Jorge Piotti or Georgio Piotti (born 1940) is an Argentine

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and former footballer who played as a

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Career

Piotti played with

Club Atlético Platense Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink". Although the club hosts many activities, Pla ...

, and with

Calcio Catania Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in Serie C. Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the clu ...

. In 1964, he played in the

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with

Toronto Italia The National Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Teams were primarily based in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The league was renamed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993 following the folding ...

. In his debut season with Italia he was selected for the ECPSL All-Star team. He assisted Italia by reaching the ECPSL Championship finals match, but were defeated by

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. He re-signed with Toronto Italia for the 1965 season. He assisted in securing the ECPSL Championship title against Primo Hamilton FC. After three seasons with Toronto Italia he played in the American Soccer League in 1967 with

Boston Tigers Boston Metros were an American soccer club based in Boston, Massachusetts that were a member of the American Soccer League. In their second season, the Metros joined the Eastern Professional Soccer Conference. After the EPSC folded at the end of ...

. For the remainder of the 1967 season he played in the

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with Toronto Roma. In 1968, he played in the

North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984. It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the ...

with

Los Angeles Wolves The Los Angeles Wolves were an American professional Association football, soccer team that played for two seasons. In 1967 they played in the United Soccer Association, finishing as champions, and in 1968 North American Soccer League season, ...

. In 1969, he returned to the American Soccer League to play with the Rochester Lancers. In 1970, he returned to play in the NSL with Hellas. 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. For the 1971 NSL season he played with Toronto First Portuguese. He returned to former team Toronto Italia for the 1972 NSL season. He also played with Italia during the 1973 indoor season in the Toronto Indoor Soccer League. He re-signed with Italia for the 1973 season.

Managerial

In 1983, he was named the technical director and head coach for Dinamo Latino in the

. Piotti was the head coach for Pineto United in 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Piotti, Jorge 1938 births Argentine football managers Argentine men's footballers Club Atlético Platense footballers Catania FC players Toronto Italia players Toronto First Portuguese players Boston Tigers players Toronto Roma players Los Angeles Wolves players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Canadian National Soccer League players Footballers from Buenos Aires Canadian National Soccer League coaches Living people Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate men's footballers