Achille Piccini

{{short description|Italian footballer (1911–1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Achille Piccini | image =Achille Piccini.jpg | height = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|10|24}} | birth_place = Carrara, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|9|13|1911|10|24}} | death_place = Carrara, Italy | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1928–1933 | clubs1 = Carrarese | caps1 = 133 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 1933–1934 | clubs2 = A.C. Prato | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1934–1938 | clubs3 = Fiorentina | caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1938–1939 | clubs4 = Napoli | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 1939–1940 | clubs5 = Lucchese | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 1940–1941 | clubs6 = Bari | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1941–1944 | clubs7 = Carrarese | caps7 = ? | goals7 = ? | years8 = 1941–1944 | clubs8 = Anconitana | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1936 | nationalteam1 = Italy | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|ITA|1861}}}} {{MedalCompetition |Summer Olympics}} {{Medal|Gold|Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin}} }}

'''Achille Piccini''' ({{IPA|it|aˈkille pitˈtʃiːni}}; 24 October 1911 – 13 September 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26102 |title=Achille Piccini |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PICCIACH01 |title=Achille Piccini |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223195544/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PICCIACH01 |archive-date=23 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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

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==External links== * {{SR/Olympics profile|pi/achille-piccini-1|Achille Piccini}} * {{Olympics.com profile|achille-piccini}} * {{CONI profile|new_id=182|old_id=68}} * [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/nov/24/forgotten-story-football-1936-olympics The forgotten story of ... football, farce and fascism at the 1936 Olympics]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piccini, Achille}} Category:1911 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Footballers from Carrara Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic footballers for Italy Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy Category:Italy men's international footballers Category:Olympic medalists in football Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Serie A players Category:Carrarese Calcio 1908 players Category:AC Prato players Category:ACF Fiorentina players Category:SSC Bari players Category:Lucchese 1905 players Category:SSC Napoli players Category:SSC Ancona ASD players Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen