Comunardo Niccolai

Comunardo Niccolai (; 15 December 1946 – 2 July 2024) was an Italian footballer, who played as a defender. He has played for Italy's national team. A tough, physically strong centre-back, Niccolai initially began his career with Torres in 1963, before joining Cagliari Calcio, where he played from 1964 to 1976, winning the only Serie A championship in the club's entire club history in 1970. He ended his career in 1977 with Perugia. Niccolai played 218 Serie A matches, and is still remembered today for his proneness to score own goals, including some very spectacular ones.

His death was announced on 2 July 2024, at the age of 77. 

Club career statistics

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|1963–64||Polisportiva Sassari Torres||Serie C||22||0
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|1964–65||rowspan="12"|Cagliari||rowspan="12"|Serie A||0||0
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|1965–66||1||0
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|1966–67||5||0
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|1967–68||13||1
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|1968–69||27||0
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|1969–70||29||0
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|1970–71||28||1
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|1971–72||26||0
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|1972–73||30||0
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|1973–74||15||0
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|1974–75||25||2
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|1975–76||19||0
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|1976–77||Perugia||Serie A||7||0
247||4
247||4
|}

International career statistics

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|1970||3||0
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!Total||3||0
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References

Category:1946 births
Category:2024 deaths
Category:Footballers from Tuscany