Personal information | |||
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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 | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Montreal Impact (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Vanier Cheetahs | |||
Concordia Stingers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1992 | Montreal Supra | 16 | (1) |
1993–1998 | Montreal Impact | 108 | (32) |
1995–1997 | Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) | 57 | (48) |
1999 | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 28 | (8) |
1997–2000 | Montreal Impact (indoor) | 116 | (133) |
2000–2009 | Montreal Impact | 235 | (40) |
2000–2001 | Toronto Thunderhawks (indoor) | 39 | (44) |
Total | 389 | (81) | |
National team | |||
1995–2000 | Canada | 4 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2012–2015 | Montreal Impact (Assistant) | ||
2015– | Montreal Impact | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mauro Biello (born August 8, 1972) is a former Canadian International and professional soccer player who is currently the head coach of the Montreal Impact of Major League Soccer.
He spent the majority of his active playing career with the Canadian and American lower division, playing for teams such as Montreal Supra and the Rochester Raging Rhinos; he spent a total of 16 seasons with the second division Montreal Impact, for whom he is the all-time statistical leader in goals and appearances, with over 80 goals and over 300 games for the team.
Biello also played several seasons of professional indoor soccer, and was capped four times by the Canada men's national soccer team.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Biello attended St. Monica's Elementary School and Marymount Academy, and played college soccer at Vanier College and Concordia University.
Biello began his professional 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. Biello 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. In addition to playing for Montreal during the outdoor season, Biello also spent two seasons, 1995–1997, with the Buffalo Blizzard in the National Professional Soccer League. In 1997, the Impact entered the NPSL. Consequently, Biello played both indoor and outdoor seasons with Montreal.