Adolfo Mella

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Adolfo Mella
Personal information
Full name Adolpho Mella
Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Position(s) midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991 Toronto Blizzard 1 (0)
1996–1997 Toronto Supra
1996–1997 Toronto Shooting Stars (indoor) 40 (37)
1997–1998 Montreal Impact (indoor) 26 (21)
1997–1998 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 26 (21)
1998 Toronto Lynx 9 (1)
1998–1999 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 22 (20)
2000–2001 Toronto Thunderhawks (indoor) 19 (27)
2001–2005 Brampton Hitmen
2006 Toronto Supra Portuguese 20 (1)
2007 Toronto Croatia 2 (0)
2008 Brampton Lions 7 (1)
International career
2008 Canada Futsal 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adolfo Mella is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the USL A-League, Canadian Professional Soccer League, and the National Professional Soccer League.

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Playing career

Mella played a match with the Toronto Blizzard in 1991. [1] Mella played with Richmond Hill Kick in 1992 in the National Soccer League. [2] He signed with Toronto Supra for the 1996 season. [3] During the 1996 season he was selected for the CNSL All-Star team against Toronto Italia which featured Diego Maradona. [4] In 1997, he helped Supra reach the playoffs where he scored two goals for Toronto in their 8-1 victory on goals on aggravate over Toronto Croatia. [5] [6] In finals the club faced St. Catharines Wolves, where in the final match Mella scored a goal but Supra failed to bounce back from a 4-3 defeat. [7]

During the 1996 winter season he featured in the National Professional Soccer League with the Toronto Shooting Stars, where he holds the franchise's all-time goalscorer record with 37 goals. [8] In 1997, he had a tenure with Montreal Impact during their 1997-1998 winter indoor season appearing in 26 matches and recording 21 goals. Mella signed with Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League in 1998. He made his debut for the club on July 19, 1998 in a match against Rochester Rhinos. [9] He scored his first for the organization on August 23, 1998 against his former club Montreal Impact in a 2-1 victory. [10]

In the 1998-1999 winter season he signed with Milwaukee Wave, and in 2000 he signed with expansion franchise Toronto ThunderHawks. [11] The following year Mella signed with the Brampton Hitmen in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. [12] [13] During his term with Brampton he won the CPSL Championship after defeating Vaughan Sun Devils in the playoff finals by a score of 1-0. [14] In 2006, Mella returned to his former club the Toronto Supra Portuguese for the 2006 CSL season. He made his debut for the organization in a friendly match S.C. Braga. [15] He helped Supra finish fourth in the International Division and secured a postseason berth. He featured in the quarterfinal match against the Serbian White Eagles FC, but were eliminated from the competition by a score of 3-0. [16] He had a stint with Toronto Croatia for the 2007 CSL season. [17] During his tenure with Toronto he won the Croatian World Club Championship, and concluded his career with the Brampton Lions in 2009. [18]

International career

Mella played for the Canada national futsal team, where he made six appearances and recorded one goal. [19] He made his debut for Canada on May 31, 2008 against Ukraine national futsal team. [20] He was selected to represent the Canada in the 2008 Grand Prix de Futsal. [21]

Honours

Brampton Hitmen
2003

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