Jonatan Binotto (born 22 January 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Binotto started his professional career in 1993 at Juventus FC He spent two seasons on loan at Serie B clubs, before joining Hellas Verona F.C., who were in Serie A at that time. He struggled to break into the first team, however, and remained with the team until the club's relegation in the summer of

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Bologna

He then joined Bologna F.C. 1909 in the summer of 1998 in a co-ownership deal, for 150 million lire, where he played 62 Serie A games in three seasons. In May 2000 Bologna bought Binotto outright for 10 billion lire, but in pure player swap, and Bologna bought back most of the players for free, made the deal purely financial tricks.

Internazionale

He was signed by Internazionale in June 2001, in a co-ownership deal, in exchange for

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, who went to Bologna. Both Binotto and Macellari were "valued" at 12 billion lire (€6,197,483).FC Internazionale Milano SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002
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Late career

Binotto returned to Bologna in January 2004, after the co-ownership deal was terminated ca. January 2003, but not until the summer of 2004 was he included in the team again. He then played for Pistoiese and Triestina in the 2005–06 season, and

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of Eccellenza in the 2006–07 season.

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Official national team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Binotto, Jonathan 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Montebelluna Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Juventus FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players AC Cesena players Hellas Verona FC players Bologna FC 1909 players Inter Milan players AC ChievoVerona players Brescia Calcio players Como 1907 players US Pistoiese 1921 players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Footballers from the Province of Treviso