Ardico Magnini Explained

Ardico Magnini
Fullname:Ardico Magnini
Birth Date:21 October 1928
Birth Place:Pistoia, Italy
Death Place:Pistoia
Position:Defender
Years1:1947–1950
Years2:1950–1958
Years3:1958–1960
Years4:1960–1961
Clubs3:Genoa
Clubs4:Prato
Caps1:78
Caps2:225
Caps3:26
Caps4:21
Goals1:13
Goals2:6
Goals3:2
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:350
Totalgoals:21
Nationalyears1:1953–1957
Nationalteam1:Italy
Nationalcaps1:20
Nationalgoals1:0

Ardico Magnini (pronounced as /it/; 21 October 1928 – 3 July 2020) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Along with Sergio Cervato, Magnini formed the defensive partnership of Fulvio Bernardini's Fiorentina back-line. After winning the championship with the club in 1956, he played another two seasons in Florence before going to Genoa, and finished his career at Prato in Serie B.

International career

After Giampiero Boniperti, Ardico Magnini, along with club team mates Cervato, Egisto Pandolfini and Armando Segato, is one of five 'Azzurri' with the most caps for the national team during the difficult rebuilding years of the fifties, following the Superga air disaster in 1949. He made two appearances at the 1954 World Cup with Italy, and 20 in total between 1953 and 1957.

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