Delio Onnis

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Delio Onnis

Full name	Delio Onnis
Date of birth	March 24, 1948 (1948-03-24) (age 60)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
1963-1967	Club Almagro
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966-1968 1968-1971 1971-1973 1973-1980 1980-1983 1983-1986	Almagro Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Stade Reims AS Monaco Tours FC SC Toulon	- 113 (64) 65 (39) 232 (157) 110 (64) 74 (39)
Teams managed
02/1990-1991 11/1992-04/1995	SC Toulon Paris FC
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Delio Onnis (born March 24, 1948 in Rome) 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.

1 Career
2 Clubs and goals
3 Honours
4 External links and references

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] Clubs and goals

Season	Club	Team- rank	Goals	Goalscorer- rank	Notes
1971/72	Stade de Reims	15.	22	4.
1972/73	Stade de Reims	8.	17	6.
1973/74	AS Monaco	16.	26	4.
1974/75	AS Monaco	10.	30	1.
1975/76	AS Monaco	18.	29	2.	Behind Carlos Bianchi (Stade de Reims)
1976/77	AS Monaco	(1.)	(30)	(1.)	in Division 2
1977/78	AS Monaco	1.	29	2.	Behind Bianchi (PSG)
1978/79	AS Monaco	4.	22	2.	Behind Bianchi (PSG)
1979/80	AS Monaco	4.	21	1.	First with Erwin Kostedde (Stade Laval)
1980/81	Tours FC	18.	24	1.
1981/82	Tours FC	11.	29	1.
1982/83	Tours FC	18.	11	20.
1983/84	SC Toulon	16.	21	1.	First with Patrice Garande (AJ Auxerre)
1984/85	SC Toulon	6.	17	4.
1985/86	SC Toulon	16.	1	---	In 8 matches only

[edit] Honours

Division 1: 1978
Coupe de France: 1980
Top goalscorers in Ligue 1: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984 (2nd in 1976, 1978, 1979)
Ligue 1 all-time best goalscorer with 299 goals

[edit] External links and references

Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.