Javier Pinola
Pinola with River Plate in 2019
Personal information
Full name Javier Horacio Pinola
Date of birth (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Olivos, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Huracán Tres Arroyos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Chacarita Juniors 55 (1)
2002–2003 Atlético Madrid B 13 (0)
2003–2007 Atlético Madrid 2 (0)
2004–2005 → Racing Club (loan) 54 (1)
2005–2007 → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 57 (2)
2007–2015 1. FC Nürnberg 203 (5)
2015–2017 Rosario Central 40 (0)
2017–2022 River Plate 71 (3)
International career‡
2007–2016 Argentina 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:04, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2016

Javier Horacio Pinola (born 24 February 1983) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He started his career with Chacarita Juniors in 2000, but spent most of his professional career with Nürnberg, appearing in 286 competitive games and winning the 2007 German Cup.

Club career

Pinola in training with Nürnberg.

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,[2] going on to appear mainly for the reserves and also being loaned two times for the duration of his contract, mainly to Germany's 1. FC Nürnberg.[3]

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 permanent basis.[4] He played 19 matches in his first year in his second spell, suffering team relegation.

Pinola continued to be a defensive mainstay for the Franconians in the following campaigns, renewing his contract first until 2013[5] then 2015[6] but leaving eventually at the end of 2014–15 after rejecting a new offer.[7]

On 24 June 2015, Pinola was presented as a new player of Rosario Central, joining after being convinced by manager Eduardo Coudet.[8]

International career

In 2007, Pinola was selected by Argentina manager Alfio Basile for friendlies with Switzerland and Algeria. He earned his first cap against the latter, on 5 June.[9]

In 2016, following a string of good performances, head coach Gerardo Martino called up Pinola for 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia. He played the full 90 minutes against the former, in a 2–0 win in Córdoba.[10]

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2018[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup International Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chacarita Juniors 2001–02 Argentine Primera División 31 1 0 0 0 0 – 31 1
Atlético Madrid 2003–04 La Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 0
Racing Club (loan) 2003–04 Argentine Primera División 19 0 0 0 0 0 – 19 0
2004–05 35 1 0 0 0 0 – 35 1
Total 54 1 0 0 0 0 – 54 1
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) 2005–06 Bundesliga 25 1 2 1 0 0 – 27 2
2006–07 32 1 6 0 0 0 – 38 1
Total 57 2 8 1 0 0 – 65 3
1. FC Nürnberg 2007–08 Bundesliga 19 1 0 0 3 0 – 22 1
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 33 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 37 1
2009–10 Bundesliga 33 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 36 0
2010–11 28 2 4 1 0 0 – 32 3
2011–12 17 0 1 0 0 0 – 18 0
2012–13 28 0 1 0 0 0 – 29 0
2013–14 20 0 1 0 0 0 – 21 0
2014–15 2. Bundesliga 25 1 1 0 0 0 – 26 1
Total 203 5 12 1 3 0 3 0 221 6
Rosario Central 2015 Argentine Primera División 15 0 4 0 0 0 – 19 0
2016 11 0 0 0 9 0 – 20 0
2016–17 14 0 0 0 0 0 – 14 0
Total 40 0 4 0 9 0 0 0 53 0
River Plate 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 20 3 7 0 11 2 – 38 5
2018–19 7 0 5 0 8 0 – 20 0
Total 27 3 12 0 19 2 0 0 58 5
Career total 414 7 36 2 31 2 3 0 484 0

Honours

Nürnberg

River Plate

Argentina U20

References

  1. ^ "Javier Pinola" (in Spanish). Club Atlético River Plate. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Pínola llega a Madrid para firmar por el Atlético" [Pínola arrives in Madrid to sign for Atlético]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 April 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ^ "El Atlético de Madrid cede a Pinola un año más" [Atlético de Madrid loan Pinola another year]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 8 June 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Pino: Ich bleibe beim Club" [Pino: I stay with the club] (in German). FC Nürnberg. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Fix! Pinola bleibt für zwei weitere Jahre" [Confirmed! Pinola stays for two further years] (in German). kicker. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  7. ^ Aparicio, Marta (11 June 2015). "Pinola deja huérfano al Núremberg" [Pinola leaves Nuremberg orphaned]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Javier Pinola presentado como nuevo jugador de Rosario Central" [Javier Pinola presented as new player of Rosario Central]. La Nación (in Spanish). 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Con un magistral Messi, Argentina vence 2–0 a Bolivia" [With out-of-this-world Messi, Argentina defeat Bolivia 2–0] (in Spanish). Yahoo! Finance. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  11. ^ "J. Pinola". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Javier Pinola » Club matches". Worldfootball. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

External links

Club Atlético River Plate – current squad
2019 South American Team of the Year
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