Carlos Metidieri

Carlos Metidieri
Personal information
Full name Jose Carlos Metidieri
Date of birth (1942-12-18) December 18, 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth Sorocaba, Brazil
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Toronto Italia ? (70)
1964–1965 Boston Metros[1] ? (?)
1965–1966 Toronto Italia ? (70)
1967 Boston Rovers 0 (0)
1967 Toronto Inter-Roma
1968 Los Angeles Wolves 32 (16)
1970–1973 Rochester Lancers 78 (40)
1971 Rochester Lancers (indoor) 2 (1)
1974–1975 Boston Minutemen 20 (5)
1978 Buffalo Blazers
1979–1980 Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 32 (10)
International career
1973 United States 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jose Carlos Metidieri (born December 18, 1942) is a retired soccer player who played as a forward. He played professionally in Canada with Toronto Italia and the United States with the Rochester Lancers. He was the leading scorer of the North American Soccer League in 1970 and 1971 with the Lancers and was named the league's Most Valuable Player—the only player in the league's history to receive both awards in consecutive seasons.[2] Born in Brazil, he earned two caps for the United States national team in 1973.

  1. ^ "2 New Stars Join Metros". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1964.
  2. ^ "NASL League History". National Soccer Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2010.