Delio Onnis

Delio Onnis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-03-24) 24 March 1948
Place of birth	Giuliano di Roma, Italy
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1963–1967	Almagro
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1968	Almagro	18	(11)
1968–1971	Gimnasia LP	95	(53)
1971–1973	Reims	65	(39)
1973–1980	Monaco	231	(157)
1980–1983	Tours	110	(64)
1983–1986	Toulon	74	(39)
Total		593	(363)
Teams managed
1990–1991	Toulon
1992–1995	Paris
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Delio Onnis (born 24 March 1948) is an Italian former football striker. He was nicknamed "El Tano" (the Italian) in Argentina.

He is still today the highest goalscorer in French first league history scoring 299 goals from 1972 to 1986 for Stade de Reims, AS Monaco, Tours FC and Sporting Toulon Var.

Career

Born in Italy, he however, has Argentine citizenship and began his career in Argentina. He was the star striker in the successful team of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata that finished third in 1970, known as "La Barredora" ("The Sweeper"). He joined Stade de Reims in 1971, which was a far less successful team than the one of fifteen years earlier and they struggled in Division 1. He then played for AS Monaco for seven years, scoring 157 goals. In 1980, despite playing in one of the best teams in Division 1, he signed for newly promoted and inexperienced team FC Tours, where he was twice again Division 1 leading goalscorer. In 1983, as Tours got relegated, he joined SC Toulon, where he finished his career in 1986.

Honours

References

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.
• Futbol Factory profile (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 October 2007)
• BDFA profile (in Spanish)
• Monaco profile (in French)