Английская Википедия:Adolfo Mella

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox football biography 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.

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

References

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