Silvio Piola

Silvio Piola

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 499,594 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.