Alberto Piccinini (footballer) explained

Alberto Piccinini
Birth Date:25 January 1923
Birth Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1942–1943
Years2:1943–1944
Years3:1944–1945
Years4:1945–1948
Years5:1948–1949
Years6:1949–1953
Years7:1953–1954
Years8:1954–1955
Clubs2:Avia Roma
Clubs8:Palermo
Caps1:4
Goals1:1
Caps2:18
Goals2:0
Caps3:14
Goals3:0
Caps4:43
Goals4:0
Caps5:36
Goals5:0
Caps6:104
Goals6:2
Caps7:19
Goals7:0
Caps8:13
Goals8:1
Nationalyears1:1949–1952
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0

Alberto Piccinini (pronounced as /it/; 25 January 1923 – 14 April 1972) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was regarded as one of the first liberos when Gipo Viani, his coach at Salernitana pulled him back to defence and assigned him to mark the opposition's number 9.

Honours

Juventus