Ricardo Piccinini

{{short description|Guatemalan footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ricardo Antonio Piccinini

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| fullname = Ricardo Antonio Piccinini Abonicio

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|9|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Avellaneda, Argentina

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationalteam1 = Guatemala

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1967–69

|youthclubs1=Racing Avellaneda

|clubs1=Racing Avellaneda

|years1=1969–70

| clubs2= Municipal

|years2=1970–71

| clubs3 = Tipografía Nacional

| years3 = 1972–74

| clubs4 = Comunicaciones

| years4 = 1975–80

| clubs5 = Xelajú MC

| years5 = 1980–82

| clubs6 = Suchitepéquez

| years6 = 1982–83

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1976–1989

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| clubnumber = 1

|clubs7=Nacional

| years7 =1983

|clubs8=Águila

|years8=1984

|clubs9=Nacional

|years9=1984–91

}}

Ricardo Antonio Piccinini (born 7 September 1949) is an Argentinian-born Guatemalan footballer. After his naturalization in 1975,[https://www.espn.com.gt/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/9838937/futbolistas-nacionalizados-jugado-seleccion-de-guatemala Los futbolistas nacionalizados que han jugado con la Selección de Guatemala] he competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/ricardo-piccinini-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/ricardo-piccinini-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ricardo Piccinini Olympic Results |access-date=26 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.guatemala.com/deportes/futbol-guatemalteco/porteros-guatemaltecos-que-han-dejado-su-huella-en-el-futbol-nacional.html|title=Porteros guatemaltecos que han dejado huella en el fútbol nacional|author=Juan Diego|date=22 September 2020|website=Guatemala.com}} His appearance in the latter at the age of 39 makes him the oldest footballer to ever play in the Olympics.{{cite web

| url=https://www.espn.com.gt/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/8944865/dani-alves-acecha-marca-ricardo-piccinini-juegos-olimpicos

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| title=Dani Alves acecha histórica marca de Ricardo Piccinini en Juegos Olímpicos

| publisher=ESPN

| date=22 July 2021

| access-date=2022-07-22

| language=Spanish

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