Leonardo Pettinari (born 23 July 1986) is an Italian retired

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 ...

and current manager.

Biography

Born in Prato,

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, Pettinari started his career at regional capital

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

for

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...

. After spent 2 seasons at Primavera team. He joined Serie C1 side Sangiovannese in co-ownership deal in summer 2006. In July 2007, he was bought back by ''La Viola'' but sold to Serie A side

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are n ...

. He failed to play any match in Serie A before joined

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side

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the ca ...

in 2008-09 season. In July 2009, he joined Serie B strugglers

Cittadella Cittadella ( vec, Sitadeła) is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around ...

in co-ownership deal, rejoined Tommaso Bellazzini, teammate at ''La Viola''. On 15 July 2010 he was sold to Atalanta. He retired in the 2012–2013 season because of heart problems. In 2014, he became coach of lower league side La Querce.

References

External links

Profile at Cittadella

Italian footballers Serie C players Serie B players Serie A players ACF Fiorentina players Reggina 1914 players Ravenna F.C. players A.S. Cittadella players Atalanta B.C. players A.S.D. Sangiovannese 1927 players S.S.D. Varese Calcio players Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Prato 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Prato Footballers from Tuscany {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub