Mario Pizziolo
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Mario Pizziolo (December 7, 1909 — April 30, 1990) was an Italian football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder.
Pizziolo was born in Castellammare Adriatico, province of Pescara.
Pizziolo started his career in the youth teams of Livorno and Ternana and Pistoiese (1925-1929), before joining the senior team of Fiorentina], where he played between 1929 and 1936, playing 197 matches and scoring three goals.
He played twelve matches for Italy between 1933 and 1936, scoring one goal. He was a part of the 1934 World Cup winning side, in which he played one game, against Spain.
Pizziolo did not play in the final match for Italy, and was not awarded a medal for his performance until 1988, two years before he died, in Florence, at the age of eighty.
Italy squad - 1934 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title) | ||
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DF Allemandi | FW Arcari | MF Bertolini | FW Borel | DF Caligaris | MF Castellazzi | GK Cavanna | GK Combi | FW Demaría | FW Ferrari | MF Ferraris | FW Guaita | FW Guarisi | GK Masetti | FW Meazza | MF Monti | DF Monzeglio | FW Orsi | MF Pizziolo | DF Rosetta | FW Schiavio | MF Varglien | Coach Pozzo |
Categories: Italian football biography stubs | 1909 births | 1990 deaths | People from Abruzzo | Italian footballers | Italy international footballers | Football (soccer) midfielders | Serie A players | Fiorentina players | FIFA World Cup 1934 players | FIFA World Cup-winning players | People from the Province of Pescara