Cagliari match issued / worn shirt by Greatti in a Serie A match, 1969/70 season. It is also the same match shirt issued/worn by the number 5 of Cagliari’s youth team in an official match during the following season, 1970/71.

There are shirts that don’t just belong to a season, they belong to collective memory. This one, worn by Cagliari in 1969–70, the year of their historic Scudetto, is exactly that. White, with a laced collar in blue and red, and the Four Moors emblem stitched over the heart, it wasn’t just a uniform, it was a banner of island pride, woven with the fabric of an impossible dream made real.

But a shirt like this doesn’t stop living at the final whistle. The following year, those same match-worn kits were passed on to the youth academy, a tradition born out of practicality, but steeped in emotional resonance. And from that tradition emerged a story within the story: the shirt now up for auction clearly shows a bold number 5, with a faded 10 still visible underneath, a ghost beneath the fabric.

A simple gesture becomes sporting poetry. The number 10, once worn by Ricciotti Greatti, the elegant midfield maestro, still leaves a trace, barely visible, but unmistakably present. It’s the echo of a legacy, passed down from hero to hopeful.

That number 10 had been the beating heart of Cagliari’s midfield, a mind beside the power and charisma of Gigi Riva. Greatti didn’t need theatrics to lead, he did it with vision, precision, and quiet authority.

But the number 5, number used in the youth team the following season, stitched above it has its own weight too. It belonged to Pierluigi Cera, the team captain, a modern sweeper handpicked by manager Manlio Scopigno, who reinvented Cagliari’s defense with intelligence and fluidity. On Cera’s arm, the armband was never just a symbol, it was the embodiment of a team: compact, bold, and revolutionary.

And so, this unique shirt, 5 layered over 10, Greatti within Cera, Cagliari within Italy, becomes more than a collectible.

It becomes a living relic that tells of more than a winning season. It speaks of continuity, of talent turned legacy, of fabric turned into storytelling. It’s not just a garment. It’s the skin of glory, worn, passed on, and survived.

This memorabilia is part of the match supply made available to players during official competitions and is different in its features in relation to the ones sold in fanshops, it could have been worn during the match and washed after the end of the match or prepared for the match but then not used.

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