Javier Pinola
 Pinola in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Javier Horacio Pinola | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Olivos, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán Tres Arroyos | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2002 | Chacarita Juniors | 55 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Atlético B | 13 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Racing Club (loan) | 54 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 57 | (2) |
| 2007– | 1. FC Nürnberg | 162 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | Argentina | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Javier Horacio Pinola (born 24 February 1983) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for 1. FC Nürnberg in the Bundesliga, as a left defender.
He started his career with Chacarita Juniors in 2000, but spent most of his professional years with Nürnberg in Germany, appearing in more than 250 official games.
Club career
Born in Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Pinola began playing as a senior with Chacarita Juniors in the Argentine Primera División. Two years later he moved to Spain and Atlético Madrid,[1] going on to appear mainly for the reserves and also being loaned several times for the duration of his contract, mainly to Germany's 1. FC Nürnberg.[2]
After solid displays in his first two seasons in the Bundesliga, adding the conquest of the German Cup in his second, to which he contributed with two goals and two assists in six games, Pinola joined Nürnberg on a permament basis.[3] He played 19 matches in his first year in his second spell, suffering team relegation.
Pinola continued to be a defensive mainstay for the Bavarians in the following campaigns, renewing his contract first until 2013[4] then 2015.[5]
International career
In 2007, Pinola was selected by Argentina manager Alfio Basile for June friendlies with Switzerland and Algeria. He gained his first and only cap against the latter, on the 5th.[6]
Honours
Club
- Nürnberg
Country
References
- ↑ "Pínola llega a Madrid para firmar por el Atlético" [Pínola arrives in Madrid to sign for Atlético] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 9 April 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "El Atlético de Madrid cede a Pinola un año más" [Atlético de Madrid loans Pinola another year] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 8 June 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "Javier Pinola: "Robin Hood" schießt den Vogel ab" [Javier Pinola: "Robin Hood" takes the biscuit] (in German). kicker. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "Pino: Ich bleibe beim Club" [Pino: I stay with the club] (in German). Nürnberg's official website. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "Fix! Pinola bleibt für zwei weitere Jahre" [Confirmed! Pinola stays for two further years] (in German). kicker. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ↑ "Goleada y muchísimas dudas en Barcelona" [Goals galore and plenty of doubts in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Los Albicelestes. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
External links
- Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Javier Pinola at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Javier Pinola at National-Football-Teams.com
- Javier Pinola at Transfermarkt
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