{{short description|Swiss footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luciano Merlini | image = | fullname = Luciano Merlini | birth_date = 03.09.1930 | birth_place = Locarno | death_date = 25.04.1986 | death_place = Lausanne | height = | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1953–1954 | clubs1 = FC Locarno | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 1954–1955 | clubs2 = FC Basel | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1955– | clubs3 = SC Burgdorf | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Luciano Merlini''' is a Swiss former footballer who played in the 1950s. He played as midfielder.
Merlini played for Locarno. Then he joined FC Basel's first team for their 1954–55 season under player-coach René Bader. After playing in five test games, Merlini played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the Landhof on 5 September 1954 as Basel played a 1–1 draw against Bellinzona.<ref name="fcb-achiv-fcb-bellinzona-1954/55">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=25548 | title = FC Basel - AC Bellinzona 1:1 (0:1) | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2019-11-16}}</ref>
In his one season by Basel, Merlini played a total of 13 games for the club without scoring a goal. Five of these games were in the Nationalliga A, one in the Swiss Cup and the other seven were friendly games.<ref name="fcb-achiv-Luciano Merlini">{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=8346 | title = Luciano Merlini - FCB-Statistik | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 2019-11-16}}</ref>
Following his time with FC Basel Merlini moved on to play for SC Burgdorf
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==Sources== * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. {{ISBN|978-3-7245-2305-5}} * [https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/home Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage] ''(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)''
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Category:FC Locarno players Category:FC Basel players Category:Swiss men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders
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