Pietro Spinosa (born 5 January 1963) is an Italian

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manager who is the goalkeeper coach of

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Career

Playing career

Spinosa started his career with Italian fourth tier side

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. In 1984, Spinosa signed for

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in the Italian third tier, where he made over 101 league appearances and scored 0 goals. In 1994, he signed for Italian fourth tier club Civitanovese. In 1995, Spinosa signed for Castel di Sangro in the Italian third tier, where during the play-off final against

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he was substituted on before the penalty shoot-out and made the decisive save, helping them earn promotion to the Italian second tier for the first time.

Managerial career

In 1997, Spinosa was appointed goalkeeper coach of Italian third tier team Savoia. In 1999, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of

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in the United States. In 2001, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of Italian third tier outfit

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. In 2004, Spinos returned to

in the Italian

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. In 2009, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of Belgian second tier side

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. In 2011, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of CFR Cluj in the Romanian top flight. After that, Spinosa was appointed goalkeeper coach of Italian

club Chievo. In 2013, he returned to

in the United States. In 2014, he was appointed goalkeeper coach of Indian top flight team

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. In 2020, Spinosa was appointed goalkeeper coach of

in Italy.

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Pietro Spinosa
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