| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1964-03-15)15 March 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Monza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1985 | Monza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | Monza | 55 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | AC Milan | 2 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Monza | 37 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Piacenza | 28 | (0) |
| 1992–2002 | Atalanta | 73 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Davide Pinato (born 15 March 1964) is an Italian former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He now works as a goalkeeping coach. As of the 2017–18 season, he holds the 7th bestItalian football record for thelongest consecutive run without conceding a goal inSerie A, which he managed during the1997–98 season, withAtalanta.
Born inMonza, Pinato started his career at hometown clubMonza. He entered into first team in summer 1985, after Monza's relegation toSerie B. He played 14 times during the 1985–86 season, and he later overtook theAlberto Torresin as the club's starting goalkeeper at the beginning of the 1986–87 season. During the 1987–88 season, his regular place was taken byFrancesco Antonioli. He won promotion with club in the summer of1988, and was personally given a chance to move toAC Milan, along with Antonioli; Monza acquiredGiulio Nuciari in return. At Milan,Giovanni Galli was the regular starter, and Pinato only played twice thatseason, as Milan won theEuropean Cup.[1]
Pinato returned to Monza in the summer of 1989, which was also to be his last spell at the club, due to their relegation toSerie C1 in the summer of1990. In his last Monza season, after Nuciari's departure, his only competitor wereLuca Pellini and young youth product,Ivan Aiardi; Pinato played almost all of the club's Serie B games.
At Atalanta, he was initially the understudy toFabrizio Ferron during the 1990–96 seasons, therefore missing out on a starting spot during his physical prime. He was sent on loan toPiacenza Calcio during the 1991–92 season, and secured a regular place in the starting line-up overRino Gandini. When Ferron left in the summer of 1996, Pinato became the regular starter, keeping the new signingDavide Micillo on the bench. The following season,Alberto Fontana arrived, and Pinato was once again relegated to the bench, despite having managed what is currently the7th longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A, and the 4th best at the time, during the1997–98 season, setting a 757-minute unbeaten streak.[2][3] Fontana left in January2001, but Pinato was too old to compete for a regular starting place with the young rising starIvan Pelizzoli. Pelizzoli left in summer 2001 toRoma, but Pinato could only secure five games from new signingMassimo Taibi. He played his last Serie A match againstUdinese on 3 March 2002, at the age of 37 years, 353 days.
In the summer of 2002, Pinato left Atalanta, signing withSerie B clubU.C. Sampdoria, where he played the last season of his career as the backup ofLuigi Turci, who had been Udinese's goalkeeper the previous season, Pinato's last opponent in Serie A.
Following his retirement, Pinato pursued a career as a goalkeeping coach with Milan.[2]
A.C. Milan[1]
Atalanta
Monza
