Frank Benatelli

Frank Benatelli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-08-19) 19 August 1962 (age 62)
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
0000–1981	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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]

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

• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1987–88

References

1. "Frank Benatelli". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
2. "Benatelli, Frank" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Die Benatellis: Eine Familie voller Kicker".
7. "Frank Benatelli" (in German). German Football Association.

External links

• Frank Benatelli at fussballdaten.de (in German)