Benito Lorenzi

{{short description|Italian footballer (1925-2007)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Benito Lorenzi

| image = Benito Lorenzi (1953).jpg

| caption = Lorenzi in 1953

| fullname = Benito Lorenzi

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Borgo a Buggiano, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|3|3|1925|12|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Milan, Italy

| position = Striker

| youthyears1= 1945–1946

| youthclubs1= Borgo a Buggiano

| years1 = 1946–1947 | years2 = 1947–1958 | years3 = 1958–1959 | years4 = 1959–1960 | years5 =1960

| clubs1 = Empoli | clubs2 = Inter | clubs3 = Alessandria | clubs4 = Brescia | clubs5 =Varese

| caps1 = 40 | goals1 = 15 | caps2 = 314 | goals2 = 143 | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 4 | caps4 = 14 | goals4 = 4 | caps5 = 9 | goals5 = 1

| totalcaps = 402 | totalgoals = 167

| nationalyears1= 1949–1954

| nationalteam1= Italy

| nationalcaps1= 14 | nationalgoals1 = 4

| manageryears1=

| managerclubs1=

| nationalyears2 = 1950

| nationalteam2 = Italy B{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |title=England - International Results B-Team - Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |date=22 May 2014 |website=RSSSF |access-date=21 April 2017}}

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi ({{IPA|it|beˈniːto veˈleːno loˈrɛntsi}}; 20 December 1925 – 3 March 2007) was an Italian footballer born in Borgo a Buggiano, province of Pistoia. He played as a striker.