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Silvio Piola
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Key facts
- 1957
- Cagliari
- Date of birth
- ( 1913-09-29 ) 29 September 1913
- Place of birth
- Robbio , Italy
- Date of death
- 4 October 1996 (1996-10-04) (aged 83)
- Place of death
- Gattinara , Italy
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Striker
- 1925 1928
- Veloces 1925
- 1928 1929
- Pro Vercelli
- Years
- Team
- 1929 1934
- Pro Vercelli
- 1934 1943
- Lazio
- 1943 1944
- Torino
- 1945 1947
- Juventus
- 1947 1954
- Novara
- 1933 1935
- Italy B
- 1935 1952
- Italy
- 1953 1954
- Italy (assistant)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Silvio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Robbio
- Place of death
- Gattinara
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1938 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Italy
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Silvio Piola (Pro Vercelli).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- date of birth
- 1913-09-29
- date of death
- 1996-10-03
- Commons category
- Silvio Piola
- end of work period
- 1954-00-00
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Silvio Piola ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilvjo ˈpjɔːla]; 29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He is known as a highly prominent figure in the history of Italian football due to several records he set, and he is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of his generation, as well as one of the greatest Italian players of all time. Piola was part of the squad that won the 1933–35 Central European International Cup & the squad that won the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Italy, scoring two goals in the final, ending the tournament as the second-best player and the second-highest scorer.
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