Silvio Piola
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Silvio Piola (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 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 best 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.[1]
Piola is third in the all-time goalscoring records of the Italy national team.[2] He is also the highest goalscorer in Italian first league history, with 290 goals (274 in Serie A and 16 in Divisione Nazionale), and also in Serie A history.[3][4] He played 566 Serie A games, putting him fourth on the all-time list for appearances in Italy's top flight. Piola is the only player to have the honour of being the all-time Serie A top scorer of three different teams (Pro Vercelli, Lazio and Novara)[5][6][7] Piola is also the highest scoring Italian player in all competitions, with 364 goals (391 if his goals in the Divisione Nazionale and for the Italy B team are also included).[8] Throughout his career, including friendlies, Piola scored 682 goals.[9]
After his death, a pair of Italian stadiums were renamed after him: one in Novara in 1997 and another in Vercelli in 1998. In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.
Club career
Piola began his career with Italian club Pro Vercelli, making his Serie A debut at age 16 against Bologna on 16 February 1930. Piola scored 13 goals in his first season. On 8 February 1931, he scored a hat-trick against Napoli; at 17 years and 132 days old, Piola set the record as the youngest player to score a hat trick in Europe's top five leagues, surpassing José Iraragorri of Atlético Madrid, who was 17 years and 337 days when he achieved the feat against Real Sociedad on 23 February 1930.[10] As of the 2025 season, this record still stands. On 29 October 1933, Piola scored six goals, the joint-most goals scored in a single match in Serie A, in a 7–2 win over Fiorentina.[11] He went on to score 51 goals in 127 appearances in Serie A for Pro Vercelli.
In 1934, he moved to Lazio, who had been on the receiving end of his first Serie A goal on 11 November 1930. He was to spend the next nine seasons there. Piola was the Serie A top scorer twice while at Lazio, in 1937 and 1943. Piola was Lazio's highest all-time leading goalscorer with 149 goals until it was surpassed in 2021 by Ciro Immobile.[12] After leaving Lazio, he spent war-torn 1944 at Torino, where he scored an amazing 27 goals in just 23 games. Toward the end of the war, he joined Novara. Then, from 1945 to 1947, Piola played for Juventus, before moving back to Novara, where he stayed for seven more seasons.
During his final years with Novara, Piola became the oldest player in Serie A history to score two goals in a single league match, a feat which he managed on 1 February 1953, at the age of 39 years, 4 months and 2 days, against his former team Lazio; the record stood until 20 April 2016, when Francesco Totti scored a Serie A brace at the age of 39 years, 6 months and 23 days.[13][14]
In his last season in 1953–54, Piola turned 40 years old on 29 September 1953, and then he scored one goal in three consecutive matches in November and December against Sampdoria, Palermo, and Inter Milan, thus becoming the first player to score a Serie A goal after his 40th birthday.[15] He scored his fifth and last goal of the season on 7 February, in a 1–1 draw against AC Milan, and in doing so at the age of 40 years and 129 days, he became the oldest Serie A goalscorer in history, although his record has since been broken by both Alessandro Costacurta in 2007 and Zlatan Ibrahimović in 2023, who both scored a Serie A goal aged 41.[16] With five goals, Piola is the joint-second highest 40-year-old goalscorer in Europe's top five leagues, alongside English League's Stanley Matthews, and Bundesliga's Claudio Pizarro, and only behind Ibrahimović, who scored eight in Serie A. To this day, Piola is still currently the highest all-time goalscorer in Serie A.[3]
International career
His first game for Italy came against Austria on 24 March 1935, when he also scored his first goals for the team in the form of a brace to help Italy defeat the hosts Austria 2–0 in the 1933–35 Central European International Cup.[17] He was a World Cup winner in 1938, when he scored two of Italy's goals in the 4–2 victory over Hungary;[17] he finished the tournament as the second highest scorer and was named the second-best player, also earning a place in the Team of the Tournament.
Piola went on to play 34 games for Italy and score 30 goals between 1935 and 1952, a tally that would surely have been greater if not for the interruption caused by World War II. He served as the national side's captain from 1940 until 1947. In 1939 he scored a goal with his hand to England 47 years before Diego Armando Maradona.[18] His last international appearance was in 1952, when Italy drew 1–1 with England. Piola is currently Italy's third highest goalscorer of all-time, behind only Giuseppe Meazza, and Luigi Riva. He also co-holds, with Riva, the national team's record for most goals on opposition soil with 13.[19]
Style of play
Regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time, Piola was widely renowned for his goalscoring ability throughout his career, and his eye for goal.[20] He was considered to be a modern and well-rounded player during his time, as he used his physical attributes, intelligence, and control to play with his back to goal, and lay off the ball for teammates in order to provide them with assists.[21][20] Piola's vision, work-rate, and technical ability, as well as his passing ability, made him a tactically versatile player,[22] who was capable of playing in several positions, and he was deployed on the wing, in midfield, or as a creative advanced playmaker or second striker on occasion.[21][20] Piola particularly excelled as a centre-forward, however; his speed, positional sense, offensive movement, and opportunism enabled him to lose his markers with his attacking runs and receive his team-mates' deliveries or pounce on loose balls in the area. Piola was also known for his powerful and accurate finishing ability with his head and both feet, from any position on the pitch, which made him a prolific goalscorer throughout his career.[21][20][23][24] Due to his agility and athletic ability, Piola also excelled in the air, and he was capable of scoring spectacular acrobatic goals from volleys and bicycle kicks.[22][20] Despite his talent and his reputation, he was occasionally accused of diving throughout his career. Unlike his legendary international team-mate, club rival, and friend Giuseppe Meazza,[25] however, with whom he was often compared,[26] Piola was much more reserved both on and off the pitch, and he preferred to score through efficiency and pragmatism rather than flamboyance.[22][27] On top of his playing ability and prolific goalscoring, Piola also stood out for his longevity throughout his career.[28]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Pro Vercelli | 1929–30 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 1930–31 | 32 | 13 | — | 32 | 13 | |||
| 1931–32 | 31 | 12 | — | 31 | 12 | |||
| 1932–33 | 32 | 11 | — | 32 | 11 | |||
| 1933–34 | 28 | 15 | — | 28 | 15 | |||
| Total | 127 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 51 | ||
| Lazio | 1934–35 | Serie A | 29 | 21 | — | 29 | 21 | |
| 1935–36 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 21 | ||
| 1936–37 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 21 | ||
| 1937–38 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | ||
| 1938–39 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9 | ||
| 1939–40 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 1940–41 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 1941–42 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 21 | ||
| 1942–43 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 21 | ||
| Total | 227 | 143 | 10 | 6 | 237 | 149 | ||
| Torino | 1944 | CAI | 23 | 27 | — | 23 | 27 | |
| Juventus | 1945–46 | Serie A-B | 29 | 16 | — | 29 | 16 | |
| 1946–47 | Serie A | 28 | 10 | — | 28 | 10 | ||
| Total | 57 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 26 | ||
| Novara | 1947–48 | Serie B | 30 | 16 | — | 30 | 16 | |
| 1948–49 | Serie A | 36 | 15 | — | 36 | 15 | ||
| 1949–50 | 17 | 4 | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| 1950–51 | 37 | 19 | — | 37 | 19 | |||
| 1951–52 | 31 | 18 | — | 31 | 18 | |||
| 1952–53 | 25 | 9 | — | 25 | 9 | |||
| 1953–54 | 9 | 5 | — | 9 | 5 | |||
| Total | 185 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 86 | ||
| Career total | 619 | 333 | 10 | 6 | 629 | 339 | ||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1935 | 2 | 2 |
| 1936 | 5 | 2 | |
| 1937 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1938 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1939 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1940 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1941 | – | – | |
| 1942 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1943 | – | – | |
| 1944 | – | – | |
| 1945 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1946 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1947 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1948 | – | – | |
| 1949 | – | – | |
| 1950 | – | – | |
| 1951 | – | – | |
| 1952 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 30 | |
- Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Piola goal.
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| 1 | Template:Dts | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Austria | flag alias = Flag of Austria.svg | flag alias-empire = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Austria (state).svg | flag alias-1230 = Flag of Austria (1230–1934).svg | flag alias-war = Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg | flag alias-1934 = State flag of Austria (1934–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg
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| 5 | Template:Dts | Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Czechoslovakia | flag alias = Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Bohemia.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval_Ensign_of_Czechoslovakia_1935-1939_1945-1955.svg | link alias-naval = Czechoslovakian Naval Forces | link alias-army = Czechoslovak Army | flag alias-navy = Naval_Ensign_of_Czechoslovakia_1935-1939_1945-1955.svg | link alias-navy = Czechoslovakian Naval Forces | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football
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| 8 | Template:Dts | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Switzerland | flag alias = Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | link alias-army = Swiss Army | link alias-air force = Swiss Air Force | size = | size flag alias = 23x16px | sizebig flag alias = 25px | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 13 | Template:Dts | Stadio comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | shortname alias = Yugoslavia | flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg | flag alias-shs = Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg | flag alias-army = Yugoslavia Infantry flag.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | link alias-military = Yugoslav People's Army | link alias-army = Yugoslav Ground Forces | link alias-naval = Yugoslav Navy | link alias-air force = Yugoslav Air Force | link alias-navy = Yugoslav Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 14 | Template:Dts | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Norway | flag alias = Flag of Norway.svg | flag alias-old kingdom = Royal Standard of Norway.svg | flag alias-1814 = Flag of Norway (1814–1821).svg | flag alias-1818 = Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg | flag alias-1844 = Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Norway, state.svg | border-state = | flag alias-army = Flag of the Norwegian Army.svg | border-army = | link alias-army = Norwegian Army | flag alias-war = Flag of Norway, state.svg | link alias-war = Norwegian Armed Forces | border-war = | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Norway.svg | border-naval = | link alias-naval = Royal Norwegian Navy | flag alias-air force = Royal Norwegian Air Force Flag.svg | border-air force = | link alias-air force = Royal Norwegian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Flag of Norway, state.svg | border-navy = | link alias-navy = Royal Norwegian Navy | flag alias-coast guard = Norwegian Coast Guard Racing Stripe.svg | link alias-coast guard = Norwegian Coast Guard | border-coast guard = | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 15 | Template:Dts | Stade olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = France | flag alias = Flag of France.svg | flag alias-1790 = Flag of France (1790–1794).svg | flag alias-1794 = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg | flag alias-1814 = Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg | flag alias-1830 = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg | flag alias-1848 = Drapeau france 1848.svg | flag alias-1848a = Drapeau france 1848.svg | flag alias-1848b = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg | flag alias-1974 = Flag of France (lighter variant).svg | flag alias-naval = Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg | flag alias-naval-1790 = Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of France.svg | link alias-air force = French Air and Space Force | flag alias-coast guard = French Maritime Gendarmerie racing stripe.svg | border-coast guard = | link alias-coast guard = French Maritime Gendarmerie | flag alias-army = Flag of France.svg | link alias-army = French Army | link alias-naval = French Navy | flag alias-navy = Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg | link alias-navy = French Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 17 | Template:Dts | Stade olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Hungary | flag alias = Flag of Hungary.svg | flag alias-1848 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg | flag alias-1849 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg | flag alias-1867 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg | flag alias-1869 = Flag of Hungary (1869-1874).svg | flag alias-1874 = Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg | flag alias-1896 = Flag of Hungary (1896-1915; angels).svg | flag alias-1915 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918; angels).svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg | flag alias-1919 = Flag of Hungary (1919).svg | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg | flag alias-1946 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1949 = Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1956 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1957 = Flag of Hungary.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg | Hungarian River Guard | flag alias-military = Flag of the Hungarian Defence Forces.svg | link alias-military = Hungarian Defence Forces | flag alias-army = War Flag of Hungary.svg | link alias-army = Hungarian Ground Forces | link alias-air force = Hungarian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg | Hungarian River Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 19 | Template:Dts | Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence, Italy | {{safesubst: Template:Yesno | alias = Germany | flag alias = Flag of Germany.svg | flag alias-1866 = Flag of the German Empire.svg | link alias-1866 = German Empire | flag alias-empire = Flag of the German Empire.svg | link alias-empire = German Empire | flag alias-1919 = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg | link alias-1919 = Weimar Republic | flag alias-Weimar = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg | link alias-Weimar = Weimar Republic | flag alias-1933 = Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg | flag alias-1935 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | link alias-1935 = Nazi Germany | flag alias-Nazi = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | link alias-Nazi = Nazi Germany | flag alias-1946 = Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg | border-1946 = | flag alias-1949 = Flag of Germany.svg | flag alias-EUA = German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg | flag alias-gold = Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Germany (state).svg | link alias-military = Bundeswehr | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg | border-naval = | link alias-naval = German Navy | flag alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg | border-coast guard= | link alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard | flag alias-army = Colour of Germany.svg | flag alias-air force =Flag of Germany (state).svg | link alias-air force = German Air Force | link alias-army = German Army | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg | link alias-navy = German Navy | border-navy = | border-army= | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 21 | Template:Dts | San Siro, Milan, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = England | flag alias = Flag of England.svg | flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg | link alias-naval = Royal Navy | flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg | link alias-navy = Royal Navy | link alias-cricket = England cricket team | empty = England Saxons | size = | name = | variant = | altlink = national football team | altvar = football
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| 22 | Template:Dts | BSK Stadion, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | shortname alias = Yugoslavia | flag alias = Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg | flag alias-shs = Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg | flag alias-army = Yugoslavia Infantry flag.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Yugoslavia (1949–1993).svg | link alias-military = Yugoslav People's Army | link alias-army = Yugoslav Ground Forces | link alias-naval = Yugoslav Navy | link alias-air force = Yugoslav Air Force | link alias-navy = Yugoslav Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 23 | Template:Dts | Ferencváros Stadion, Budapest, Hungary | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Hungary | flag alias = Flag of Hungary.svg | flag alias-1848 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg | flag alias-1849 = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg | flag alias-1867 = Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg | flag alias-1869 = Flag of Hungary (1869-1874).svg | flag alias-1874 = Flag of Hungary (1874-1896).svg | flag alias-1896 = Flag of Hungary (1896-1915; angels).svg | flag alias-1915 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918; angels).svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Hungary (1918-1919).svg | flag alias-1919 = Flag of Hungary (1919).svg | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg | flag alias-1946 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1949 = Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1956 = Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg | flag alias-1957 = Flag of Hungary.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Hungary with arms (state).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg | Hungarian River Guard | flag alias-military = Flag of the Hungarian Defence Forces.svg | link alias-military = Hungarian Defence Forces | flag alias-army = War Flag of Hungary.svg | link alias-army = Hungarian Ground Forces | link alias-air force = Hungarian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Hungary.svg | Hungarian River Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 24 | Template:Dts | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Finland | flag alias = Flag of Finland.svg | flag alias-grand duchy = Flag of Russia.svg | flag alias-1809 = Flag of Russia.svg | flag alias-1917 = Flag of Finland 1918 (state).svg | flag alias-1918 = Flag of Finland (1918-1920).svg | flag alias-1920 = Flag of Finland.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Finland (state).svg | flag alias-state-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (State).svg | flag alias-state-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (State).svg | flag alias-naval = Military Flag of Finland.svg | border-naval = | flag alias-naval-1918 = Flag of Finland 1918-1920 (Military).svg | border-naval-1918 = | flag alias-naval-1920 = Flag of Finland 1920-1978 (Military).svg | border-naval-1920 = | link alias-naval = Finnish Navy | flag alias-navy = Naval Jack of Finland.svg | link alias-navy = Finnish Navy | link alias-air force = Finnish Air Force | flag alias-military = Military flag of Finland.svg | link alias-military = Finnish Defence Forces | flag alias-army = Military flag of Finland.svg | link alias-army = Finnish Army | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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| 27 | Template:Dts | Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Romania | flag alias = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-1859 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg | flag alias-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg | flag alias-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | flag alias-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg | flag alias-1952 = Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg | flag alias-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg | flag alias-naval = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-naval-1860 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg | flag alias-naval-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg | flag alias-naval-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-naval-1922 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg | flag alias-naval-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | flag alias-naval-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg | flag alias-naval-1950 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1950–1952).svg | flag alias-naval-1952 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1952–1965).svg | flag alias-naval-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg | link alias-naval = Romanian Naval Forces | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Romanian Air Force (obverse).svg | flag alias-air force-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | flag alias-air force-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg | flag alias-air force-1950 = Flag of Air Force of Romania (1950-1952, obverse).svg | flag alias-air force-1952 = Flag of Air Force of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg | flag alias-air force-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg | link alias-air force = Romanian Air Force | flag alias-army = Flag of the Romanian Land Forces (Obverse).svg | flag alias-army-1859 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg | flag alias-army-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg | flag alias-army-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-army-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | flag alias-army-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg | flag alias-army-1950 = Battle flag of Romania (1950-1952, obverse).svg | flag alias-army-1952 = Battle flag of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg | flag alias-army-1965 = Battle flag of Romania (1966-1989, obverse).svg | link alias-army = Romanian Land Forces | flag alias-navy = Flag of the Romanian Naval Forces (Obverse).svg | flag alias-navy-1860 = Flag of the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1859 - 1862).svg | flag alias-navy-1862 = Flag of the United Principalities of Romania (1862–1866).svg | flag alias-navy-1866 = Flag of Romania.svg | flag alias-navy-1922 = Naval Ensign of Romania (1922–1947).svg | flag alias-navy-1947 = Flag of Romania (January-March 1948).svg | flag alias-navy-1948 = Flag of Romania (1948–1952).svg | flag alias-navy-1950 = Flag of Naval Force of Romania (1950-1951, obverse).svg | flag alias-navy-1952 = Flag of terrestrial units of the Naval Force of Romania (1952-1965, obverse).svg | flag alias-navy-1965 = Flag of Romania (1965–1989).svg | link alias-navy = Romanian Naval Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
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2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | [45] |
| 28 | Template:Dts | San Siro, Milan, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Spain | flag alias = Flag of Spain.svg | flag alias-1506 = Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg | flag alias-1701 = Bandera de España 1701-1748.svg | flag alias-1748 = Bandera de España 1748-1785.svg | flag alias-1760 = Bandera de España 1760-1785.svg | flag alias-1785 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg | flag alias-1873 = Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg | flag alias-1874 = Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg | flag alias-1931 = Flag of Spain (1931–1939).svg | flag alias-civil-1931 = Flag of the Second Spanish Republic (plain).svg | flag alias-1936 = Flag of the Bando Nacional (1936–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Spain (1938–1945).svg | flag alias-1945 = Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg | flag alias-1977 = Flag of Spain (1977–1981).svg | flag alias-civil = Flag of Spain (civil).svg | flag alias-civil-1785 = BandMercante1785.svg | flag alias-navy = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-navy = Spanish Navy | flag alias-marines = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-marines = Spanish Marine Infantry | flag alias-army = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-army = Spanish Army | flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Spain.svg | link alias-naval = Spanish Navy | flag alias-air force = Flag of Spain.svg | link alias-air force = Spanish Air and Space Force | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [46] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Template:Dts | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Switzerland | flag alias = Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | link alias-army = Swiss Army | link alias-air force = Swiss Air Force | size = | size flag alias = 23x16px | sizebig flag alias = 25px | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
1–0 | 4–4 | Friendly | [47] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Template:Dts | San Siro, Milan, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Austria | flag alias = Flag of Austria.svg | flag alias-empire = Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg | flag alias-state = Flag of Austria (state).svg | flag alias-1230 = Flag of Austria (1230–1934).svg | flag alias-war = Austria-Hungary-flag-1869-1914-naval-1786-1869-merchant.svg | flag alias-1934 = State flag of Austria (1934–1938).svg | flag alias-1938 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg
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flag alias-army = Flag of Austria (state).svg | flag alias-air force = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-army = Austrian Land Forces | flag alias-naval = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-naval = Austrian Navy | link alias-air force = Austrian Air Force | flag alias-navy = Flag of Austria (state).svg | link alias-navy = Austrian Navy | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} |
3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly | [48] |
Honours
Lazio[49]
- Serie A: runner-up 1936–37
- Mitropa Cup: runner-up 1937
Juventus[49]
Novara[49]
Individual
- Serie A top goalscorer: 1936–37, 1942–43[51]
- Inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2011 (posthumously)[52]
- Inducted into the Walk of Fame of Italian sport: 2015[53][54]
See also
References
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