Giampiero Pinzi

Giampiero Pinzi
Pinzi in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-03-11) 11 March 1981
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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 place2004 AthensTeam 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 came through Lazio's youth system, joining from Almas Roma, and was promoted to Lazio's first team in 1999. He made his senior debut in the UEFA Champions League on 2 November 1999, coming on in the match against Dynamo Kyiv.[1] During the 1999–2000 season, he also made three appearances in the Coppa Italia for Lazio, winning both the Serie A title and Coppa Italia, although he did not feature in the league.[2]

Udinese

After one-year with [Lazio in the Serie A Pinzi signed with league rivals Udinese.

Chievo

On 17 July 2009, Chievo announced that they would be keeping Pinzi on loan for another season.[3]

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 six 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 a new partnership role with either or both players. After the departure of Torje and arrival of Maicosuel, Pinzi was still able to secure a place in starting XI.

In October 2012, he signed a new contract which lasted until 30 June 2016.[4]

Return to Chievo

After 15 years played for Udinese, on 31 August 2015, the last day of transfer market, Pinzi returned to Chievo, where he had played between 2008 and 2010.[5]

Brescia

On 10 August 2016, Pinzi signed for Serie B club Brescia on a free transfer.[6]

Padova

On 8 January 2019, he was released from his contract by Padova by mutual consent.[7]

International career

With the Italy under-21 national 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 a friendly match against Iceland on 30 March 2005, coming off the bench in the 0–0 draw in Padova.[8]

Style of play and discipline

Pinzi was a versatile, hard-working, and physical right-footed midfielder, who primarily operated as a central midfielder in the mezzala role, although could also play in front of the defence as a defensive midfielder, or even behind the forwards as an attacking midfielder. He was known for his ability to read the game and provide balance to his teams by supporting the attack with his runs or by building attacking plays from deep, but also by providing defensive cover.[9][10][11][12][13] He was also capable of playing on the right flank, a position in which he was deployed on occasion in his early career.[14]

Pinzi was also known for his lack of discipline and tenacity on the pitch, and his resulting tendency to commit fouls and pick-up many cards throughout his playing career. With twelve red cards and 147 yellow cards in 389 Serie A appearances, he has the joint-second highest number of sending offs in Serie A history, and the most bookings in the league's history alongside Daniele Conti. He also has the most red cards resulting from double bookings in Serie A history (nine).[15][16][17][18][19][20]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Europe Other Total Ref.
CompAppsGoalsCompAppsGoalsCompAppsGoalsCompAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio1999–2000Serie A00CI30UCL10–40 [21]
Udinese2000–01Serie A100CI30UC30–160 [21]
2001–02282CI50––332 [21]
2002–03292CI00––292 [21]
2003–04272CI20UC20–312 [21]
2004–05301CI20UC21–342 [21]
2005–06130CI10UCL+UC3+00–170 [21]
2006–07321CI31––352 [21]
2007–08130CI00––130 [21]
2010–11Serie A341CI10––351 [21]
2011–12282CI00UCL+UEL2[22]+60–362 [21]
2012–13193CI10UCL+UEL2[22]+30–253 [21]
2013–14231CI40UEL3[23]0–301 [21]
Total286152212610033417 –
Chievo (loan)2008–09Serie A341CI00––341 [21]
2009–10323CI30––353 [21]
Chievo2015–16Serie A180CI00––180 [21]
Brescia2016–17Serie A311CI00––313 [21]
2017–1800CI10––10 [21]
Total311100000321 –
Padova2017–18Serie C290CI00––290 [21]
2018–19Serie B60CI00––6ß [21]
Total350000000350 –
Career total43620291271--49222 –

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy[8] 200510
Total10

Honours

Udinese

Orders

References

  1. ↑ "Giampiero Pinzi è un giocatore del Calcio Padova". Padova Calcio (in Italian). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Jenkins, Dag (17 November 2022). "Giampiero Pinzi". Lazio Stories. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Giampiero Pinzi Dreams Of Lazio Move
  4. ↑ "Pinzi rinnova fino al 2016!" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "La bandiera Pinzi saluta: va al Chievo" (in Italian). Messaggero Veneto. 31 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Pinzi è un nuovo giocatore biancazzurro!" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Risolto il contratto tra Calcio Padova e Giampiero Pinzi" [Contract between Calcio Padova and Giampiero Pinzi dissolved] (in Italian). Padova. 8 January 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Statistiche in Nazionale - Pinzi, Giampiero" (in Italian). FIGC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Giampiero Pinzi - Carriera - stagioni, presenze, goal - TuttoCalciatori.Net -" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Bertelli, Luca (8 October 2016). "Calcio mercato, al Brescia dal Chievo arriva Giampiero Pinzi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Martorano, Stefano (4 January 2012). "Pinzi, l'anima dell'Udinese". Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Le qualificazioni europee più inattese della Serie A – Ultimo Uomo" (in Italian). ultimouomo.com. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "«A trentasei anni è un po' dura fare la mezzala»". www.ilgazzettino.it (in Italian). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Azzurrini da leggenda" (in Italian). UEFA.com. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Claudio Agave (16 February 2016). "I calciatori più espulsi nella storia della Serie A: Montero irraggiungibile". Contrataque (in Italian). contra-ataque.it. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Un amore 'giallo': Giampiero Pinzi, il più ammonito della storia della Serie A | Goal.com Italia" (in Italian). www.goal.com. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "I 10 calciatori più ammoniti della storia della Serie A" (in Italian). 90min.com. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Sotto la doccia: ecco i più espulsi di sempre in A" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Udinese, sei un esempio: tanti gol e pochi gialli". sport.sky.it (in Italian). 30 March 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Elogio della tenacia < Memories < News < Udinese" (in Italian). www.udinese.it. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Giampiero Pinzi » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  22. 1 2 Nei play-off.
  23. ↑ Nei turni preliminari.
  24. ↑ "Udinese 2 - 2 Sigma". UEFA. 8 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  25. ↑ "Pinzi Sig. Giampiero – Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). quirinale.it. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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