Jorge Piotti

Jorge Piotti (born 1940) is an Argentine football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Jorge Piotti
Personal information
Date of birth 1940
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1959 Club Atlético Platense 79 (25)
1964–1966 Toronto Italia
1966–1967 Boston Tigers
1968 Los Angeles Wolves 22 (3)
1969 Rochester Lancers
1970 Hellas
1971 Toronto First Portuguese
1972–1973 Toronto Italia
Teams managed
1983 Dinamo Latino
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Piotti played with Club Atlético Platense, and with Calcio Catania.[1] In 1964, he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia.[2] In his debut season with Italia he was selected for the ECPSL All-Star team.[3] He assisted Italia by reaching the ECPSL Championship finals match, but were defeated by Toronto City.[4]

He re-signed with Toronto Italia for the 1965 season.[5] He assisted in securing the ECPSL Championship title against Primo Hamilton FC.[6] After three seasons with Toronto Italia he played in the American Soccer League in 1967 with Boston Tigers.[7][8] In 1968, he played in the North American Soccer League with Los Angeles Wolves.[9][10] In 1969, he returned to the American Soccer League to play with the Rochester Lancers.[11]

In 1970, he returned to play in Canada this time in the National Soccer League with Hellas.[12] The Ontario Football Association suspend Piotti and former Italia teammate Carlos Metidieri in 1970 for appearing in a match with Hellas while under contract to the Rochester Lancers.[13] For the 1971 NSL season he played with Toronto First Portuguese.[14] He returned to former team Toronto Italia for the 1972 NSL season.[15] He also played with Italia during the 1973 indoor season in the Toronto Indoor Soccer League.[16] He re-signed with Italia for the 1973 season.[17]

Managerial

In 1983, he was named the technical director and head coach for Dinamo Latino in the National Soccer League.[18][19] Piotti was the head coach for Pineto United in 1989.[20]

References
  1. "Toronto Italia Signs Top Soccer Scorer". The Globe and Mail. March 31, 1965. p. 29.
  2. Rimstead, Paul (June 24, 1964). "Italia's tiny twins are soccer giants". Toronto Daily Star. p. 16.
  3. "Hamilton Steelers Under New Sponsor". The Globe and Mail. November 10, 1964. p. 35.
  4. Waring, Ed (September 14, 1964). "Soccer Crown on Toronto City". The Globe and Mail. p. 20.
  5. Kernaghan, Jim (May 1, 1965). "Grab brightest stars is the game's name". Toronto Daily Star. p. 41.
  6. Waring, Ed (September 23, 1965). "Italia Wins Soccer Crown But Finds Season Costly". The Globe and Mail. p. 28.
  7. "Hartford Soccer Team Seeks Crown". Newspapers.com. Hartford Courant. July 13, 1967. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  8. Waring, Ed (April 27, 1967). "Won't be outlaw: Falcons' star Carlos Metidieri going to Boston". The Globe and Mail. p. 27.
  9. "Another rap for Stojovic". Toronto Daily Star. August 29, 1968. p. C20.
  10. "NASL-Jorge Piotti". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  11. "Lancers Start with 1-0 Victory". Newspapers.com. Democrat and Chronicle. May 5, 1969. p. 41. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  12. McHugh, John (August 26, 1970). "Goalie's great game wasted on Apollo offence sputters". Toronto Daily Star. p. 14.
  13. "Suspended soccer stars". Toronto Daily Star. March 17, 1970. p. 13.
  14. "Sudbury beaten twice in games at Toronto". The Globe and Mail. October 4, 1971. p. S7.
  15. Waring, Ed (July 10, 1972). "Piotti to be reported for charging officials after tie: Dispute arises after claim of goal on shot by Italia's Oscar Marin". The Globe and Mail. p. S3.
  16. "Piotti signs TISL contract". The Globe and Mail. February 13, 1973. p. 32.
  17. "One-goal win". Toronto Star. July 13, 1973. p. 19.
  18. ""Me Gusta el Futbol Rapido, Simple de Rotacion y Marca": Jorge Piotti Entrenador de Dinamo". El Popular. April 27, 1983. p. 11.
  19. "Dinamo Latino Debuta el 2 de Mayo Frente al Panhellenic". El Popular. April 20, 1983. p. 9.
  20. Laskaris, Sam (September 14, 1989). "Injuries a setback for soccer hopefuls". Toronto Star. p. N20.
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