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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Silvio Giovacchino Piola | ||
Date of birth | 29 September 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Robbio, Italy | ||
Date of death | 4 October 1996 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Gattinara, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker (retired) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929-1934 1934-1943 1943-1945 1945-1947 1947-1954 | Pro Vercelli Lazio Torino Juventus Novara | ||
National team | |||
1935-1952 | Italy | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Silvio Piola (29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996) was a former Italian football player. He was born in Robbio (Lombardy). Piola won the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Italy, scoring two goals in the final. He is the current Serie A top scorer of all time.
Club career statistics
[change | change source]Club statistics | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Italy | League | |||
1929/30 | Pro Vercelli | Serie A | 4 | 0 |
1930/31 | 32 | 13 | ||
1931/32 | 31 | 12 | ||
1932/33 | 32 | 11 | ||
1933/34 | 28 | 15 | ||
1934/35 | Lazio | Serie A | 29 | 21 |
1935/36 | 27 | 20 | ||
1936/37 | 28 | 21 | ||
1937/38 | 28 | 15 | ||
1938/39 | 21 | 9 | ||
1939/40 | 23 | 9 | ||
1940/41 | 25 | 10 | ||
1941/42 | 24 | 18 | ||
1942/43 | 22 | 21 | ||
1944 | Torino | Serie A | 23 | 27 |
1945/46 | Juventus | Serie A | 29 | 16 |
1946/47 | 28 | 10 | ||
1947/48 | Novara | Serie B | 30 | 16 |
1948/49 | Serie A | 36 | 15 | |
1949/50 | 17 | 4 | ||
1950/51 | 37 | 19 | ||
1951/52 | 31 | 18 | ||
1952/53 | 25 | 9 | ||
1953/54 | 9 | 5 | ||
Country | Italy | 589 | 318 | |
Total | 589 | 318 |
International career statistics
[change | change source]Italy national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1935 | 2 | 2 |
1936 | 5 | 2 |
1937 | 5 | 5 |
1938 | 7 | 9 |
1939 | 6 | 8 |
1940 | 4 | 1 |
1941 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | 1 | 1 |
1943 | 0 | 0 |
1944 | 0 | 0 |
1945 | 1 | 1 |
1946 | 1 | 1 |
1947 | 1 | 0 |
1948 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 34 | 30 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Silvio Piola". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "Silvio Piola - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.