In December 2021, Bochini again played an all-star match in the Independiente jersey, the only one he wore in his career. Picture Juan Manuel Foglia – CLARIN
If there’s one thing that’s remarkable about Ricardo Bochini’s career, in addition to his many titles and his skills that have caused him to be noticed so closely in Argentine football, it was his ability to achieve all this wearing only an Independiente shirtthe club of his loves, and of which he has been World Champion twice (1973 and 1984).
El Bocha was honored on several occasions by el Rojo and even changed its name to the stadium using his first and last name last season. The truth is in Europe is no stranger to Bochini’s impeccable trajectoryand it will be clear this Friday, when he is honored in Spain, and more exactly in Bilbao.
The person in charge of paying tribute to Bochini on this occasion is the Athletic Club de Bilbao, the club that manages the distribution of the prize ‘A Club Man’ , where he cherished the footballers who shone in their vast careers, a single club. It treats these values as itself, adding the values of honesty, commitment, responsibility, sportsmanship and respectintrinsic values, too, in the philosophy of the institution.
Independent legend Bochini is the first non-European player to win this award given by the club since 2015 (and since 2019 to female footballers).
President Aitor Elizegi personally called Bochini to announce that he had been elected. In this way, the Zárate-born was at the San Mamés stadium, where he only played once, a friendship with Independiente that ended 0-0. Bocha was the figure, but ended up in dismissal due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
In the 2022 gala (which is on the Saturday before the match against Valencia), along with Bocha, is German Jennifer Zietz, 38, who will receive the One Woman Club for her extensive career at FCC Turbine Potsdam, a historic women’s football entity in the town of Potsdam, near Berlin.
“They will give me an award in Bilbao for playing on a team alone in my whole career, because it was given to some footballers like Puyol. The most important thing about this award is because I played for Independiente, because it is a recognized club and I have been able to win all the international cups at the club. “Bochini confirmed, excitedly, in the program statements How are you?after receiving the notice.
In addition to this work, Bochini will join Argentine writer Eduardo Sacheri at an activity of the Athletic Club Foundation, which on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, has organized a very special day for its celebration. Letters and Soccer 2022because they will both speak the legend of Club Atlético Independiente and “the general functioning of the world”.
Bochini, 68, wore the Independiente shirt between 1972 and 1991, a season in which he scored more than a hundred goals, and in which he was also champion up to 13 times. The bowl ” left a mark not only in Avellaneda, but in the history of Argentine football in general, being part of the world champion squad in Mexico 1986.
Source: Clarin
