Francesco Benussi

Francesco Benussi is an Italian football player, born in 1981. He gave start to his professional playing career in 1999 when he joined Venezia. From there he was sent on loans to Serie C1 teams Lumezzane, Ascoli and Arezzo. In 2003/04 he returned to Venezia and in 2004/05 he made 34 appearances and in the summer of 2005 he moved to Lecce. In the winter transfer window in 2007 Benussi was loaned to Siena for half a season and then returned back. On 12 August 2009 he was loaned to Livorno. His debut there came on 25 October 2009 and all in all he featured in 5 league games for Livorno.

In the summer of 2010 Benussi moved to Palermo and made his debut on 30 September the Europa League group stage in the match against the Swiss team Losanna. On 23 January 2012 he was loaned to Torino, playing in Serie B. He stayed there till the end of the season and then returned to Palermo.

Since 2013 Benussi has played for Udinese Calcio.

Francesco Benussi was called up to the Italy U18 and U20 teams.