# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/silvio-piola
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:56:14.193Z

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name: "Silvio Piola"
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description: "The only player to retire as the all-time top scorer for three different Serie A clubs. Piola's 290 first-division goals — a record that still stands — came across two decades when defending was a religion and pitches were mud."
tagline: "Italian footballer and manager (1913-1996)"
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birthDate: "1913-09-29"
deathDate: "1996-10-04"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in 1913, Piola turned professional as a striker in an era when Italian football was still finding its shape. He broke through at Pro Vercelli, then moved to Lazio, racking up goals with a consistency that defied the war-interrupted seasons and the brutal marking of the time. In 1938 he scored twice in the World Cup final as Italy took the trophy, finishing the tournament as second-top scorer. He kept playing into the postwar years, adding a stint at Novara and pushing his Serie A tally to 274 goals — a mark no one has touched since. When he retired he'd scored 364 in official competitions, 682 if you count everything. He died in 1996; within two years, stadiums in Novara and Vercelli both carried his name.