Andrea Chini was born in Florence on November 6 1948.
He arrived at Lazio in 1968 from Grassina Firenze. He spent his first year in the youth team and then in 1969-70 became the 4th keeper behind Rosario Di Vincenzo, Michelangelo Sulfaro and Giorgio Fiorucci. He sat on the bench twice as number 12 that season.
In 1970-71 he spent a year at Palestrina, near Rome, on loan in Serie D where he made 31 league appearances.
In 1971-72 he went to Alessandria on loan for a season. The Grigi were in Serie C and finished 2nd, narrowly missing out on promotion. Chini played 4 league games. One of his teammates were former Lazio, Giuseppe Lorenzetti (academy and then 1967-69), Claudio Di Pucchio (1966-67 and 1968-69), Gianni Sassaroli (academy and then 1964-65 and 1966-68) and Vincenzo Farinelli (academy and then 1964-66 and 1967-68).
In 1972-73 he was back at Lazio and was 3rd keeper behind Felice Pulici and Avelino Moriggi. Chini was on the bench as reserve seven times but never made his debut. Lazio went close to the Scudetto but finished 3rd.
In 1973-74 he went on loan to Pro Salerno in Serie D.
In 1974-75 he signed for Reggina in Serie C for one year. He played 7 league games and the Amaranto finished 6th under future Lazio sporting director, Carlo Regalia (1986-87 and 1991-92).
He then moved to the west coast of Sicily and joined Trapani in Serie C. He stayed four seasons, from 1975 to 1979 and the Granata finished 11th, 5th, 13th and 17th (relegated). Chini played 140 league games. His teammates included former Lazio, Arrigo Dolso (1966-69 and 1970-71).
Chini then moved just down the coast to Marsala in C2. He stayed two seasons and the Azzurri finished 12th and 4th. He played 68 league games.
His last club was Cosenza, in Calabria, in Serie C2. He only played 1 league game and then retired. The "Lupi della Sila" (Sila Wolves) finished 2nd and were promoted.
Chini was a goalkeeper. He played 251 games in his career. At Trapani in particular they have fond memories of him.
At Lazio he lived the build up to the epic Scudetto, living that period first hand but he never made his first team debut.
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