Alberto Piccinini (footballer)

{{short description|Italian footballer (1923-1972)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name= Alberto Piccinini

| fullname =

| image = Juventus Football Club 1951-1952 - Alberto Piccinini.jpg

| caption = Piccinini with Juventus in the 1951–52 season

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|1|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|4|14|1923|1|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1=

| years1 = 1942–1943 | years2 = 1943–1944 | years3 = 1944–1945 | years4 = 1945–1948 | years5 = 1948–1949 | years6 = 1949–1953 | years7 = 1953–1954 | years8 =1954–1955

| clubs1 = Pescara | clubs2 = Avia Roma | clubs3 = Roma | clubs4 = Salernitana | clubs5 = Palermo | clubs6 = Juventus | clubs7 = Milan | 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

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}}

Alberto Piccinini ({{IPA|it|alˈbɛrto pittʃiˈniːni}}; 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.