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{{Short description|Italian football player and manager (1940–2022)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Bruno Bolchi
| image                = 1961–62 Inter Milan's Balleri, Morbello, Hitchens, Bicchierai, Corso, Dellagiovanna and Bolchi.jpg
| caption              = Bolchi (right) in 1962
| height               = 1.87 m
| birth_date           = {{birth date|1940|2|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place          = [[Milan]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date           = {{death date and age|2022|9|27|1940|2|21|df=yes}}
| death_place          = [[Florence]], Italy
| position             = [[Midfielder]]
| years1 = 1958–1963 | clubs1 = [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] | caps1 = 109 | goals1 = 10
| years2 = 1963–1964 | clubs2 = [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]] | caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1964–1965 | clubs3 = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1965–1970 | clubs4 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] | caps4 = 89 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1970-1972 | clubs5 = [[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]] | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1961 | nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]] | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1  = 1971–1972 | managerclubs1  = [[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]]
| manageryears2  = 1972–1973 | managerclubs2  = [[A.C. Pistoiese|Pistoiese]]
| manageryears3  = 1973–1974 | managerclubs3  = Unione Valdinievole
| manageryears4  = 1974–1975 | managerclubs4  = [[A.S. Sorrento Calcio|Sorrento]]
| manageryears5  = 1975–1976 | managerclubs5  = [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]
| manageryears6  = 1976–1978 | managerclubs6  = [[A.C. Pistoiese|Pistoiese]]
| manageryears7  = 1978–1979 | managerclubs7  = [[Novara Calcio|Novara]]
| manageryears8  = 1980–1981 | managerclubs8  = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
| manageryears9  = 1982–1983 | managerclubs9  = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]
| manageryears10 = 1983–1986 | managerclubs10 = [[A.S. Bari|Bari]]
| manageryears11 = 1986–1987 | managerclubs11 = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]
| manageryears12 = 1987–1988 | managerclubs12 = [[A.C. Arezzo|Arezzo]]
| manageryears13 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs13 = [[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]]
| manageryears14 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs14 = [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]
| manageryears15 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs15 = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
| manageryears16 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs16 = [[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]]
| manageryears17 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs17 = [[U.S. Lecce|Lecce]]
| manageryears18 = 1993–1995 | managerclubs18 = [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]]
| manageryears19 = 1995–1997 | managerclubs19 = [[A.S. Lucchese-Libertas|Lucchese]]
| manageryears20 = 1997–1998 | managerclubs20 = [[A.C. Monza Brianza 1912|Monza]]
| manageryears21 = 1999 | managerclubs21 = [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]
| manageryears22 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs22 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]
| manageryears23 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs23 = [[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]]
| manageryears24 = 2003 | managerclubs24 = [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]
| manageryears25 = 2004 | managerclubs25 = [[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]]
| manageryears26 = 2005 | managerclubs26 = [[F.C. Catanzaro|Catanzaro]]
| manageryears27 = 2007 | managerclubs27 = [[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]
}}
'''Bruno Bolchi''' ({{IPA|it|ˈbruːno ˈbolki}}; 21 February 1940 – 27 September 2022) was an Italian [[association football|football]] manager and player, who played as a [[midfielder]]. Throughout his playing career, he played for [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]], [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]], [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] and [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], as well as the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]]. Bolchi was depicted in the first ever Panini sticker to be printed in 1961.

==Club career==
Born in [[Milan]], Bolchi made his debut at the age of 18 with [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] in a [[Serie A]] away match lost 1–0 to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] on 18 May 1958. He played six seasons with the ''nerazzurri'', with 109 caps and ten goals, gaining the nickname ''[[Maciste]]'', due to his imposing physique, strength, and hard-tackling style of play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/SoleOnLine4/Z_Altro/Feed_Esterni/goaldotcom/356485.shtml?uuid=92e0edd8-3b52-11dc-be2e-00000e25108c&DocRulesView=Libero|title=Bruno Bolchi, uno di noi|publisher=Il Sole 24 Ore|language=it|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref> He [[Captain (association football)|captained]] the side between 1961 and 1962 and obtained notable success during his spell with the club, winning the [[Serie A]] title in 1963, and the [[European Cup]] in 1964. He then played for [[Serie B]] side [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Verona]], and returned to play in the top division for [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] and [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], where he ended his playing career in 1970, also winning the [[Coppa Italia]] with the latter club in 1968.

==International career==
Bolchi appeared for the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]] on four occasions, all in 1961.

==Managerial career==
Bolchi started his coaching career in 1971 with [[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]], then a ''[[Seconda Categoria]]'' club (at the time, Seconda Categoria was the sixth level of Italian football). In 1974, he had his first professional coaching job at [[A.S. Sorrento Calcio|Sorrento]]. He also coached [[Pistoiese]], winning the [[1976–77 Serie C]] title, earning promotion into [[Serie B]]. He first coached a [[Serie A]] team, [[A.C. Cesena|Cesena]], in 1982, but did not manage to save it from relegation. Since then, Bolchi made just two appearances as Serie A coach, despite his long career all over the country: in 1985–86, his third season as [[A.S. Bari|Bari]]'s boss which followed two consecutive promotions from [[Serie C1]] (winning the [[1983–84 Serie C1]] title) to the top tier of Italian football; however, Bolchi was not able to save the ''biancorossi''. In 1988–89, he had his last Serie A job before 2007, as [[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]] head coach, but he was sacked after the 22nd matchday.

On 23 April 2007, with just five matches remaining before the end of the league, Bolchi was appointed head coach of [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]], a team he already coached in their 1975–76 [[Serie C]] campaign and, for six matches, at the end of the 2002–03 season, in Serie B. He did not manage to avoid relegation, also due to Messina's poor league table well before his appointment, and finally retired from football after the end of the season.

==Death==
Bolchi died in [[Florence]] on 27 September 2022, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/28-09-2022/morto-maciste-bruno-bolchi-82-anni-inter-torino-450386766270.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |accessdate=28 September 2022 |date=28 September 2022 |title=E' morto Bruno "Maciste" Bolchi, aveva 82 anni}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Inter'''
*[[Serie A]]: [[1962–63 Serie A|1962–63]]
*[[European Cup]]: [[1963–64 European Cup|1963–64]]

'''Torino'''
*[[Coppa Italia]]: 1967–68

===Manager===
'''Pistoiese'''
*[[Serie C2/B|Serie C2, Girone B]]: [[1976–77 Serie C|1976–77]]

'''Bari'''
*[[Serie C1/B|Serie C1]]: [[1983–84 Serie C1|1983–84]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://web.tiscali.it/Messinastory/allenatori/tabelle/bolchi.htm MessinaStory] {{in lang|it}}

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