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Davide Pinato (born 15 March 1964) is an Italian former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
. 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 The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
, which he managed during the 1997–98 season, with
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.


Playing career


Monza and Milan

Born in
Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
, Pinato started his career at hometown club
Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
. He entered into first team in summer 1985, after Monza's relegation to
Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
. 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
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, and was personally given a chance to move to
A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...
, along with Antonioli; Monza acquired
Giulio Nuciari Giulio Nuciari (born 26 April 1960) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. 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
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, as Milan won the
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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 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...
in the summer of
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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 Piacenza Calcio 1919, commonly referred to as Piacenza, is an Italian football club based in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. The club currently plays in Serie C. Re-founded in 2012, Piacenza Calcio 1919 acquired the rights to use the brand of the ori ...
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
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, but Pinato was too old to compete for a regular starting place with the young rising star
Ivan Pelizzoli Ivan Pelizzoli (; born 18 November 1980) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. 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
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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 Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...
on 3 March 2002, at the age of . In the summer of 2002, Pinato left Atalanta, signing with
Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
club
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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 The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
: 1988–89 Atalanta *
Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...
promotion (
Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
fourth place): 1994–95, 1999–2000 Monza *
Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
promotion (
Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...
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