Silvio Appiani was an Italian

Italy

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 football forward.

He has been named after the homonym stadium

Stadio Silvio Appiani

Stadio Silvio Appiani was a multi-use stadium in Padua, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of Calcio Padova matches. It was replaced by Stadio Euganeo in 1994. The capacity of the stadium was 24,000 spectators. The name is chosen in honour of Silvio Appiani.-External links:*...

 in Padua

Padua

Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...

.

Career

He made his debut with the May 4, 1913 with Padova

Calcio Padova

Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...

 in the Campionato Veneto di Promozione. In the 1913-14 season will play 2 games, against Petrarca

A.S. Petrarca Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Petrarca Calcio is an Italian football club based in Padua, Veneto. The club was formed in 1910. The team's colors are black and white. They have played in Serie A, Serie B and Serie C, but now play in the Seconda Categoria.-History:...

 and against Udinese

Udinese Calcio

Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....

. In 1914, Calcio Padova

Calcio Padova

Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...

 wins the Campionato Veneto-Emiliano di Promozione and go to the Prima Categoria dell'Italia Settentrionale culminating in fourth place behind Vicenza

Vicenza Calcio

Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A...

, Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona F.C.

Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

 and Venezia

F.B.C. Unione Venezia

Football Club Unione Venezia , commonly referred to as simply Venezia, is an Italian football club from Venice, Veneto....

. Driver and gunner of the team it was Silvio Appiani, who scored 18 goals in 14 games. In 1915 won the Coppa Veneta.

Enlist in the army during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, died on October 20, 1915 on Kras

Kras

Karst ; also known as the Karst Plateau, is a limestone borderline plateau region extending in southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy. It lies between the Vipava Valley, the low hills surrounding the valley, the westernmost part of the Brkini Hills, northern Istria, and the Gulf of Trieste...

 only 21 years due to an Austrian bombardment.

External links

• Profile at 100anni.padovacalcio.it