1913 - 1996
Silvio Piola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilvjo ˈpjɔːla]; 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.Piola is third in the all-time goalscoring records of the Italian national team. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silvio Piola has received more than 549,445 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Silvio Piola is the 76th most popular soccer player (up from 83rd in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Italy (up from 852nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Soccer Player.
Silvio Piola is most famous for being the all-time leading goalscorer in the Italian league, and for scoring a goal in the 1934 World Cup Final.
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Among soccer players, Silvio Piola ranks 76 out of 16,923. Before him are Helenio Herrera, Gordon Banks, Rivaldo, Fritz Walter, Eric Cantona, and Zito. After him are Gianni Rivera, Alcides Ghiggia, Oleg Blokhin, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Franco Baresi, and Matthias Sindelar.
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 70
1937 - 2019
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 71
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 72
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 73
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 74
1932 - 2015
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 75
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 76
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 77
1926 - 2015
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 78
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 79
1930 - 2013
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 80
1960 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 81
1903 - 1939
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 82
Among people born in 1913, Silvio Piola ranks 35. Before him are Luz Long, Frances Farmer, Werner Mölders, Leônidas, Carmen Amaya, and Erich Priebke. After him are Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Willis Lamb, René Clément, Wolfgang Paul, and Mehmet Shehu. Among people deceased in 1996, Silvio Piola ranks 21. Before him are Paul Erdős, Gene Kelly, Sergiu Celibidache, Adolf Galland, Babrak Karmal, and Tadeusz Reichstein. After him are Artur Axmann, Odysseas Elytis, Magda Schneider, Solomon Asch, Gladwyn Jebb, and René Clément.
1913 - 1943
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 29
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 30
1913 - 1941
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 31
1913 - 2004
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 32
1913 - 1963
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 33
1913 - 2013
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 34
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 35
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 36
1913 - 1994
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 37
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 38
1913 - 1996
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 39
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 40
1913 - 1981
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 41
1913 - 1996
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 15
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 16
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 17
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 18
1929 - 1996
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 19
1897 - 1996
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 20
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 21
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 22
1911 - 1996
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 23
1909 - 1996
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 24
1907 - 1996
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 25
1900 - 1996
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 26
1913 - 1996
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 27
Among people born in Italy, Silvio Piola ranks 809 out of 4,088. Before him are Carlo Crivelli (1430), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Giacomo Balla (1871), Guercino (1591), Pope Leo V (870), and Alcmaeon of Croton (-510). After him are Lino Ventura (1919), Gianni Rivera (1943), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Francesco Landini (1325), Phalaris (-700), and Giovanni Gentile (1875).
1430 - 1490
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 803
1271 - 1295
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 804
1871 - 1958
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 805
1591 - 1666
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 806
870 - 905
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 807
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 808
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 809
1919 - 1987
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 810
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 811
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 812
1325 - 1397
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 813
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 814
1875 - 1944
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 815
Among soccer players born in Italy, Silvio Piola ranks 7. Before him are Giuseppe Meazza (1910), Cesare Maldini (1932), Paolo Maldini (1968), Roberto Baggio (1967), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), and Paolo Rossi (1956). After him are Gianni Rivera (1943), Franco Baresi (1960), Francesco Totti (1976), Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), and Luigi Riva (1944).
1910 - 1979
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 1
1932 - 2016
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 3
1967 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 4
1942 - 2006
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 5
1956 - 2020
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 6
1913 - 1996
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 7
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 8
1960 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 13