| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 August 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Bochum, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Waldesrand Linden | |||
| SV Westfalia Weitmar 09 | |||
| –1981 | VfL Bochum | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | VfL Bochum II | ||
| 1983–1992 | VfL Bochum | 192 | (13) |
| Managerial career | |||
| SV Sodingen | |||
| Hasper SV | |||
| Blau Weiss Post Recklinghausen | |||
| 2000–2004 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | ||
| 2005 | SSV Hagen | ||
| 2006–2008 | TuRU Düsseldorf | ||
| 2010– | CSV SF Bochum-Linden | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Benatelli (born 19 August 1962) is a German football coach and a retired player.[2]
Career
Born and raised in Bochum, Benatelli played in his youth for the local clubs SV Waldesrand Linden and SV Westfalia Weitmar 09.[3][4] Still during his youth career, he joined local heavyweights VfL Bochum, where he made it into the first team and spent his entire senior career.
He had to retire at the age of only 28 due to an injury of his patellar ligament which resulted in a limited capacity of his knee.[5]
Personal life
He is the son of a German mother and an Italian father, Egidio, who hails from Caorle close to Venice.[6] He himself has two children, a daughter, Laura, and a son, Rico, who is also a professional footballer.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| VfL Bochum II | 1981–82 | Verbandsliga Westfalen | — | |||||
| 1982–83 | Oberliga Westfalen | — | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| VfL Bochum | 1982–83 | Bundesliga | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983–84 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 1984–85 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||
| 1986–87 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 1987–88 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 1990–91 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Total | 192 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 206 | 14 | ||
| Career total | 192 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 206 | 14 | ||
Honours
VfL Bochum
References
- ↑ "Frank Benatelli". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ↑ "Benatelli, Frank" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ "VfL Bochum - Historie: Frank Benatelli" [VfL Bochum - History: Frank Benatelli] (in German). VfL Bochum. 3 November 2002. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Die Benatellis: Eine Familie voller Kicker" [The Benatellis: A family full of football players] (in German). fussball.de. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Frank Benatelli: Bundesligascout und Landesligatrainer" [Frank Benatelli: Bundesliga scout and Landesliga coach] (in German). DFB. 23 October 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2016.
- ↑ "Die Benatellis: Eine Familie voller Kicker".
- ↑ "Frank Benatelli" (in German). German Football Association.
External links
- Frank Benatelli at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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