Enzo Di Pede

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| name = Enzo Di Pede

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|3}}

| birth_place = Sora, Italy

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = 1976–1978

| clubs1 = Toronto Italia

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| years2 = 1978–1980

| clubs2 = New York Arrows (indoor)

| caps2 = 21

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1979–1980

| clubs3 = Rochester Lancers

| caps3 = 22

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1980–1981

| clubs4 = Chicago Horizons (indoor)

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1981–1986

| clubs5 = Kansas City Comets (indoor)

| caps5 = 114

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1986–1987

| clubs6 = Minnesota Strikers (indoor)

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1979

| nationalteam1 = Canada U23

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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

Career

In 1976, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia for three seasons.{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=September 20, 1976|title=Italian team refuses to accept trophies from Allan Lamport|page=S3|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{Cite book|last=Jose|first=Colin|title=On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario|publisher=Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2001|location=Vaughan, Ontario|pages=198}} 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 Horizons{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/awards.html |title=MISL Yearly Award Winners |publisher=OurSports Central |access-date=March 1, 2011}} and later played for the Kansas City Comets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/29/The-Kansas-City-Comets-have-signed-goalkeeper-Enzo-DiPede/2133494136000/|title=The Kansas City Comets have signed goalkeeper Enzo DiPede...|date=August 29, 1985|website=UPI|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28}} On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season as a backup.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19861008&id=z0EyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6eUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6389,1749993 October 8, 1986 Transactions]

International career

Di Pede played with the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, and made his debut on April 1, 1979 against Bermuda.{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?pid=977&t=profile&|title=Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|access-date=2020-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/enzo-dipede-101774/|title=Enzo Dipede|website=11v11.com|access-date=2020-03-28}}

Personal life

Born in Italy, he and his family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Di Pede idolized long-time Italy 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, along with teammate Gino Schiraldi, opened a bagel shop and catering company in Kansas City.