Mario Pizziolo

Mario Pizziolo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrjo pitˈtsjɔːlo]; 8 December 1909[lower-alpha 1] – 30 April 1990) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a central or defensive midfielder.

Mario Pizziolo
Personal information
Full name Mario Pizziolo
Date of birth (1909-12-08)8 December 1909[lower-alpha 1]
Place of birth Castellammare Adriatico, Italy
Date of death 30 April 1990(1990-04-30) (aged 80)
Place of death Florence, Italy
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Livorno
Ternana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1929 Pistoiese 74 (0)
1929–1936 Fiorentina 197 (3)
Total 271 (3)
International career
1933–1934 Italy 12 (1)
Managerial career
1939–1941 Pescara
1941–1942 Richard Ginori
1947–1949 Pescara
Medal record
 Italy
FIFA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1934 Italy
Central European International Cup
Gold medal – first place1933-35 Central European International Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Pizziolo was born in Castellammare Adriatico, province of Pescara.[2][3] He started his club career in the youth teams of Livorno and Ternana,[2] and later played for the Pistoiese senior side (1925–1929),[2] before joining the senior team of Fiorentina, where he played between 1929 and 1936, playing 203 matches and scoring three goals in all competitions.[1]

He retired at 27.[1]

International career

Pizziolo played twelve matches for Italy between 1933 and 1934, scoring one goal.[4] He was part of the gold-winning 1933–35 Central European International Cup squad,[4] and of the side that won the 1934 FIFA World Cup on home soil, in which he played one game, the first leg of the quarter-finals against Spain, in which he got seriously injured, breaking one of his legs, in a 1–1 draw after extra-time.[5] He would not play for Italy again.[6] As Pizziolo could not play any of the other games or the final match for Italy, he was not awarded a medal for his performance until 1988, two years before he died, in Florence, at the age of 80.[7]

Honours

Club
Fiorentina

International
Italy

Manager
Pescara

Individual

Notes
  1. There is some discordance related to Pizziolo's precise date of birth, with some sources reporting the 7th of December[1] and others the 8th of December.[2][3]

References
  1. Prizio, Stefano; Signoria, Leonardo (2016). La Fiorentina dalla A alla Z (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-8854195448.
  2. "Mario Pizziolo" (PDF). Regione Abruzzo (in Italian). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. Marchetti, Dario. "Pizziolo Mario". Enciclopediadelcalcio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo: Mario Pizziolo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. Fossati, Mario (17 June 1994). "Pane, regime e gol". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. Baker 1988:248
  7. "Addio Pizziolo, campione vero". la Repubblica (in Italian). 1 May 1990. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. "La prima edizione della Hall of Fame Viola". Nove da Firenze (in Italian). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

Bibliography
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