Carlo "Carletto" Pellegatti (; Milan, 11 April 1950) is an Italian

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, football commentator and YouTuber. He is known for his passionate and partial commentary and interviews, when he makes use of several and creative nicknames.

Biography

Graduated in Political Sciences, he started his career in 1983 as radio commentary of AC Milan games. After a long career in ''Qui studio a voi stadio'', he started working for

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as correspondent for ''Studio Sport'' in the late 80s. Since 7 July 1994, he is a professional journalist, member of the Order of Journalists in Lombardy. In the early 2000s, he was the commentator of Milan

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games working initially for

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and then for Mediaset Premium. He also worked as columnist for Milan Channel, a role he still fulfils. He collaborated with the magazine ''Forza Milan'', then in 2011 he became ''MilanNews.it'' editorialist. He was also columnist for ''Odeon TV'' in the TV broadcast ''Campionato dei Campioni''. After 35 years, on 22 August 2018, he announced his retirement from commentary, the last one being Milan-Fiorentina on 20 May 2018. Following that, he created a YouTube channel, where he talks about Milan issues. On 1 September 2018, he changed his mind about leaving commentary, restarting his activity for ''TopCalcio24''. Since 2 September 2018, he was guest of the TV show ''Pressing''. After the latter was cancelled, he passed to Sky Sport. He is an AC Milan fan since 1957.I conti del pallone/Milan
He also cultivates an interest in

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, making predictions for ''

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''.

References

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