Giampiero Pinzi

Giampiero Pinzi
Pinzi in July 2011
Personal information
Full name Giampiero Pinzi
Date of birth (1981-03-11) 11 March 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–1999 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Lazio 0 (0)
2000–2015 Udinese 286 (15)
2008–2010 → Chievo (loan) 66 (4)
2015–2016 Chievo 18 (0)
2016–2017 Brescia 31 (1)
2017–2019 Padova 35 (0)
Total 436 (20)
International career
2001–2004 Italy U21 27 (3)
2005 Italy 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giampiero Pinzi Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒamˈpjɛːro ˈpintsi]; born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Lazio

Pinzi began his career with Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A team.

Udinese

After one-year with Lazio in the Serie A signed with League rival Udinese.

Chievo

On 17 July 2009, Chievo announced that they would be keeping the Udinese midfielder on loan for another season.[1]

Return to Udinese

Pinzi returned to Udinese for the 2010–11 Serie A season, after the departure of Gaetano D'Agostino and Simone Pepe. Pinzi formed the club's central midfield trio with the energetic Gökhan Inler and Kwadwo Asamoah in Udinese's new 3–5–2 (or 5–3–2 formation); he provided 6 assists.

After the departure of Alexis Sánchez, Pinzi changed to play attacking midfielder role, partnered with forward Antonio Di Natale in new 4–1–4–1 (or 4–4–1–1) formation, with Asamoah and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu as cover against Arsenal. With the new signing Gabriel Torje and Diego Fabbrini arrived, Pinzi again formed new partnership role with either or both players. After the departure of Torje and arrival of Maicosuel, Pinzi still able to secure a place in starting XI.

In October 2012, he signed a new contract which last until 30 June 2016.[2]

Return to Chievo

After 15 years played for Udinese, on 31 August 2015, last day of transfer market, Pinzi returned to Chievo, where he had played between 2008 and 2010.[3]

Brescia

On 10 August 2016, Pinzi signed for Serie B club Brescia on a free transfer.[4]

Padova

On 8 January 2019, he was released from his contract by Padova by mutual consent.[5]

International career

With the Under-21 Italian team, Pinzi won the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and a bronze medal at 2004 Summer Olympics. He made his senior international debut and only cap for Italy in 2005.[6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Europe Other Total Ref.
Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lazio 1999–2000 Serie A 0 0 CI 3 0 UCL 1 0 – 4 0 [7]
Udinese 2000–01 Serie A 10 0 CI 3 0 UC 3 0 – 16 0 [7]
2001–02 28 2 CI 5 0 – – 33 2 [7]
2002–03 29 2 CI 0 0 – – 29 2 [7]
2003–04 27 2 CI 2 0 UC 2 0 – 31 2 [7]
2004–05 30 1 CI 2 0 UC 2 1 – 34 2 [7]
2005–06 13 0 CI 1 0 UCL+UC 3+0 0 – 17 0 [7]
2006–07 32 1 CI 3 1 – – 35 2 [7]
2007–08 13 0 CI 0 0 – – 13 0 [7]
2010–11 Serie A 34 1 CI 1 0 – – 35 1 [7]
2011–12 28 2 CI 0 0 UCL+UEL 2[8]+6 0 – 36 2 [7]
2012–13 19 3 CI 1 0 UCL+UEL 2[8]+3 0 – 25 3 [7]
2013–14 23 1 CI 4 0 UEL 3[9] 0 – 30 1 [7]
Total 286 15 22 1 26 1 0 0 334 17 –
Chievo (loan) 2008–09 Serie A 34 1 CI 0 0 – – 34 1 [7]
2009–10 32 3 CI 3 0 – – 35 3 [7]
Chievo 2015–16 Serie A 18 0 CI 0 0 – – 18 0 [7]
Brescia 2016–17 Serie A 31 1 CI 0 0 – – 31 3 [7]
2017–18 0 0 CI 1 0 – – 1 0 [7]
Total 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 –
Padova 2017–18 Serie C 29 0 CI 0 0 – – 29 0 [7]
2018–19 Serie B 6 0 CI 0 0 – – 6 ß [7]
Total 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 –
Career total 436 20 29 1 27 1 - - 492 22 –

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy[6] 2005 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Udinese

Orders

References

  1. ^ Giampiero Pinzi Dreams Of Lazio Move
  2. ^ "Pinzi rinnova fino al 2016!" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "La bandiera Pinzi saluta: va al Chievo" (in Italian). Messaggero Veneto. 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Pinzi è un nuovo giocatore biancazzurro!" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Risolto il contratto tra Calcio Padova e Giampiero Pinzi" [Contract between Calcio Padova and Giampiero Pinzi dissolved] (in Italian). Padova. 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Statistiche in Nazionale - Pinzi, Giampiero" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Giampiero Pinzi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b Nei play-off.
  9. ^ Nei turni preliminari.
  10. ^ "Udinese 2 - 2 Sigma". UEFA. 8 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Pinzi Sig. Giampiero – Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). quirinale.it. Retrieved 18 July 2017.