Matteo Chinellato (born 2 September 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Youth career

Born in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

, Veneto, Chinellato started his career in various Treviso clubs. Chinellato played for AC Casier–Dosson until 2004 (office in Casier ''

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'' of

Casier Casier is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Treviso, Veneto region, in north-eastern Italy. The commune has its seat in Dosson di Casier, and includes the localities of Frescada (partially), Le Grazie (partially), La Sicilia, Cà Matte. Cul ...

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'' of the

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, stadia in Dosson ''frazione'' of Casier). Chinellato was signed by

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in 2004 but released in December 2004. Chinellato was the member of ASD Cipriano–Catron's ''Allievi B'' team (U16 team) in Veneto regional ( it, Regionali) ''Allievi'' League Second Division ( it, Fascia B) in 2006–07 season. The team was located in San Cipriano ''frazione'' of

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. Chinellato left for Venezia's ''Allievi'' U17 team in 2007–08 season, for

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. The team entered the quarter-finals of the playoffs. Chinellato was promoted to the reserve (U20 team) in 2008–09 season, for

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, the Lega Pro version of the reserve league.

Venezia & Fiorentina

Chinellato started his professional career at the capital of Veneto region, in Venice. During his Venezia career, he was selected to Italy U20 Serie C team in 2009 Lega Pro Quadrangular Tournament on 20–22 January. He scored once and finished as the runner-up in that youth tournament. Before the tournament, Chinellato made his debut for

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on 11 January 2009. On 2 February 2009 Chinellato left for

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for €100,000 (with Lorenzo Morelli moved to Venice in temporary deal for free). However, he was released on 19 November 2009.ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2009 Chinellato only played 3 times for ''la Viola'' reserve, all in 2008–09 season.

Genoa

In January 2010 Chinellato was signed by

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and scored 8 goals for the reserve in half-season, as team top-scorer. Along with

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and

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, they were the protagonist for the reserve to win the reserve league title –

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. All 3 attackers were left for Italian clubs in lower divisions in 2010–11 season in temporary deals (for free), which Chinellato was signed by the third division club Reggiana along with

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. That season Genoa also signed

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and

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(both youth internationals centre forward born 1991), made Chinellato did not had chance in first team and youth team, and left for professional team to gain experience instead. However, Chinellato only made 2 starts for Reggiana in

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. Despite not a regular player in professional matches, Chinellato received his only

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call-up in February 2011 against

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. He substituted

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in the first half and was substituted by

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in the second half.

Milan

In July 2011, Chinellato followed the footsteps of El Shaarawy who joined Milan in June for €10 million (with

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moved to Genoa for €5 million). Likes El Shaarawy and Merkel, Chinellato also left for Milan in co-ownership deal for €1.75 millionGenoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2011 with Nicola Pasini moved to Genoa (€1.65 million). That season Milan and Genoa formed four swap deals in total,, which

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moved to Milan for €950,000 and Mario Sampirisi to Genoa for €1 million on 30 August 2011. Chinellato–Pasini–Pelé–Sampirisi deals made Milan paid Genoa just €50,000 in net. Chinellato was immediately left for another third division club

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. However, despite Chinellato made more starts (10 games), Chinellato scored 3 goals only in

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. On 1 June 2012, Genoa bought Pasini and Sampirisi outright; Chinellato and Pelé also moved to Milan outright. All 4 deals for the original price except €50,000 discount for Pelé to make the 4 deals effectively a pure player swap. On 19 July 2012, Chinellato joined

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side

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on a loan deal. On 27 July 2013, Chinellato signed for

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club

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on another loan deal. On 21 January 2014 he was signed by

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. On 17 July 2014 he was re-signed by Südtirol in a 2-year loan. On 31 August 2015 Chinellato was signed by

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in a temporary deal.

Como

On 18 July 2016 Chinellato was signed by

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Padova

On 16 January 2019, he joined

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Lecco

On 9 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

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Imolese

On 15 January 2020, he moved to Imolese. On 30 September 2020, he joined

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on a season-long loan.

Trento

On 28 July 2021, he joined A.C. Trento.

Sambenedettese

On 16 August 2022, Chinellato moved to

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FIGC

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