Davide Pinato
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Davide Pinato is a former Italian
Italy
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 footballer
Football (soccer)
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.

Career

His name was in the book of Italian football record
Football records in Italy
-Consecutives:* 5, Juventus * 5, Torino * 5, Internazionale -Most points in a season:2 Teams in Final Round 1928–29...

 by ranked 5th (as of 2007-08 season) in longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A, during 1997-98 season at Atalanta.

Monza

Pinato started his career at hometown club Monza
A.C. Monza Brianza 1912
Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy.Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1 and Serie C2.-History:Monza was founded on 1...

. He entered into first team in summer 1985, after Monza relegation from Serie B. Played 14 times in 1985-86 season, he took the regular place from Alberto Torresin since the start of 1986-87 season. But in 1987-88 season his regular place was taken by Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Antonioli
Francesco Antonioli is an Italian footballer and goalkeeper who currently plays for Cesena. He is currently the oldest Footballer in the Serie A.-Club career:...

. He won promotion with club in summer 1988, and personally a chance to move to A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

, along with Antonioli. Monza got Giulio Nuciari
Giulio Nuciari
Giulio Nuciari is an Italian football coach and former goalkeeper.- Career :Nuciari started his playing career with Montevarchi, on loan from Ternana. After two seasons with Ternana, he signed for AC Milan where he served as backup goalkeeper, making 28 league appearances in six seasons, with 18...

 in return. At Milan, Giovanni Galli
Giovanni Galli
Giovanni Galli is an Italian former football goalkeeper and currently a politician.-Club:Galli started his professional career with ACF Fiorentina, where he played nine seasons. In 1986–87, he joined A.C. Milan, being first choice for three of his four years...

 was the regular and Pinato only played twice.

Pinato returned to Monza in summer 1989, but also his last spell at Monza, due to relegation to Serie C1
Serie C1
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 in summer 1990. In his last Monza season, with the left of Nuciari, his only competitor were Luca Pellini and young youth product Ivan Aiardi
Ivan Aiardi
Ivan Aiardi is a former professional Italian footballer.-Monza:Aiardi started his professional career at Monza, at that time part of the Province of Milan. After the relegation to Serie C1 in 1990, he was promoted to first team, as 3rd keeper behind Paolo Mancini and Massimiliano Caniato...

, he played almost all the Serie B games.

Atalanta

At Atalanta, he was first under shadow of Fabrizio Ferron
Fabrizio Ferron
Fabrizio Ferron is a former Italian footballer. He played over 300 games in Serie A.-Football career:Ferron started his career at A.C. Milan youth team...

 during 1990-96 seasons, he missed the golden age of an ordinate player. He was on loan to Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...

 in 1991-92 seaseon, and secure the regular place from Rino Gandini. Since Ferron left in summer 1996, Pinato became the regular and putting new signing Davide Micillo
Davide Micillo
Davide Micillo is an Italian professional football player who last played for A.S.D.C. Borgomanero.-External links:*...

 as backup. But in the next season, Alberto Fontana arrived, Pinato have to at the bench again despite created the 4th longest consecutive run without conceding a goal record at that time. Fontana left in January 2001, but Pinato was too old to compete the regular place with young rising star Ivan Pelizzoli
Ivan Pelizzoli
Ivan Pelizzoli is an Italian professional footballer who plays goalkeeper for Calcio Padova.-Career:After playing for Atalanta B.C. and Triestina from 1997 to 2000, he made his Serie A debut with Atalanta in 2000-2001 and was considered one of the best young goalkeepers in Italy.-Roma:In the...

. Pelizzoli left in summer 2001 to Roma, but Pinato only secure 5 games from new signing Massimo Taibi
Massimo Taibi
Massimo Taibi is a retired Italian football goalkeeper, who played for several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1.-Italy:...

. He played his last Serie A game against Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....

 on 3 March 2002, at the age of

In summer 2002, Pinato left Atalanta, signed with U.C. Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

 of Serie B. he played as the backup of Luigi Turci
Luigi Turci
Luigi Turci is a former Italian football goalkeeper. He retired after the 2006–2007 season. His last club was Cesena in Serie B. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of Padova.-Football career:...

 who played for Udinese at previous season, Pinato's last opponent.

Honours and awards

  • European Cup
    UEFA Champions League
    The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

    : 1989


Promotion through
  • Serie B
    Serie B
    Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

     4th place: 1995, 2000 (Atalanta)
  • Serie C1
    Serie C1
    Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

     Runner-up: 1988 (Monza)

External links

Profile at Footballplus.com
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