Full name: | Mario Assunto Nicolini Pretotto |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Date of Birth: | 14 August 1944 |
Place of Birth: | Treviso, Veneto, Italy |
Date of Death: | 2003 |
Place of Death: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Playing career:
Season | Club | Gpd | Gls |
Toronto Italia “B” | |||
1963 | Toronto Italia | ||
1964 | |||
1965 | |||
1966 | Toronto Italia-Falcons | ||
1967 | |||
1968 | |||
1969 | Toronto Italia | ||
1970 | Toronto Hungaria |
Bio:
Mario started his career with the St. Thomas Aquinas club before progressing to Toronto Italia’s “B” team.
He was promoted to Italia’s first team in 1963. He was the back-up for former Northern Ireland Goalkeeper of the Year Roy Rea.
In the 1966 season he was the back-up goalkeeper for Toronto Italia in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League. The club’s first-choice goalkeeper was former Aston Villa goalie Nigel Sims.
In the 1969 season he played for the re-formed Toronto Italia club in the National Soccer League.
Before the start of the 1970 National Soccer League season Mario joined Toronto Hungaria.
He later became a youth coach.
Mario passed away in 2003 in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 58.
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