Ardico Magnini

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Ardico Magnini
Full name	Ardico Magnini
Date of birth	October 21, 1928
Place of birth	Pistoia, Italy
Height	1.78 m
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1947-50 1950-58 1958-60	Pistoiese Fiorentina Genoa	78(13) 225(6) 26(2)
National team
1953-57	Italy	20(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ardico Magnini (born October 21, 1928 in Pistoia, Italy) was an Italian football (soccer) player. After Boniperti, Ardico Magnini along with club team mates Cervato, Pandolfini and Segato, is one of five 'Azzurri' with the most caps for the national team during the difficult rebuilding years of the fifties. With Cervato he formed the defensive pair for Fulvio Bernardini's Fiorentina. After winning the championship in 1956 he played another two seasons in Florence before going to Genoa and finished his career at Prato in Serie B. He also made two appearances at the 1954 World Cup.

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v • d • e Italy squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup

1 Ghezzi • 2 Vincenzi • 3 Giacomazzi • 4 Neri • 5 Tognon • 6 Nesti • 7 Muccinelli • 8 Pandolfini • 9 Galli • 10 Cappello • 11 Lorenzi • 12 Viola • 13 Magnini • 14 Cervato • 15 Mari • 16 Ferrario • 17 Segato • 18 Pivatelli • 19 Boniperti • 20 Gratton • 21 Frignani • 22 Costagliola • Coach: Czeizler