{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1957)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Enzo Di Pede | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|3}} | birth_place = Sora, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1976–1978 | clubs1 = Toronto Italia | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1978–1980 | clubs2 = New York Arrows (indoor) | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1979–1980 | clubs3 = Rochester Lancers | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 1980–1981 | clubs4 = Chicago Horizons (indoor) | caps4 = 16 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1981–1986 | clubs5 = Kansas City Comets (indoor) | caps5 = 114 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 1986–1987 | clubs6 = Minnesota Strikers (indoor) | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1979 | nationalteam1 = Canada U23 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Enzo Di Pede''' (born January 3, 1957) is a retired Italian-born goalkeeper who played in the North American Soccer League and the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL).
== Career == In 1976, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia for three seasons.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Waring|first=Ed|date=September 20, 1976|title=Italian team refuses to accept trophies from Allan Lamport|page=S3|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Jose|first=Colin|title=On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario|publisher=Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2001|location=Vaughan, Ontario|pages=198}}</ref> Di Pede was a member of the MISL Champion New York Arrows as a backup goalkeeper in 1979–1980. Di Pede won MISL Goalkeeper of the Year honors in 1981 as a member of the Chicago Horizons<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/misl/awards.html |title=MISL Yearly Award Winners |publisher=OurSports Central |access-date=March 1, 2011}}</ref> and later played for the Kansas City Comets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/29/The-Kansas-City-Comets-have-signed-goalkeeper-Enzo-DiPede/2133494136000/|title=The Kansas City Comets have signed goalkeeper Enzo DiPede...|date=August 29, 1985|website=UPI|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> On October 7, 1986, the Minnesota Strikers signed Di Pede, but he spent the season as a backup.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19861008&id=z0EyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6eUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6389,1749993 October 8, 1986 Transactions]</ref>
== International career == Di Pede played with the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, and made his debut on April 1, 1979 against Bermuda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?pid=977&t=profile&|title=Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|date=21 November 2019 |access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11v11.com/players/enzo-dipede-101774/|title=Enzo Dipede|website=11v11.com|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref>
== Personal life == Born in Italy, he and his family immigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Di Pede idolized long-time Italy national team goalkeeper Dino Zoff as a young soccer player.
Di Pede led a series of youth soccer camps in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. with several fellow MISL players. After retiring, Di Pede, along with teammate Gino Schiraldi, opened a bagel shop and catering company in Kansas City.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/D/DiPede.Enzo.htm Career stats]
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