Libero Marchini was born in Castelnuovo Magra, near La Spezia, on October 31 1913.
He started playing football with Carrarese in the third tier in 1931 and stayed a couple of years before moving to Florence in 1933. With Fiorentina he did not play much, just 10 league games, but the Viola did well, arriving sixth. In 1934 he moved again and went nearer home to play for Genoa 1893. The Rossoblù won the Serie B championship but he did not stay and left for Lucchese where he again arrived first in the second tier. After another year but this time in Serie A, he moved to Rome to play for Lazio. He immediately played in the Central European Cup in 1936 and then made 16 appearances the following year.
In 1938 he made a mistake, signing a contract with Torino without permission from the club. President Remo Zenobi punished him by sending him to the stands for a year despite the fact he was a player who had been considered for the Nazionale and had won an Olympic Gold at the Berlin games.
He made it to Turin for the 1939-40 season but stayed only a year before going back to Lucchese in 1940. He ended his career with Carrarese where he played from 1941 to 1943.
As mentioned, he was part of the team that won Gold at the Olympics in 1936 together with his future team mates Giuseppe Baldo and Francesco Gabriotti as well as former Lazio Alfredo Foni. In order to participate in the games, he falsified his documents, in agreement with the authorities, claiming to be born in 1914.
He died in Trieste on November 1 2003.
Season | Total games (goals) | Serie A | Central European Cup |
1936-37 | 4 (2) | - | 4 (2) |
1937-38 | 18 (5) | 16 (5) | 2 |
Total | 22 (7) | 16 (5) | 6 (2) |
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