Beniamino Vignola (born 12 June 1959) is an Italian former footballer and entrepreneur, who played as a midfielder.
[1] A small, quick, mobile, agile, and creative player, with excellent technical ability and a slender physique, he usually played as a central or attacking midfielder;[2] considered a promising talent, he was compared to Gianni Rivera as a youngster.
[1][2][5] He was acquired by Juventus in 1983 for 4.8 billion Lire, as a back-up to Michel Platini, remaining at the club until 1988.
After the team went bankrupt, he became a player-manager with an amateur side in Verona called San Martino Buon Albergo, and he soon retired from football.
He played for the Italy at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Italians reached the semi-finals, finishing the tournament in fourth place.