Enzo Di Pede

Enzo Di Pede
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-01-03) January 3, 1957
Place of birth Sora, Italy
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 New York Arrows (indoor) 21 (0)
1979–1980 Rochester Lancers 22 (0)
1980–1981 Chicago Horizons (indoor) 16 (0)
1981–1986 Kansas City Comets (indoor) 114 (0)
1986–1987 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Enzo Di Pede (born January 3, 1957) is a retired Italian goalkeeper who played in the North American Soccer League and the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).

Di Pede was a member of the MISL Champion New York Arrows as a backup goalkeeper in 1979–1980. Di Pede won MISL Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 1981 as a member of the Chicago Horizon[1] and later played for the Kansas City Comets. On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season as a backup.[2]

Born in Italy, he and his family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Di Pede idolized long-time Italian national team goalkeeper Dino Zoff as a young soccer player.

Di Pede led a series of youth soccer camps in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. with several fellow MISL players. After retiring, Di Pede opened a bagel shop and catering company in Kansas City.

References

  1. "MISL Yearly Award Winners". OurSports Central. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  2. October 8, 1986 Transactions
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