Davide Pinato (born 15 March 1964) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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. He now works as a goalkeeping coach. As of the 2015–16 season, he holds the sixth best
Italian football record for the
longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in
Serie A
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, which he managed during the
1997–98 season, with
Atalanta
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.
Playing career
Monza and Milan
Born in
Monza
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, Pinato started his career at hometown club
Monza
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. He entered into first team in summer 1985, after Monza's relegation to
Serie B
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. He played 14 times during the 1985–86 season, and he later overtook the
Alberto Torresin as the club's starting goalkeeper at the beginning of the 1986–87 season. During the 1987–88 season, his regular place was taken by
Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Stefano Antonioli (born 14 September 1969) is an Italian former footballer who played as goalkeeper. He was the oldest footballer in Serie A until his club Cesena were relegated to Serie B at the end of the 2011–12 season, after wh ...
. He won promotion with club in the summer of
1988
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, and was personally given a chance to move to
A.C. Milan
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, along with Antonioli; Monza acquired
Giulio Nuciari
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Career
Nuciari was born in Piovene Rocchette, Province of Vicenza. He started his playing career with Montecatini, on loan from Tern ...
in return. At Milan,
Giovanni Galli was the regular starter, and Pinato only played twice that
season
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, as Milan won the
European Cup
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.
Pinato returned to Monza in the summer of 1989, which was also to be his last spell at the club, due to their relegation to
Serie C1
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in the summer of
1990
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. In his last Monza season, after Nuciari's departure, his only competitor were
Luca Pellini and young youth product,
Ivan Aiardi; Pinato played almost all of the club's Serie B games.
Atalanta and later career
At Atalanta, he was initially the understudy to
Fabrizio Ferron during the 1990–96 seasons, therefore missing out on a starting spot during his physical prime. He was sent on loan to
Piacenza Calcio
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during the 1991–92 season, and secured a regular place in the starting line-up over
Rino Gandini. When Ferron left in the summer of 1996, Pinato became the regular starter, keeping the new signing
Davide Micillo on the bench. The following season,
Alberto Fontana arrived, and Pinato was once again relegated to the bench, despite having managed what is currently the
6th longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A, and the 4th best at the time, during the
1997–98 season, setting a 757-minute unbeaten streak.
Fontana left in January
2001
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, but Pinato was too old to compete for a regular starting place with the young rising star
Ivan Pelizzoli
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Club career Early career
After playing for Atalanta and Triestina from 1997 to 2000, he made his Serie A debut with Atalanta on 5 ...
. Pelizzoli left in summer 2001 to
Roma
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, but Pinato could only secure five games from new signing
Massimo Taibi
Massimo Taibi (; born 18 February 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1. He had a brief spell at English club Manchester United.
Career
Italy
Ta ...
. He played his last Serie A match against
Udinese
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on 3 March 2002, at the age of .
In the summer of 2002, Pinato left Atalanta, signing with
Serie B
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club
U.C. Sampdoria
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, where he played the last season of his career as the backup of
Luigi Turci, who had been Udinese's goalkeeper the previous season, Pinato's last opponent in Serie A.
Coaching career
Following his retirement, Pinato pursued a career as a goalkeeping coach with Milan.
[
]
Honours
A.C. Milan[
*]European Cup
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: 1988–89
Atalanta
*Serie A
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promotion (Serie B
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fourth place): 1994–95, 1999–2000
Monza
*Serie B
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promotion (Serie C1
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runner-up): 1987–88
External links
Profile at Footballplus.com
Davide Pinato Profile at Tuttocalciatori.net
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinato, Davide
1964 births
Living people
Italian footballers
A.C. Monza players
A.C. Milan players
Atalanta B.C. players
Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
U.C. Sampdoria players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Association football goalkeepers
Sportspeople from Monza
Footballers from Lombardy