Enzo Di Pede
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Enzo Di Pede (born January 3, 1957) is a retired Italian-born goalkeeper who played in the North American Soccer League and the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
Career
In 1976, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia for three seasons.[1][2] Di Pede was a member of the MISL Champion New York Arrows as a backup goalkeeper in 1979–1980. Di Pede won MISL Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 1981 as a member of the Chicago Horizons[3] and later played for the Kansas City Comets.[4] On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season as a backup.[5]
International career
Di Pede played with the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, and made his debut on April 1, 1979 against Bermuda.[6][7]
Personal life
Born in Italy, he and his family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Di Pede idolized long-time Italy national team goalkeeper Dino Zoff as a young soccer player.
Di Pede led a series of youth soccer camps in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. with several fellow MISL players. After retiring, Di Pede, along with teammate Gino Schiraldi, opened a bagel shop and catering company in Kansas City.
References
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External links
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- 1957 births
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Toronto Italia players
- Chicago Horizons players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Italian emigrants to Canada
- Kansas City Comets (1979–1991) players
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- New York Arrows players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players
- Living people
- People from Sora, Lazio
- Footballers from the Province of Frosinone
- Footballers from Lazio
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen