Lorenzo Pinamonte (born 9 May 1978) is a retired Italian footballer who last played as a midfielder and forward for

Brindisi Brindisi ( , ) ; la, Brundisium; grc, Βρεντέσιον, translit=Brentésion; cms, Brunda), group=pron is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Histo ...

. He also spent a number of seasons in England playing for Bristol City,

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

, Brighton & Hove Albion,

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

and Leyton Orient.

Career in England

Pinamonte made his debut for Bristol City in a First Division match; a 1–0 home win against Norwich City at Ashton Gate on 9 May 1999 in which he scored the only goal of the game. He had two loan spells whilst at Bristol City; the first to Carlisle United in March 1999, but he didn't make any appearances. The second to Brighton & Hove Albion in late 1999. At Brighton he made 9 league appearances and scored 2 goals; both coming in a 4–2 win over Exeter City in January 2000. Shortly afterwards he signed for Brentford where he remained until July 2001. Whilst at Brentford he had a loan spell at Leyton Orient where he scored on his debut against Halifax Town.

Later career

He returned to Italy in 2001 joining Castel di Sangro in the

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 ...

, then playing at Serie C1 and

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

with

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

, Novara,

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

and Lumezzane. In November 2008 he left Lumezzane to join Serie D team

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* Living people 1978 births Italian men's footballers Bristol City F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players SS Arezzo players Novara FC players Benevento Calcio players FC Lumezzane players Brindisi FC players English Football League players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Province of Verona {{Italy-footy-forward-1970s-stub