Mauro Biello
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| Full name | Mauro Biello | |
| Date of birth | August 8, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
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| Current club | Montreal Impact | |
| Number | 20 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992 1993 – 1998 1999 2000 – present |
Montreal Supra Montreal Impact Rochester Rhinos Montreal Impact |
16 (1) 108 (32) 28 (8) 199 (37) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1995 – present | Canada | 4 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mauro Biello (born August 8, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian soccer player, currently playing for the Montreal Impact. Biello is the highest goalscorer in the history of Montreal Impact, a prolific centre forward who has amassed 68 goals and 287 games for the Montreal Impact, the most appearances in the history of the team. He is Argentian Descent.
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[edit] Career
Mauro was educated in Montreal attending St. Monica's elementary, Marymount Academy as well as Vanier College. He also attended Concordia University.
He began his soccer career in 1992 when he was drafted by the Montreal Supra. A year later, the team folded and Biello signed with the newly formed expansion team, the Montreal Impact of the American Professional Soccer League. Mauro helped the Impact capture the League Championship for the first time in 1994, but Biello played a small part in capturing the Championship. In 1997, Biello helped the Impact win the regular-season title by scoring 8 goals and recording 10 assists. He was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy as the Impact’s Team MVP. During the 1998 season, Biello played a major part for the Impact, scoring 11 goals and amassing 35 points (a team record which stood until the 2002 season, when Eduardo Sebrango came up with 18 goals and 36 points). At the end of the season he was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy for the second straight year.
In 1999, Biello left the Impact because the new ownership decided not to play the 1999 outdoor season in order to better prepare the 1999-2000 indoor season, which left Mauro to sign with rivals the Rochester Raging Rhinos. With Rochester, Biello enjoyed much success; he was Rochester’s leading scorer with eight goals and four assists. He also helped the Rhinos win the U.S. Open Cup for the very first time and helped reach the championship game, which Rochester lost to the Minnesota Thunder.
In 2000, Biello returned to the Impact, but the Impact didn't qualify for the playoffs that season. In 2001, coach Valerio Gazzola chose Biello to be the captain of the Montreal Impact. That year, the Impact had a struggling season both on and off the field. The team missed the playoffs for the second straight year. Biello lead the team in scoring with 8 goals and again was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy.
In 2004, Biello lead the Impact to win the club’s second League Championship, beating the Seattle Sounders. That same year, he helped the Impact win the Voyageurs Cup for the third straight year.
In 2005, he helped the Impact play a 15 game streak without a loss (10-0-5), setting a new league record. He was the Impact’s leading scorer in 2005, following a production of nine goals and three assists for a total of 21 points. Biello also was a finalist for League MVP honors, losing to Jason Jordan, and for the fourth time in his career he was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy. Mauro also helped the Impact capture the Voyageurs Cup for a fourth straight year. On December 7, 2005 Biello signed a 2 year deal with the Impact.
On July 13, 2007 he played his 300th career game with the Impact against the Carolina RailHawks. Making him the first Impact player to reach that milestone as well as the first player in USL history to play 300 games with the same team.
[edit] National team
Biello has also played for the Canadian national team making his debut in May 28, 1995 in a match against Chile. He has a total of 4 caps.
[edit] Indoor career
In the 1990s, Biello played indoor soccer in the NPSL for Buffalo, Montreal in 1999-00, and Toronto in 2000-01.
[edit] Honors
- APSL Championship (1994)
- A-League Championship (2004)
- U.S. Open Cup (1999)
- Voyageurs Cup (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
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