Alonso Piola (born 1 November 1979) is an

Italian Brazilian Italian Brazilians (, ) are Brazilians of full or partial Italy, Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Brazil during the Italian diaspora, or more recent Italian-born people who've settled in Brazil. Italian Brazilians ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People *Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Smal ...

. He is a relative of the former Italian footballer

Silvio Piola Silvio Piola (; 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 ...

Career

Piola started his career in Italy with

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. He was loaned to Gualdo, then to Austrian club

Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared. History Tirol Innsbruck was formed after the dissolvement of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1992 which w ...

., Pro Sesto (along with Luca Anania) and

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known for being the centre of the Ita ...

along with Daniele Ricci. Piola returned to Inter in January, and then left for

Castel di Sangro Castel di Sangro (locally ''Caštiéllë'') is a city and ''comune'' of 6,461 people (as of 2013) in the Province of L'Aquila, in Abruzzo, central Italy. It is the main city of the Alto Sangro e Altopiano delle Cinque Miglia area. Geography Caste ...

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

. In 2004–05 season he left for Challenge League side

Wohlen Wohlen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest known settlements in Wohlen date from the late Hallstatt era (600-500 BC). This settlement left two clusters of burial mounds ...

. In May 2007 Piola returned to his hometown club

Concórdia Concórdia is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It was founded by colonizers of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, basically descendants of Italians and Germans, who immigrated to Brazil in the 19th century. It is located 480 km west o ...

for 2007 Campeonato Catarinense Divisão de Acesso and 2009 Campeonato Catarinense Divisão Especial. In May 2010 he left Concórdia for Juventude of Santa Catarina.BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E)RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 24 May 2010

References

External links

Profile at CBF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Piola, Alonso Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Inter Milan players Pro Sesto 1913 players US Sassuolo Calcio players FC Wohlen players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Men's association football forwards Footballers from Santa Catarina (state) Brazilian people of Italian descent 1979 births Living people People from Concórdia, Santa Catarina