Alex Pinardi (born 5 September 1980) is an Italian footballer.

Career

Pinardi began his career in the Primavera team of Atalanta and was, in July 1997, promoted to the Serie A team. After seven years in the Serie A with Atalanta, he signed in the summer of 2004 for fellow Serie A club

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. He scored six goals in 57 games for Lecce and then signed in the summer of 2006 for

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. On 18 June 2010 Cagliari signed the

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from Modena on a two-year contract for free. After just 7 games, Pinardi was signed by Serie B side Novara for €460,000 fee in a -year contract. On 30 January 2012 he was loaned to Vicenza for the rest of the 2011-12 season, and then sold for the next season. Novara sold Pinardi for €1 million, signing

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also for €1 million in exchange. Pinardi signed a 3-year contract. In January 2013 he was signed by

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

in a temporary deal. On 17 July 2013 Pinardi was signed by FeralpiSalò in a temporary deal. In May 2014 he had an operation on his posterior cruciate ligament. On 23 June 2014 Pinardi was signed outright in a 1-year contract. On 22 May 2015 Pinardi signed a new 1-year contract with FeralpiSalò.

International career

Pinardi played for the Italy national football teams in the U-17 (all in friendlies), U-20 and U-21 levels.Statistiche in Nazionale su FIGC.it
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinardi, Alex 1980 births Footballers from the Province of Brescia Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Atalanta BC players US Lecce players Modena FC 2018 players Cagliari Calcio players Novara FC players LR Vicenza players US Cremonese players Feralpisalò players Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players AS Giana Erminio players