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Italian footballer

Pierluigi Pinto

Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Brindisi, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team Nardò
Number 18
Youth career
–2018 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Fiorentina 0 (0)
2018–2019 Arezzo (loan) 32 (0)
2019–2020 Salernitana (loan) 4 (0)
2020 Bari (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022 Teramo 21 (0)
2022–2024 Carrarese 0 (0)
2024– Nardò 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Pierluigi Pinto (born 22 September 1998) is an Italian football player who plays as a defender for Serie D club Nardò.

Born in Brindisi, Pinto was a youth exponent of Fiorentina.

On 13 July 2018, Pinto and Luca Mosti were loaned to Serie C club Arezzo on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 16 September he made his professional debut, in Serie C, for Arezzo in a 1–0 away win over Lucchese, he played the entire match.[2] He became Arezzo's first-choice early in the season. From September 2018 to March 2019 he played 29 consecutive entire matches until he was replaced by Lorenzo Burzigotti in the 57th minute of a 3–0 away defeat against Carrarese.[3] Pinto ended his season-long to Arezzo with 37 appearances, including 36 as a starter, and he helped the club to reach the quarter-finals of the play-off, however the lost 4–2 on aggregate against Pisa.[4]

Loan to Salernitana and Bari

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On 29 August 2019, Pinto joined Serie B club Salernitana on loan with an option to purchase.[5] Three months later, on 2 November, Pinto made his debut for the club and in Serie B as a starter in a 2–1 home win over Virtus Entella, he was replaced by Paweł Jaroszyński after 85 minutes.[6] Four weeks later, on 30 November, he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Ascoli.[7] In January 2020, his loan was terminated and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Salernitana with only 4 appearances, but all as a starter, remaining an unused substitute for 13 other matches during the loan.[4]

On 31 January 2020, Pinto was loaned to Serie C club Bari.[8] However he remained always an unused substitute without playing any match for the club.[4]

He did not play in the 2020–21 season and his contract with Fiorentina ended at the end of the season.

On 12 November 2021, he signed with Serie C club Teramo.[9]

On 11 July 2022, Pinto signed a two-year contract with Carrarese.[10] He made no appearances through his contract with Carrarese, missing most of the time with knee injuries.

As of match played 3 April 2022[11]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arezzo (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 32 0 0 0 5[a] 0 37 0
Salernitana (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 4 0 0 0 4 0
Bari (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 0 0 0 0
Teramo 2021–22 Serie C 18 0 18 0
Career total 54 0 0 0 5 0 59 0
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.

  2. ^ "UFFICIALE: Arezzo scatenato, dieci arrivi nella giornata odierna - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 20 September 2018.

  3. ^ "Lucchese vs. Arezzo - 16 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

  4. ^ "Carrarese vs. Arezzo - 16 March 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

  5. ^ a b c "Italy - P. Pinto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

  6. ^ "Pierluigi Pinto è un giocatore della Salernitana" (Press release) (in Italian). Salernitana. 29 August 2019.

  7. ^ "Salernitana vs. Virtus Entella - 2 November 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

  8. ^ "Salernitana vs. Ascoli - 30 November 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

  9. ^ "Benvenuto Pierluigi Pinto !" (Press release) (in Italian). Bari. 31 January 2020.

  10. ^ "Pinto innerva la linea difensiva" (in Italian). Teramo. 12 November 202. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

  11. ^ "Di...Pinto Azzurro!!" (in Italian). Carrarese. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

  12. ^ Pierluigi Pinto at Soccerway