shop based at Viterbo. In the year 2012, with his wife and their son when he was still five months old, they were confronted by armed robber who asked Leonardo Bonucci to give up his watch. However, instead he punched him and he escaped with the accomplice using a motorbike.

Leonardo Bonucci played as midfielder and he deployed as a centre back ball playing and was among three-man defense. However, he can also play in the four man defense. He is well known because of the technique he had of passing over long range, the ability of launching attack with longer passes. He is strong and tall and has a solid tackling, ability of reading a game and good anticipation. He excels in air and he poses a threat to the set pieces. Even if he was before criticized because of how he is inconsistent and he was prone to lapses and errors in the concentration during his youth.

Leonardo Bonucci started the career when he was still young in the Viterbese club of his hometown. However, he was loaned to the Internazionale during summer of 2005. He was playing in the pre-season freindlies for his first team. Afterwards, he became the member for Primavera club. Bonucci made the debut in the series A in 2005 until 2006 when he played against Cagliari. Towards the end of this season he joined Inter. He is being paid the salary of 1.7 million EUR and his net worth is 70 million pounds.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 1 May, 1987
Age: 33 yrs
Occupations: Association football player
Citizenship: Italy
Birth Place: Viterbo
Gender: Male
Description: Italian association football player
Net Worth 2021: 5 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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