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Jorge Piotti

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Jorge Piotti
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-04-25) 25 April 1938 (age 86)[1]
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1959 Club Atlético Platense 79 (25)
1964–1966 Toronto Italia
1966–1967 Boston Tigers
1967 Toronto Roma
1968 Los Angeles Wolves 22 (3)
1969 Rochester Lancers
1970 Hellas
1971 Toronto First Portuguese
1972–1973 Toronto Italia
Managerial career
1983 Dinamo Latino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Piotti or Georgio Piotti (born 1940) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

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Piotti played with Club Atlético Platense, and with Calcio Catania.[2] In 1964, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia.[3] In his debut season with Italia he was selected for the ECPSL All-Star team.[4] He assisted Italia by reaching the ECPSL Championship finals match, but were defeated by Toronto City.[5] He re-signed with Toronto Italia for the 1965 season.[6] He assisted in securing the ECPSL Championship title against Primo Hamilton FC.[7]

After three seasons with Toronto Italia he played in the American Soccer League in 1967 with Boston Tigers.[8][9] For the remainder of the 1967 season he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Roma.[10] In 1968, he played in the North American Soccer League with Los Angeles Wolves.[11][12] In 1969, he returned to the American Soccer League to play with the Rochester Lancers.[13]

In 1970, he returned to play in the NSL with Hellas.[14] The Ontario Football Association suspend Piotti and former Italia teammate Carlos Metidieri in 1970 for appearing in a match with Hellas while under contract to the Rochester Lancers.[15] For the 1971 NSL season he played with Toronto First Portuguese.[16] He returned to former team Toronto Italia for the 1972 NSL season.[17] He also played with Italia during the 1973 indoor season in the Toronto Indoor Soccer League.[18] He re-signed with Italia for the 1973 season.[19]

Managerial

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In 1983, he was named the technical director and head coach for Dinamo Latino in the National Soccer League.[20][21] Piotti was the head coach for Pineto United in 1989.[22]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 Wall of Fame Induction". torontoazzurri.com. p. 25. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Toronto Italia Signs Top Soccer Scorer". The Globe and Mail. 31 March 1965. p. 29.
  3. ^ Rimstead, Paul (24 June 1964). "Italia's tiny twins are soccer giants". Toronto Daily Star. p. 16.
  4. ^ "Hamilton Steelers Under New Sponsor". The Globe and Mail. 10 November 1964. p. 35.
  5. ^ Waring, Ed (14 September 1964). "Soccer Crown on Toronto City". The Globe and Mail. p. 20.
  6. ^ Kernaghan, Jim (1 May 1965). "Grab brightest stars is the game's name". Toronto Daily Star. p. 41.
  7. ^ Waring, Ed (23 September 1965). "Italia Wins Soccer Crown But Finds Season Costly". The Globe and Mail. p. 28.
  8. ^ "Hartford Soccer Team Seeks Crown". Newspapers.com. Hartford Courant. 13 July 1967. p. 63. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ Waring, Ed (27 April 1967). "Won't be outlaw: Falcons' star Carlos Metidieri going to Boston". The Globe and Mail. p. 27.
  10. ^ "Teutons tripped by Roma". Windsor Star. 18 September 1967. p. 19.
  11. ^ "Another rap for Stojovic". Toronto Daily Star. 29 August 1968. p. C20.
  12. ^ "NASL-Jorge Piotti". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Lancers Start with 1-0 Victory". Newspapers.com. Democrat and Chronicle. 5 May 1969. p. 41. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  14. ^ McHugh, John (26 August 1970). "Goalie's great game wasted on Apollo offence sputters". Toronto Daily Star. p. 14.
  15. ^ "Suspended soccer stars". Toronto Daily Star. 17 March 1970. p. 13.
  16. ^ "Sudbury beaten twice in games at Toronto". The Globe and Mail. 4 October 1971. p. S7.
  17. ^ Waring, Ed (10 July 1972). "Piotti to be reported for charging officials after tie: Dispute arises after claim of goal on shot by Italia's Oscar Marin". The Globe and Mail. p. S3.
  18. ^ "Piotti signs TISL contract". The Globe and Mail. 13 February 1973. p. 32.
  19. ^ "One-goal win". Toronto Star. 13 July 1973. p. 19.
  20. ^ ""Me Gusta el Futbol Rapido, Simple de Rotacion y Marca": Jorge Piotti Entrenador de Dinamo". El Popular. 27 April 1983. p. 11.
  21. ^ "Dinamo Latino Debuta el 2 de Mayo Frente al Panhellenic". El Popular. 20 April 1983. p. 9.
  22. ^ Laskaris, Sam (14 September 1989). "Injuries a setback for soccer hopefuls". Toronto Star. p. N20.