Stefano Pettinari (born 27 January 1992) is an Italian professional

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who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for club Reggiana.

Club career

Pettinari was born in

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, and made his debut for

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first team on 16 December 2009, in an

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game against

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. Then he made his

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debut on 20 March 2010, when he came on as a substitute for

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in the 87th minute of the game against Udinese. He spent the first part of the 2010–11 season on loan to

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club

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, but he didn't find any occasion to play so in January 2011 he came back to Roma, where he trained with the first team. In July 2011 he was sent on loan to Serie B club

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

for the 2011–12 season. On 17 September 2011 he scored his first league goal in the home match won 2–1 against

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. In June 2012 Crotone excised the option to buy him in a co-ownership deal for €250,000. In June 2014 he returned to Roma for €500,000. On 24 July 2015 he was signed by

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. He wore no.9 shirt for

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, but on 5 September given to

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. Pettinari took no.20 shirt from

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instead. On 13 January 2016 he was signed by

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

on loan. He scored 2 goals in 14 appearances in the

. On 25 August 2016 he moved to

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, this time on a permanent basis. He made his second

appearance on 19 November 2016 against

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at the Juventus Stadium. He played in 6 matches before being sent to Serie B club

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on loan in January 2017. He was a key figure in Ternana's team that managed to avoid relegation to

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. Pettinari came back to Pescara at the start of the

2017–18 Serie B The 2017–18 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 returning from the 2016–17 Serie B season, 4 promoted from 2016–1 ...

season and immediately gained a place in the starting line up. He scored 13 goals in 38 appearances in the Serie B and 1 goal in 2 appearances in the

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. On 28 June 2018 he was signed by Serie B side

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on a permanent basis. On 28 January 2019 he returned to

on loan. On 17 June 2020 he joined

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on a permanent basis. On 13 October 2020, soon after Trapani was excluded from all professional leagues, Pettinari returned to Lecce. On 15 July 2021, he returned to

on a three-year contract. In January 2023, he joined

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on loan with the right to make the move permanent. On 11 August 2023, Pettinari moved to Reggiana.

International career

He has already played for U-16, U-17 and U-19 national teams.

Career Statistics

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettinari, Stefano 1992 births Footballers from Rome Living people Italian men's footballers AS Roma players Como 1907 players Latina Calcio 1932 players Delfino Pescara 1936 players LR Vicenza players FC Crotone players US Lecce players Ternana Calcio players Benevento Calcio players AC Reggiana 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders