Antonio Mirante

Antonio Mirante

Mirante playing for Parma in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Mirante
Date of birth	(1983-07-08) 8 July 1983
Place of birth	Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Bologna
Number	83
Youth career
2003–2004	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Juventus	7	(0)
2004–2005	→ Crotone (loan)	41	(0)
2005–2006	→ Siena (loan)	26	(0)
2007–2009	Sampdoria	22	(0)
2009–2015	Parma	193	(0)
2015–	Bologna	54	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April 2015

Antonio Mirante (born 8 July 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Juventus and loans

After starting his professional career with Juventus, Mirante was loaned to Crotone in 2004, along with Bartolucci, Guzman, Konko, Paro and Gastaldello.

In 2005, he was loaned to Siena with Legrottaglie, Tudor, Paro, Gastaldello, Packer, Molinaro, Cacciotto and Volpato.^[1]

He returned to Juventus in 2006 due to the club's relegation to Serie B following their involvement in the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal; he was capped for the first time when first choice goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was red carded in the 24th minute against U.C. AlbinoLeffe, on 18 November 2006.^[2] Juventus won the 2006–07 Serie B title and obtained promotion to Serie A the following season.

He was transferred to the Italian Serie A club U.C. Sampdoria on a one-year loan deal for the 2007–08 season.^[3]

Sampdoria and Parma

During the transfer window of 2008, Sampdoria bought half of the registration rights of Mirante for €1.5M from Juventus,^[4] on 19 July 2009 he went on loan to Parma F.C. in exchange for Marco Rossi.

In June 2010, Sampdoria decided not to buy Rossi but sold Mirante to Parma. The Genoa club bought the remaining half of the player from Juventus for another €1.5M and sold him to Parma for €3.6M,^[5] despite also losing another one of its keepers, Luca Castellazzi, to Internazionale, and failing to sign shot-stopper Marco Storari from Milan, who had been on loan at the club.

Since 2009, Mirante was a regular in Parma's team, missing just 3 of 76 Serie A matches.

Bologna

Mirante was signed by Bologna F.C. 1909 on a free transfer on 3 July 2015.^[6] He was the first choice of the team. On 19 July 2016 Mirante signed a new 3-year contract.^[7] However, at the start of 2016–17 season he was diagnosed with a heart problem and had to undergo testing which ruled him out indefinitely; on 31 August 2016 the club signed Alfred Gomis on loan from Torino as an emergency replacement.^[8] After missing the next two and a half months of the season, he was finally cleared to play in mid November.^[9] Mirante made his debut since his injury on 28 November against Atalanta B.C..

International career

He was a member of Italy U-21 team in 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, as an unused substitute. He has not made his debut for Italy at U-20 or U-21 level, despite having been called up a total of six times.^[10]

On 8 August 2010, he received his first senior international call-up, to replace the injured Federico Marchetti.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

Updated 16 May 2012^[12]

Honours

Club

Juventus^[12]

• Serie B: 2006–07

References