Riccardo Innocenti (born 29 July 1943 in
Ardenno
Ardenno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about west of Sondrio.
The municipality of Ardenno contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages a ...
) is an Italian former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
. He had played 47 times (11 goals) in
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
and 314 times (57 goals) in
Serie B
The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...
as a
midfielder
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.
See also
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Football in Italy
Football ( ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970, 1994) and ...
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Italian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Serie A players
Serie B players
1943 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Sondrio
Footballers from Lombardy
20th-century Italian sportsmen
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