Ardo Perri is a retired Italian-Canadian soccer

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who played professionally in the

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and Major Indoor Soccer League. Born in Italy, Perri attended Mohawk College in Canada where he played on the men's soccer team. He played both goalkeeper and as forward. In his second season with the Mountaineers, he led the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association with the lowest

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and was the team's second leading scorer. He was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 2009. In 1975, he played for the Rochester Lancers in the

. In 1979, he played in the National Soccer League with

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. He continued playing with Hamilton once the team was renamed the Hamilton Steelers, and assisted in securing the

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(NSL Championship & regular season title) in 1981. In 1983 he played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League when Hamilton became a charter member. He also played amateur ball with the Hamilton Italo-Canadians. In 2013, he was inducted into the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perri, Ardo 1950 births Buffalo Stallions players Canadian soccer players Hamilton Steelers (1981–1992) players Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players Italian footballers Italian expatriate footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Philadelphia Fever (MISL) players Living people Association football goalkeepers Canadian National Soccer League players