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