 Spinesi withCatania | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Pisa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Pisa | 10 | (4) |
| 1995–1996 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Castel di Sangro | 52 | (8) |
| 1998–2004 | Bari | 125 | (67) |
| 2004–2005 | Arezzo | 39 | (22) |
| 2005–2009 | Catania[1] | 94 | (47) |
| Total | 320 | (148) | |
| International career | |||
| Italy U-21 | 8 | (5) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gionatha Spinesi (born 9 March 1978) is an Italian former professionalfootballer who played as aforward.
Born inPisa, Spinesi started playing forPisa Calcio. In November 1995 he signed forInter Milan, however, he was not able to make appearance in the first team. Sold in January 1997 toCastel di Sangro, he played two unimpressiveSerie B seasons for the small Serie B team. In June 1997 he joinedA.S. Bari, where he made hisSerie A debut and played six seasons. In February 2004, he was released for free by Bari following clashes with the board about his contract renewal.
In 2004–05, Spinesi played for newly promoted Serie B teamArezzo, where he scored 22 goals and won the league top scorer title. In 2005–06, Spinesi followed Siena coachPasquale Marino in joiningCatania, where he scored 23 goals and helped the team to promote to Serie A.
In 2006–07 Spinesi kept his excellent top flight record up by notching 17 goals and ensuring Catania remained in Serie A. During the 2007–08 season, however, Spinesi scored only seven goals in the league, but was still an influential part of the first team, as Catania again managed to avoid relegation. However, from 2008 onwards he failed to get back into the first team due to recurrent injuries, and he was released in June 2009. Spinesi successively announced his retirement from football, thus turning down an agreement he had previously found withLega Pro Prima Divisione club Valle del Giovenco.[2]
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