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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silvio Piola has received more than 751,110 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Silvio Piola is the 68th most popular soccer player (up from 76th in 2019), the 811th most popular biography from Italy (down from 809th in 2019) and the 8th 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 68 out of 16,880. Before him are Oliver Kahn, Arthur Friedenreich, Bobby Moore, Carlos Queiroz, Gianni Rivera, and Mario Kempes. After him are Matthias Sindelar, Gheorghe Hagi, Gianluigi Buffon, Nándor Hidegkuti, Gabriel Batistuta, and Hristo Stoichkov.
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 62
1892 - 1969
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 63
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 64
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 65
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 66
1954 - Present
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 67
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 68
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 69
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 70
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 71
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 72
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 73
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 74
Among people born in 1913, Silvio Piola ranks 32. Before him are Kenzō Tange, Roger Garaudy, Jimmy Hoffa, Werner Mölders, Erich Priebke, and Frances Farmer. After him are Witold Lutosławski, Leônidas, Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Artur Axmann, and Wolfgang Paul. Among people deceased in 1996, Silvio Piola ranks 22. Before him are Frank Whittle, Tadeusz Reichstein, Adolf Galland, Joan Clarke, Gene Kelly, and Solomon Asch. After him are Sergiu Celibidache, Artur Axmann, Marcel Carné, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, René Clément, and Mohammad Najibullah.
1913 - 2005
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 26
1913 - 2012
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 27
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 28
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 29
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 30
1913 - 1970
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 31
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 32
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
1913 - 2004
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 34
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 35
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 36
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 37
1913 - 1993
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 38
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 16
1897 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 17
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 18
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 19
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 20
1907 - 1996
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 21
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 22
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 23
1913 - 1996
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 24
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 25
1934 - 1996
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 26
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 27
1947 - 1996
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 28
Among people born in Italy, Silvio Piola ranks 811 out of 4,668. Before him are Giulia Farnese (1474), Occhiali (1519), Gianni Rivera (1943), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Pescennius Niger (135), and Domenico Modugno (1928). After him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), William I of Sicily (1126), and Tarcisio Bertone (1934).
1474 - 1524
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 805
1519 - 1587
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 806
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 807
1280 - 1348
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 808
135 - 194
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 809
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 810
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 811
1498 - 1526
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 812
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 813
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 814
1138 - 1194
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 815
1126 - 1166
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 816
1934 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 817
Among soccer players born in Italy, Silvio Piola ranks 8. Before him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Roberto Baggio (1967), Paolo Maldini (1968), Paolo Rossi (1956), Giacinto Facchetti (1942), and Gianni Rivera (1943). After him are Gianluigi Buffon (1978), Francesco Totti (1976), Roberto Mancini (1964), Franco Baresi (1960), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), and Filippo Inzaghi (1973).
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 3
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 4
1956 - 2020
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 5
1942 - 2006
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 7
1913 - 1996
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 12
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 13
1973 - Present
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 14