Achille Piccini

Achille Piccini

Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-10-24)24 October 1911
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Date of death	14 February 1995(1995-02-14) (aged 83)
Place of death	Carrara, Italy
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1933	Carrarese	133	(10)
1933–1934	A.C. Prato	28	(1)
1934–1938	Fiorentina	48	(1)
1938–1939	Napoli	24	(1)
1939–1940	Lucchese	25	(1)
1940–1941	Bari	11	(0)
1941–1944	Carrarese	?	(?)
1941–1944	Anconitana	11	(0)
International career
1936	Italy	5	(0)
Medal record Representing Italy Summer Olympics Summer Olympics 1936 Berlin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Achille Piccini (Italian pronunciation: [aˈkille pitˈtʃiːni]; 24 October 1911 – 14 February 1995) was an Italian footballer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. A native of Carrara, Piccini played as a midfielder or as a defender.

Career

Piccini played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, including Fiorentina, Carrarese, Bari and Napoli. Piccini was also a member of the Italian team which won the gold medal in the football tournament of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin.

Honours

International

Italy

• Olympic Gold Medal: 1936

External links

• Achille Piccini at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Achille Piccini at Olympics.com
• Achille Piccini at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
• The forgotten story of ... football, farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics