Gino DiFlorio
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| Gino DiFlorio | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Gino DiFlorio | |
| Date of birth | 18 September 1964 | |
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | |
| Playing position | midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1985–1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992-1994 1994 1994–1997 1997–2003 2003-2004 |
Cleveland Force (indoor) Dayton Dynamo (indoor) Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) Canton Invaders (indoor) Cleveland Crunch (indoor) Canton Invaders (indoor) Toronto Rockets Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) Harrisburg Heat (indoor) Baltimore Blast |
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| National team | ||
| 1988 | Canada | 1(0) |
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Gino DiFlorio is a former professional soccer player. Canadian, he was a scoring star of indoor soccer in North America during the 1990s.
DiFlorio began his career in the original Major Indoor Soccer League, joining the Cleveland Force in 1984 or 1985, a club he remained with until 1987. He then played in 1987-8 for the Dayton Dynamo of the American Indoor Soccer Association and in 1988-9 for the Dallas Sidekicks of MISL.
DiFlorio played 1990-1 for the Canton Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League and finished the season the league's leading scorer. He then played 1991-2 for the Cleveland Crunch of the MISL. He returned to the Invaders for the 1992-3 season and finished the season the league's 3rd leading scorer for the second time. With the Invaders again for 1993-4, he finished the league's 5th leading scorer. DiFlorio then played a summer season of outdoor soccer, 1994, for the Toronto Rockets in the American Professional Soccer League. He then from 1994 to 1997 played for NPSL side Buffalo Blizzard and then from 1997 to 2003, the Harrisburg Heat. (The Heat played until 2001 in the NPSL and then belonged to the current Major Indoor Soccer League.) DiFlorio then finished his career with the Baltimore Blast, for whom he played the 2003-4 season. He was the (AISA-)NPSL's 3rd all-time leading scorer with 1,452 points and second all-time goal scorer with 559.
DiFlorio had one cap for the Canadian national soccer team, which came in 1988 on July 15 in a friendly against Poland played in Toronto. Canada lost 1-2.
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