Mario Pizziolo (; 8 December 1909 – 30 April 1990) was an

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football player and manager, who played as a central or defensive

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Club career

Pizziolo was born in Castellammare Adriatico,

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. He started his club career in the youth teams of Livorno and Ternana, and later played for the

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senior side (1925–1929), before joining the senior team of

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, where he played between 1929 and 1936, playing 203 matches and scoring three goals in all competitions. He retired at 27.

International career

Pizziolo played twelve matches for

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between 1933 and 1934, scoring one goal. He was part of the gold-winning

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squad, and of the side that won the

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on home soil, in which he played one game, the first leg of the quarter-finals against

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, in which he got seriously injured, breaking one of his legs, in a 1–1 draw after extra-time. He would not play for Italy again. As Pizziolo could not play any of the other games or the final match for Italy, he was not awarded a medal for his performance until 1988, two years before he died, in

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, at the age of 80.

Honours

Player

Club

;Fiorentina *

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International

;

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* Central European International Cup: 1933–35

Manager

;Pescara *

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: 1940–41

Individual

* ACF Fiorentina Hall of Fame: 2012

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Mario Pizziolo
at FIGC.it *

at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it * * 1909 births 1990 deaths Footballers from the Province of Pescara Italian men's footballers Italy men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players US Livorno 1915 players Ternana Calcio players ACF Fiorentina players 1934 FIFA World Cup players US Pistoiese 1921 players Delfino Pescara 1936 managers Italian football managers {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub