Pierluigi Consonni

Pierluigi Consonni (14 January 1949 – 24 March 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Pierluigi Consonni

Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-01-14)14 January 1949
Place of birth	Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy
Date of death	24 March 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 71)
Place of death	Ponte San Pietro, Lombardy, Italy
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1970	Ponte San Pietro	33+	(?)
1970–1971	Trevigliese	30	(?)
1971–1972	Derthona	38	(0)
1972–1977	Bari	162	(1)
1978–1979	Salernitana	32	(0)
1978–1980	Pergolettese	47	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Consonni grew up with Ponte San Pietro, where he made his debut in the regional championships and later in Serie D, a category in which he also played in the 1970-1971 season with the Trevigliese.

After a year with Derthona in Serie C, he moved to Bari where he played two championships in Serie B, totaling 65 appearances among cadets, and three more in Serie C.^[1][2]

He then played in Serie C with Salernitana and ended his career in 1980, playing with Pergocrema.^[3][4][5]

He died in his native Ponte San Pietro on 24 March 2020, aged 71, after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic in Italy.^[6][7][8] Five days earlier Innocenzo Donina, also a former Bari player and also from the province of Bergamo, had succumbed to the same illness.^[9][10][11]