Delio Onnis

Delio Onnis

Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-03-24) 24 March 1948
Place of birth	Giuliano di Roma, Italy
Height
Position(s)	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	232	(157)
1980–1983	Tours	110	(64)
1983–1986	Toulon	74	(39)
Total		594	(401)
International career
1966–1969	Argentina	14	(21)
Managerial career
1990–1991	Toulon
1992–1995	Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Delio Onnis (born 24 March 1948, in Giuliano di Roma) is a retired Argentine football forward. He was nicknamed "el Tano" (the Italian) in Argentina.

He is still today the French championship highest scorer, scoring 299 goals from 1972 to 1986 for Stade de Reims, AS Monaco FC, 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 Borredora" ("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 FC 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

• Division 1: 1978
• Coupe de France: 1980
• Top goalscorers in Ligue 1: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
• Ligue 1 all-time highest goalscorer with 299 goals

External links and references

• (Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (French) Monaco profile