Andrea Pozzato (born 15 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, currently contracted with Trapani.

Career

Juventus

Pozzato began his professional career within the youth ranks of Serie A giants,

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. In 2006–07 season he was the backup of

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along with

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. Pozzato was graduated from the ''Primavera'' youth squad in 2007, and was loaned out to Tritium for his first full season, in attempt to gain regular playing time. The young keeper managed to obtain a starting position at the club, making 34 starts in his lone season.

Lega Pro career

In summer 2008 he left for

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

team

Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its ca ...

in co-ownership deal. In June 2010 Juve gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Canavese. In July 2010 he left Canavese to join Melfi. After spending the first half of the 2011–12 season as a free agent, he signed a contract in January 2012 to become second goalkeeper at Lega Pro Prima Divisione promotion hopefuls Trapani; he played two regular season games, plus both legs in the subsequent promotion playoff semifinals against

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

(ended in a win for his side).

Notes

1988 births Living people Italian men's footballers Juventus FC players Tritium Calcio 1908 players FC Canavese players Footballers from Novara Men's association football goalkeepers {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub