Luciano Zecchini

{{short description|Italian footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Luciano Zecchini | fullname = | image = 1971–72 AC Torino - Luciano Zecchini.jpg | caption = Zecchini with Torino in the 1971–72 season | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Forlimpopoli, Italy | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1965–1967 | years2 = 1967–1969 | years3 = 1969–1970 | years4 = 1970–1974 | years5 = 1974–1975 | years6 = 1975–1977 | years7 = 1977–1980 | years8 = 1980–1982 | years9 = 1982–1984 | clubs1 = Forlì | clubs2 = Prato | clubs3 = Brescia | clubs4 = Torino | clubs5 = Milan | clubs6 = Sampdoria | clubs7 = Perugia | clubs8 = banned | clubs9 = Massese | caps1 = 37 | caps2 = 67 | caps3 = 12 | caps4 = 93 | caps5 = 26 | caps6 = 53 | caps7 = 45 | caps8 = | caps9 = 39 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = | goals9 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1969 | nationalyears2 = 1974 | nationalteam1 = Italy U-21 | nationalteam2 = Italy | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1990–1992 | manageryears2 = 1992–1993 | manageryears3 = 1993–1995 | manageryears4 = 1995–1998 | manageryears5 = 1998–1999 | manageryears6 = 1999–2000 | manageryears7 = 2000–2001 | manageryears8 = 2001–2005 | manageryears9 = 2005–2006 | manageryears10 = 2006–2007 | manageryears11 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs1 = Lecco | managerclubs2 = Oltrepò | managerclubs3 = Solbiatese | managerclubs4 = Tempio | managerclubs5 = Pro Patria | managerclubs6 = Tempio | managerclubs7 = Rimini | managerclubs8 = Teramo | managerclubs9 = Sambenedettese | managerclubs10 = Portogruaro | managerclubs11 = Isola Liri | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }} '''Luciano Zecchini''' ({{IPA|it|luˈtʃaːno ddzekˈkiːni}}; born 10 March 1949) is an Italian professional football coach and a former player, who played as a defender.

==Career== Zecchini began playing football with local side Forlì. After a spell with lower-level sides Patro, he joined Brescia in 1969, where he would make his Serie A debut against Roma on 21 September 1969.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Panini|title=Almanacco illustrato del calico 1979|year=1979|page=69}}</ref> He played 11 seasons (229 games, 2 goals) in the Serie A for Brescia Calcio, Torino Calcio, A.C. Milan, U.C. Sampdoria and Perugia Calcio.

He made his debut for the Italy national football team on 28 September 1974 in a game against Yugoslavia.

His playing career on a professional level ended with a 3-year ban from football in the Totonero 1980 match-fixing scandal.

==Honours== ;Torino * Coppa Italia winner: 1970–71.

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==External links== * {{NFT player|pid=17609}}

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