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{{Short description|Italian footballer (1928–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name           = Giampiero Boniperti
| image          = Giampiero Boniperti - Juventus Football Club.jpg
| caption        = Boniperti with Juventus between 1940s and 1950s
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1928|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Barengo]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2021|6|17|1928|7|4|df=y}}
| death_place    = [[Turin]], Italy 
| nationality    = Italian
| occupation     = {{ubl|Footballer|Company director|Politician }}
| years_active   = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|1946–1961|(as footballer)|1961–1990|(as company director)|1994–1999|(politician)}}
| employer       = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| known_for      = {{ubl|[[FIFA 100]]|second highest goalscorer of Juventus|''see content for full awards and recognition''}}
| height         = 1.75 m
| title = Juventus chairman
| predecessor    = Vittore Catella
| successor      = Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano
| term           = 1971–1990
| relatives      = [[Filippo Boniperti]] (grandson)
| module         = {{Infobox officeholder
| embed          = yes
| office         = Member of the [[European Parliament]]
| term_start     = 1994
| term_end       = 1999
| party = [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]]
| otherparty     = {{aligned table|fullwidth=y|style=text-align: left; font-size: 100%;|[[Forza Europa]]|(1994–1995)|[[Union for Europe]]|(1995–1998)|[[European People's Party Group|European People's Party]]|(1998–1999)}}
}}
| module2        = {{Infobox football biography
| embed          = yes
| position       = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1    = 1944–1946
| youthclubs1    = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| years1         = 1946–1961
| clubs1         = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| caps1          = 443 
| goals1         = 179
| nationalyears1 = 1947–1960
| nationalteam1  = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1  = 38 
| nationalgoals1 = 8
| nationalyears2 = 1950
| nationalteam2  = [[Italy national football B team|Italy B]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |title=England - International Results B-Team - Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |date=22 May 2014 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2  = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 2
}}
}}
'''Giampiero Boniperti''' ({{IPA|it|dʒamˈpjɛːro boniˈpɛrti}}; 4 July 1928 – 17 June 2021) was an Italian [[association football|footballer]] who played his [[List of one-club men in association football|entire 15-season career]] at [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] between 1946 and 1961,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=June 24, 2021|title=Giampiero Boniperti Obituary|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/giampiero-boniperti-obituary-wdt0svvfg}}</ref> winning five [[Serie A]] titles and two [[Coppa Italia]] titles. He also played for the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]] at international level and took part in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] finals, as well as the [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics]] with Italy. After retirement from professional football, Boniperti was the CEO and chairman of Juventus and, later, a deputy to the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700155 |title=Giampiero Boniperti |work=Olympedia |access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>

A [[Forward (association football)|forward]], Boniperti is regarded by several pundits, including Mario Sconcerti, as one of Italy's and Juventus's greatest ever players, and is considered by some in the sport, such as [[Bruno Nicolè]], to be Italy's greatest player of all time;<ref name=treccani1>{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giampiero-boniperti_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/|title=BONIPERTI, Giampiero|publisher=Treccani: Enciclopedia dello Sport (2002)|language=it|author=Gigi Garanzini|access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI">{{cite web|url=http://www.tuttojuve.com/gli-eroi-bianconeri/gli-eroi-in-bianconero-giampiero-boniperti-195668|title=Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI|publisher=Tutto Juve|language=it|author1=Stefano Bedeschi|date=4 July 2014|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Riva il migliore">{{cite web|url=http://www.calciomercato.com/news/sconcerti-a-cm-giusta-la-vittoria-di-riva-ma-rivera-e-al-suo-liv-217354|title=Riva il migliore per i lettori di CM. Sconcerti: 'Ma Rivera era al suo livello'|publisher=calciomercato.com|language=it|date=28 March 2016|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="il bel centrattacco">{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/rubriche/buona-lettura/2014/08/01/news/il_bel_centrattacco_che_pesava_troppo_il_calcio_dimenticato_bruno_nicol-90160322/|title=Nicolè, il bel centrattacco che pesava troppo: "Il calcio? Dimenticato"|publisher=La Repubblica|language=it|date=31 March 2014|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> with 182 goals in all competitions, Boniperti was the highest goalscorer in Juventus history for more than 40 years, until his record was bested by [[Alessandro Del Piero]] on 10 January 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juventus.com/juve/it/news/2011/1/news_newseventi_862c36cf3c834af8ba5faa3f43964364.asp|title=Del Piero supera Boniperti|trans-title=Del Piero overtakes Boniperti|website=juventus.com|language=it|date=10 January 2006|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Del Piero also broke his club record of 443 Serie A appearances on 14 February 2010, when he played his 444th Serie A game in a 3–2 win against [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.sky.it/sport/calcio_italiano/2010/02/14/del_piero_record_presenze_juventus.html|title=Del Piero, vittoria e record: "Punti pesantissimi"|publisher=Sky|language=it|date=14 February 2010|access-date=13 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224000113/http://sport.sky.it/sport/calcio_italiano/2010/02/14/del_piero_record_presenze_juventus.html|archive-date=24 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> with 443 Serie A appearances for Juventus, Boniperti is currently third in the club's rankings, behind only Del Piero and [[Gianluigi Buffon]].<ref name="Presenze Giocatori Campionato Serie A">{{cite web|url=http://www.myjuve.it/statistiche-giocatori-juventus/classifica-presenze-campionato_serie_a-SerA.aspx|title=Presenze Giocatori Campionato Serie A|trans-title=Player Appearances Serie A Championship|publisher=My Juve.it|website=myjuve.it|language=it|access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Boniperti also held the record for most minutes played in Serie A by a Juventus player (39,680), until his record was surpassed by Buffon on 19 March 2017, in the 66th minute of a 1–0 away win over Sampdoria.<ref name="39,681 Serie A minutes">{{cite web|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/news/after-39681-serie-a-minutes-buffon-smashes-yet-another-juventus-record|title=After 39,681 Serie A minutes, Buffon smashes yet another Juventus record|publisher=fourfourtwo.com|date=19 March 2017|access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref> Boniperti is the eleventh-highest goalscorer of all-time in [[Serie A]]. In March 2004, he was named by [[Pelé]] as one of the [[FIFA 100|world's top 125 greatest living footballers]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Barengo]], [[Piedmont]], Boniperti signed for Juventus at age 16; he had already built himself a reputation prior to this at youth level, as he scored 11 goals in one match.<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="storiedicalcio">{{cite web|url=http://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/boniperti_giampiero.html|title=BONIPERTI Giampiero: il Presidentissimo|date=24 November 2015|publisher=Storie di Calcio|language=it|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> He could score successfully with both feet and was known for his power and tactical awareness.<ref name=":0" /> He played his first match for ''the Old Lady'' in [[Serie A]] on 2 March 1947 against [[A.C. Milan]], which ended in a 2–1 defeat.<ref name="70 years"/> His first goal for them in the league was three months later, against [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]. Juventus ended the [[1946–47 Serie A]] season as runners-up to local rivals Torino. Giampiero ended the season with five goals in six games to his name.<ref name=treccani1/><ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="storiedicalcio"/>

Although he began as a centre forward, he could also play as an inside forward or on the right wing. In his second season with Juventus, he was 20 years old and scored 27 goals during that season, finishing above [[Valentino Mazzola]] as the league's top scorer.<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="storiedicalcio"/> Boniperti's first league championship with Juventus was during the 1949–50 season. By his 24th birthday, he had scored 100 goals for the club, adding a second ''scudetto'' title to his name in 1951–52. Although he was named the club's [[Captain (association football)|captain]] in 1954, for much of the 1950s, Juve and Boniperti struggled to put the club back to the top of the Italian championship.<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="storiedicalcio"/>
[[File:Juventus FC - 'Magical Trio' (Sívori, Charles, Boniperti).jpg|thumb|left|From left to right: [[Omar Sívori]], [[John Charles]] and Boniperti, the attacking ''Magical Trio'' of Juventus at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.]]

In 1957, Juventus signed two forwards: [[John Charles]] and [[Omar Sívori]]. With them, Boniperti would be a part of what was referred to as the ''Magical Trio''. During Boniperti's last four seasons at the club before his retirement, Juventus was successful in the Italian league, winning the Serie A three times (1957–58, 1959–60 and 1960–61), and the [[Coppa Italia]] twice (1958–59 and 1959–60).<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="storiedicalcio"/> At the time of his retirement, Boniperti was Juventus' all-time top goalscorer with 182 in all competitions. This record stood for over 40 years before [[Alessandro Del Piero]] beat it on 10 January 2006.<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/> As of 2010, Boniperti was the second top goalscorer of all-time at Juventus and was seventh on the list of all-time top appearances for the club. With 443 appearances in [[Serie A]] for Juventus, he held the club record for most appearances in the competition until long-serving player and former Juventus captain [[Alessandro Del Piero]] beat it on 14 February 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/news/newsid=1167886.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213161623/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/news/newsid=1167886.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2010|title=Star quality shines through|publisher=[[FIFA|fifa.com]]|date=10 February 2010}}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:Giampiero Boniperti, Lajos Czeizler 1954.jpg|thumb|Boniperti (left) as Italy captain, in private with the ''Azzurri'' coach [[Lajos Czeizler]] in 1954.]]

After playing 14 games in the [[Serie A]] league, Boniperti was called up to play for the [[Italy national football team]], making his international debut on 9 November 1947, in a game against [[Austria national football team|Austria]]; the match ended in a 5–1 loss to the Austrian side.<ref name="figc.it">{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato|title=Boniperti, Giampiero: National team statistics|publisher=FIGC|language=it|access-date=6 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="treccani2">{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giampiero-boniperti/|title=Bonipèrti, Giampiero|publisher=Treccani: Enciclopedie on line|language=it|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> He got even with Austria a couple of years later, when in May 1949 he scored his first international goal for Italy, with a 3–1 victory. Boniperti managed to achieve 38 caps (24 of which he played as [[Captain (association football)|captain]]) and scored 8 goals for Italy. Boniperti played for Italy in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]] and [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] finals (captaining the team in the latter edition of the tournament), as well as in the [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="figc.it"/><ref>{{FIFA player|174417}}</ref>

==Style of play==
[[File:1951–52 Juventus FC - Giampiero Boniperti in training.jpg|thumb|left|Boniperti (right) in training with ''Bianconeri'' in the 1951–52 season]]

A talented, creative, and prolific [[Forward (association football)|forward]], with good technique, Boniperti is regarded by several pundits as one of the greatest and most successful Italian players of all time and is considered by some in the sport, including Alessandro Del Piero, as one of Juventus's greatest players ever. A [[Forward (association football)|forward]], he began his career as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], making a name for himself due to his eye for goal, and later emerging to prominence as a goalscorer for much of his career; in this role, he was usually supported by teammates such as [[John Hansen (footballer, born 1924)|John]] and [[Karl Aage Hansen]], and [[Karl Aage Præst]]. As a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|centre-forward]], he was known for his ability in the air and for having the capacity to score with both feet, as well as his head. A team player, in the later part of his career, he moved into a deeper position, functioning as a [[second striker]] or [[inside forward]], as an [[attacking midfielder]], as a [[winger (association football)|winger]], or even as a [[central midfielder]], as a [[defensive midfielder]], or as a [[midfielder|midfield]] [[playmaker]]. Due to his ball control, technical ability, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing range, he excelled as an [[Assist (football)|assist]] provider during the final few years of his career, creatively supporting his more offensive teammates [[John Charles]] and [[Omar Sívori]]. In addition to his footballing ability, he was also known for his leadership.<ref name=treccani1/><ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/><ref name="Riva il migliore"/><ref name="il bel centrattacco"/><ref name="storiedicalcio"/><ref name="70 years"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calciopro.com/calcio-italiano/roberto-baggio-il-piu-grande-del-calcio-italiano/|title=Roberto Baggio: il più grande del calcio italiano|website=calciopro.com|date=5 February 2008 |language=it|access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calciomercato.com/news/video-le-classifiche-di-cm-i-10-piu-grandi-attaccanti-del-calcio-796008|title=Le Classifiche di CM: i dieci più grandi attaccanti del calcio italiano|publisher=Calciomercato.com|language=it|author1=Gianluca Minchiotti|date=7 November 2014|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/14-08-2015/gazzetta-sport-vota-rivera-miglior-calciatore-italiano-tutti-tempi-120947599361.shtml|title=La Gazzetta dello Sport vota Rivera: è il miglior calciatore italiano di tutti i tempi|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|author1=Manlio Gasparotto|date=15 August 2015|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.football-italia.net/123979/del-piero%E2%80%99s-boniperti-tribute |title=Del Piero's Boniperti tribute |publisher=Football Italia |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=11 November 2019 }}</ref>

==After retirement==
===Juventus executive===
{{Quote box|width=25%|align=right|quote="Winning is not important, it's the only concern."|source =—Boniperti on Juventus' winning philosophy, at the inauguration of the [[Juventus Stadium]], September 8, 2011.<ref>{{YouTube|id=rh2OxPxYhZw|title="Del Piero & Boniperti - Two stars at Juventus Stadium"|time=9m2s}}</ref>}}

A short while after his retirement, the [[Agnelli family]] offered Boniperti an executive position as a director in the club's management team; in 1971, he was appointed the chairman of the board of directors ({{langx|it|presidente del consiglio di amministrazione}}), a position he held for many years, and still had a role at the club as one of the honorary chairmen ({{langx|it|Presidenti Onorari}}, served along with [[Franzo Grande Stevens]]).<ref name="70 years">{{cite web|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2017/70-years-of-giampiero-boniperti.php|title=70 years with Giampiero Boniperti|publisher=Juventus.com|date=2 March 2017|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/serie_a/juventus/2009/07/04-32736/Buon+compleanno+Boniperti%2C+81+anni+bianconeri|title=Buon compleanno Boniperti, 81 anni bianconeri|publisher=[[Tuttosport]]|language=it|date=4 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808082844/http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/serie_a/juventus/2009/07/04-32736/Buon+compleanno+Boniperti,+81+anni+bianconeri|archive-date=8 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/club/management/presidents/020-giampiero-boniperti/index.php|title=Juventus - GIAMPIERO BONIPERTI: Honorary President|publisher=Juventus.com|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Boniperti turns 86">{{cite web|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2014/happy-birthday-giampiero-boniperti.php|title=Happy birthday, Giampiero Boniperti!|publisher=Juventus.com|date=4 July 2014|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="Boniperti turns 88">{{cite web|url=http://www.juventus.com/en/news/news/2016/many-happy-returns-boniperti-.php|title=Many happy returns, Boniperti!|publisher=Juventus.com|date=4 July 2016|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref>

He often found the pressure of watching rather than playing quite unbearable, and was known to drive around Turin at halftime and just listen to the match on the radio. When players asked for pay rises, Boniperti would point to photographs of recent defeats on the wall and turn them away in shame. The pressure of remaining Italy's top team was intense for him, even behind the scenes.<ref name=":0" />

===Politics===
From 1994 until 1999, Boniperti was elected as a deputy in the [[European Parliament]] with the centre-right wing party [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/it/2034/GIAN+PIERO_BONIPERTI/history/4|title=4ª legislatura &#124; Gian Piero BONIPERTI &#124; Deputati &#124; Parlamento Europeo|website=www.europarl.europa.eu|date=4 July 1928 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Boniperti's grandson [[Filippo Boniperti|Filippo]] has followed in his grandfather's footsteps in pursuing a career in football and played for [[Juventus]] and the [[Italy national under-19 football team|Italy U19]] team as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/2009/12/03-47478/Juve,+Filippo+Boniperti+convocato+in+Under+19|title=Juve, Filippo Boniperti convocato in Under 19|publisher=[[Tuttosport]]|language=it|date=3 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407204350/http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/2009/12/03-47478/Juve,+Filippo+Boniperti+convocato+in+Under+19|archive-date=7 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/serie_a/juventus/2010/02/03-54142/Juve%2C+Boniperti+Jr%3A+%C2%ABQuante+emozioni+con+la+prima+squadra%C2%BB|title=Juve, Boniperti Jr: "Quante emozioni con la prima squadra"|publisher=[[Tuttosport]]|language=it|date=3 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183419/http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/serie_a/juventus/2010/02/03-54142/Juve,+Boniperti+Jr:+%C2%ABQuante+emozioni+con+la+prima+squadra%C2%BB|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> He is currently a free agent.

Boniperti died in Turin on 17 June 2021 due to heart failure, aged 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/flash/2021/06/18/-morto-giampiero-boniperti-una-vita-per-la-juventus-_1a313e99-1ef0-4ec3-997c-9d92fda9752e.html|title=Morto Giampiero Boniperti, una vita per la Juventus - Sport|date=18 June 2021|website=Agenzia ANSA}}</ref> The Italy national team wore black armbands in tribute to him in their match on 20 June against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in the [[UEFA Euro 2020]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://football-italia.net/italy-wear-black-armbands-for-boniperti/|title=ITALY WEAR BLACK ARMBANDS FOR BONIPERTI|publisher=Football Italia|date=18 June 2021}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="enciclopediadelcalcio">{{cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Boniperti.html|title=Boniperti, Giampiero|publisher=Enciclopedia del Calcio|language=it|access-date=6 March 2017|archive-date=17 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917215940/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Boniperti.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|[[1946–47 Serie A|1946–47]]
|rowspan="15"|[[Serie A]]
|6||5||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||5
|-
|[[1947–48 Serie A|1947–48]]
|40||27||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||28
|-
|[[1948–49 Juventus FC season|1948–49]]
|32||15||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||15
|-
|[[1949–50 Juventus FC season|1949–50]]
|35||21||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||21
|-
|[[1950–51 Juventus FC season|1950–51]]
|37||22||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||23
|-
|[[1951–52 Juventus FC season|1951–52]]
|33||19||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||22
|-
|[[1952–53 Serie A|1952–53]]
|29||7||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||7
|-
|[[1953–54 Serie A|1953–54]]
|30||14||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||14
|-
|[[1954–55 Serie A|1954–55]]
|27||9||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||9
|-
|[[1955–56 Serie A|1955–56]]
|31||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||6
|-
|[[1956–57 Serie A|1956–57]]
|24||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||5
|-
|[[1957–58 Juventus FC season|1957–58]]
|34||8||6||1||colspan="2"|—||34||8
|-
|[[1958–59 Serie A|1958–59]]
|26||8||3||0||2||0||33||8
|-
|[[1959–60 Juventus FC season|1959–60]]
|31||7||3||0||colspan="2"|—||36||7
|-
|[[1960–61 Juventus FC season|1960–61]]
|28||6||1||0||1||0||30||6
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!443||178||13||1||3{{#tag:ref|Boniperti also played in the [[Latin Cup]] and the [[Coppa dell'Amicizia]] unofficially.|name="designatedcaptain"|group="nb"}}||0||459||179
|}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |title=Giampiero Boniperti - Goals in International Matches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/boniperti-intlg.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="14"|[[Italy national football team|Italy]]
|1947||1||0
|-
|1948||0||0
|-
|1949||3||1
|-
|1950||3||0
|-
|1951||5||1
|-
|1952||4||0
|-
|1953||4||0
|-
|1954||4||3
|-
|1955||3||2
|-
|1956||3||0
|-
|1957||2||0
|-
|1958||3||0
|-
|1959||1||0
|-
|1960||2||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!38!!8
|}

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Giampiero Boniperti
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1
|22 May 1949
|[[Stadio Artemio Franchi|Stadio Comunale]], [[Florence]], Italy
|{{fb|AUT}}
|align="center"|3–0
|align="center"|3–1
|rowspan="2"|[[1948–53 Central European International Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|25 November 1951
|[[Cornaredo Stadium]], [[Lugano]], Switzerland
|{{fb|SUI}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|1–1
|-
|align="center"|3
|rowspan="2"|24 January 1954
|rowspan="2"|[[San Siro]], [[Milan]], Italy
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}
|align="center"|3–1
|align="center" rowspan="2"|5–1
|rowspan="2"|[[1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 9|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|5–1
|-
|align="center"|5
|17 June 1954
|[[Stade Olympique de la Pontaise|Stade Olympique]], [[Lausanne]], Switzerland
|{{fb|SUI}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|1–2
|[[1954 FIFA World Cup Group 4|1954 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|6
|16 January 1955
|[[Stadio della Vittoria]], [[Bari]], Italy
|{{fb|BEL}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|1–0
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|7
|18 December 1955
|[[Stadio Olimpico]], Rome, Italy
|{{fb|FRG}}
|align="center"|2–1
|align="center"|2–1
|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|8
|10 December 1960
|[[Stadio San Paolo]], [[Naples]], Italy
|{{fb|AUT}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|1–2
|Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Juventus'''<ref name="Gli eroi in bianconero: Giampiero BONIPERTI"/>
* [[Serie A]]: [[1949–50 Serie A|1949–50]], [[1951–52 Serie A|1951–52]], [[1957–58 Serie A|1957–58]], [[1959–60 Serie A|1959–60]], [[1960–61 Serie A|1960–61]]
* [[Coppa Italia]]: [[1958–59 Coppa Italia|1958–59]], [[1959–60 Coppa Italia|1959–60]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Capocannoniere|Serie A top scorer]]: [[1947–48 Serie A|1947–48]] (27 goals)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italtops.html |title=Italy - Serie A Top Scorers |author1=Roberto Di Maggio |author2=Igor Kramarsic |author3=Alberto Novello |date=11 June 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031163443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/italtops.html |archive-date=31 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Corriere dello Sport|Serie A Team of The Year]]: 1958,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?/?q=node/?q=node/6&f=12028&p=1&c=1#page/3/mode/1up |website=Biblioteca dello Sport |title=Corriere dello Sport 1958|access-date=28 January 2025 }}</ref> 1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?/?q=node/?q=node/6&f=6437&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up |website=Biblioteca dello Sport |title=Corriere dello Sport 1960|access-date=28 January 2025 }}</ref>
* [[FIFA 100]]: 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/mar/04/newsstory.sport15|title=The Fifa 100|work=The Guardian|date=4 March 2004|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
* [[Italian Football Hall of Fame]]: 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/27-10-2015/hall-of-fame-vialli-mancini-facchetti-ronaldo-herrera-agnelli-tardelli-ferlaino-130676725232.shtml|title=Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo|trans-title=Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
* CONI Award for Outstanding Sporting Career: 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coni.it/it/archivio-foto/2013/coni/celebrazioni-60-anni-dellolimpico-malago-premia-boniperti.html|title=Celebrazioni 60 anni dell'Olimpico, Malagò premia Boniperti|publisher=CONI|language=it|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
*[[Juventus FC Hall of Fame]]: 2025<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2025 |title=Juventus creates its Hall of Fame - Juventus |url=https://www.juventus.com/en/news/articles/juventus-creates-its-hall-of-fame |access-date=10 September 2025 |website=Juventus.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of one-club men in association football]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
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