Joe Schiraldi

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Joe Schiraldi
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Schiraldi
Date of birth (1951-12-01) 1 December 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Sannicandro di Bari, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971 Toronto City
1972 Hamilton Italo-Canadians
1973–1974 Toronto Metros 12 (0)
1975–1978 Hamilton Italo-Canadians
International career
1971–1973 Canada U23 9 (1)
1972–1973 Canada 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Schiraldi is a Canadian former international soccer player.

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Career

Schiraldi played with Toronto City in 1971. [1] In 1972, he played in the National Soccer League with Hamilton Italo-Canadians. [1] [2] The following season he played in the North American Soccer League with the Toronto Metros for two seasons. [3] He returned to play in the National Soccer League in 1975 with Hamilton Italo-Canadians. [4] He also played at the college level with the University of Akron in 1971. [1]

International career

He made his debut for the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team on May 30, 1971 against Bermuda. [5] He also represented Canada in the 1971 Pan American Games. [6] He made his debut for the senior team on August 20, 1972 against the United States in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match and later featured in seven matches. [6]

Managerial career

Since retiring, Joe has been active as a youth soccer coach and camp instructor in Ontario. In July 2006, he was appointed York Region Soccer Association Regional U12 Player Development Coach. [7] He became a teacher at Brother Edmund rice catholic secondary school in Toronto for many years and then moved to Don Bosco secondary catholic school, where he taught Physical education. [8] He used to teach at Bryst Academy as the U12 coach. He now is the coach of the SSE90 boys U14 team (2019)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 231.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton signs Joe Schiraldi". The Globe and Mail. 12 June 1972. p. S6.
  3. ↑ "NASL-Joe Schiraldi". www.nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hamilton team defeats Croatia". The Globe and Mail. 1 September 1978. p. 29.
  5. ↑ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Soccer Academy of Canada" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Toronto Catholic District School Board". www.tcdsb.org. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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