Michele Rinaldi (footballer, born 1987)

Michele Rinaldi
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-09) 9 January 1987
Place of birth Manerbio, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Cuneo
Youth career
2004–2005 Atalanta
2005–2007 Udinese
2007 → Parma (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Udinese 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Rimini (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2010 Rimini 44 (2)
2010–2011 Bari 6 (0)
2011–2013 Benevento 29 (2)
2013–2014 Pavia 15 (0)
2014 Cuneo 16 (0)
2014–2015 Savoia 14 (1)
2015 → Prato (loan) 14 (0)
2015– Cuneo 0 (0)
National team
2003 Italy U-16 9 (0)
2003–2004 Italy U-17 9 (2)
2004–2005 Italy U-18 5 (0)
2005–2006 Italy U-19 10 (0)
2006–2007 Italy U-20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Michele Rinaldi (born 9 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Lega Pro club Cuneo. A right-footed defender, he is capable of playing both in the centre, or on the right.

Career

Early career

Born in Manerbio, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Rinaldi started his career at Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio. In 2005 Udinese signed Rinaldi (loan), Marco Motta, Cesare Natali, Massimo Gotti, Piermario Morosini and Fausto Rossini from Atalanta, with Thomas Manfredini and Antonino D'Agostino moved to Bergamo. Rinaldi was a player of Udinese's reserve team.

On 9 August 2006 Rinaldi and Christian Tiboni were signed by Udinese in a co-ownership deal for €800,000 and €1.1 million respectively,[1][2] with Argentine midfielder Fernando Tissone moved to Bergamo also in a co-ownership deal for €1.5 million.[1][2] In January 2007 Rinaldi was signed by Parma. However, he only able to play for their reserve.

In June 2007 the co-ownerships were renewed.

Rimini

In July 2007 Rinaldi was signed by Rimini in a temporary deal. At the end of season Atalanta bought back Rinaldi and Tiboni for undisclosed fees, with Tissone returned to Udinese for €4.165 million.[3][4] Rinaldi's residual contact value was also write-down immediately to €600,000 on 30 June 2008, in order to matching the loss of selling Rinaldi in 2008–09 season.[3]

Rinaldi was immediately signed by Rimini in another co-ownership deal. The co-ownership was renewed again in June 2009 and June 2010. However, Rimini went bankrupted, making Rinaldi became a free agent.

Bari

On 16 July 2010 Rinaldi was signed by A.S. Bari on a free transfer.[5]

Lega Pro clubs

On 4 August 2011 Rinaldi was signed by Benevento in a 3-year contract.[6] On 21 May 2013 he was released.[7]

In summer 2013 he was signed by A.C. Pavia. In January 2014 he left for Cuneo in a 2½ year deal.[8] The club relegated to 2014–15 Serie D.

In July 2014 he was signed by Lega Pro newcomer club Savoia.[9] On 2 February 2015 Rinaldi left for A.C. Prato.[10] Prato finished as the 14th, while Savoia relegated.

On 10 September 2015 Rinaldi returned to Cuneo.[11] The club was promoted from 2014–15 Serie D.

References

  1. 1 2 "Il Palermo brucia tutti: preso Capuano". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 9 August 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  3. 1 2 Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  4. ↑ "Genoa-Fiorentina che sfida per Mesto". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 26 June 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ufficializzati Rinaldi e Raggi" (in Italian). A.S. Bari. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "Rinaldi giallorosso" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Risoluzione contrattuale per Germinale e Rinaldi" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mercato: ingaggiato Michele Rinaldi" (in Italian). A.C. Cuneo 1905. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "MERCATO. INGAGGIATO RINALDI" (in Italian). A.C. Savoia 1908. July 2014. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Prato, ufficializzati Rinaldi e Santini. Eguelfi al Savona, Matteo all´Inter ma in prestito a Prato fino al termine della Stagione" (in Italian). A.C. Prato. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ingaggiato Michele Rinaldi" (in Italian). A.C. Cuneo 1905. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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