Delio Onnis

Delio Onnis (born 24 March 1948) is a former professional football player who played as a striker. Born in Italy, his family emigrated to Argentina in his youth and he was nicknamed "El Tano" (the Italian) in Argentina.

With 299 goals, he is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of Ligue 1 in France, and was the league's top scorer on five occasions. He played the majority of his career for Reims, Monaco, Tours and Toulon. With Monaco, he won one league title and one Coupe de France.

Career Onnis was born in Giuliano di Roma in Italy, but moved to Argentina before he was three and subsequently gained Argentinian citizenship.

Scoring titles Carlos Bianchi had been signed as his replacement at Reims in 1973–74. Bianchi went on to win five scoring titles over the next six seasons, including four back-to-back between 1975 and 1979, Onnis breaking Bianchi's run in 1974–75. Following Bianchi's return to Argentina in 1980, Onnis went on to win four back-to-back scoring titles of his own, leaving them with five apiece and meaning that in eleven seasons between 1973–74 and 1983–84 they won five scoring titles each with only Vahid Halilhodžić's win in 1982 for Nantes breaking their dominance.

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Honours Monaco Division 1: 1977–78 Coupe de France: 1979–80 Division 2: 1976–77

Individual French Division 1 top scorer: 1974–75, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84 French Division 2 top scorer: 1976–77 French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1980

Records Ligue 1 all-time highest goalscorer: 299 goals