From chicks to Superga, the grenade tale of Buongiorno: born and raised under the same star

TURIN. From chicks to Superga. It’s the story of Alessandro Buongiorno by now one of the few examples in Serie A of players born, raised and become famous under the same star. Genuine Turinese from the Santa Rita district, yesterday he updated a story that had lasted since the days of Roberto Cravero by reading the names of Grande Torino on the tombstone for the first time, the closure of the celebrations of May 4th which has always been felt more and more by the people of Granata. His investiture. “I dreamed of this moment many nights before today, the emotion I felt will remain in my heart for the rest of my life”, wrote the defender on Instagram who, however, faced with the immensity of Valentino Mazzola’s squadron, had no hesitation. As if it were the most normal thing in the world to spell out the names of the 31 fallen between two wings of people stuck together like sardines. Rodriguez, this season’s captain after Belotti (and Lukic’s self-exclusion), left the scene to him, but Buongiorno – his deputy – deserved it all.

For the grenade born in 1999 it is the end of a journey that began when he was 6 years old thanks to Silvano Benedetti, still briefly in charge of the football school (he leaves Toro after 22 years), who finds him from the Barracuda. And the beginning of another, that of a 23-year-old boy who became a man, but above all one you can really count on, one of the most important in the squad. The captain of the future (from the next championship) and the freshest commercial for the grenade club, which can flaunt the example of Buongiorno to dust off a tradition that returns: that nursery that has always financed the first team, indeed it has been its engine .

Opta data also writes that it’s time for Buongiorno, for which the Turin footballer was the MVP of the 33rd matchday of the championship. He also scored the first goal of his professional career against Sampdoria, thanks to a header that made him one of four defenders born since 1999 to score one goal and one assist (against Juventus) in the league . More and more a leader of Torino, as evidenced by the records for number of duels won (147), balls intercepted (47) and headed defensive clearances (47). “I live my daydream”, Buongiorno always said, a quality guy even in everyday life. Where he is animated by the same desire to arrive. In February he graduated in Business Economics by joining the small club of “doctors” football players which includes, among others, two other former grenades, Pobega and Rincon.