Antonio Mirante

Antonio Mirante
Antonio Mirante (2012)
Personnel
birthday	July 8, 1983
place of birth	Castellammare di Stabia ,  Italy
size	193 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2003	Juventus Turin
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2003-2007	Juventus Turin	7 (0)
2004-2005	→  FC Crotone  (loan)	41 (0)
2005-2006	→  AC Siena  (loan)	26 (0)
2007-2009	Sampdoria Genoa	22 (0)
2009-2015	Parma FC	204 (0)
2015-2018	Bologna FC	87 (0)
2018–	AS Roma	0 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2014/15

Antonio Mirante (born July 8, 1983 in Castellammare di Stabia , Province of Naples ) is an Italian football goalkeeper who has been under contract with AS Roma since 2018 .

Career

Antonio Mirante went through the youth teams of Juventus Turin , in the 2003/04 season he switched to the professional team, but was not used. In the following season he was loaned to FC Crotone in Serie B to gain experience , where he was a regular goalkeeper and managed to stay with his team. The following season Mirante denied on loan at AC Siena in Serie A , where he made his debut on August 28, 2005 in the 2-1 game against Cagliari Calcio and attracted attention by good performances. During this time, the goalkeeper was also a few times in the squad of the Italian U-21 national team , but was not used.

For the 2006/07 season Antonio Mirante returned to Juventus Turin, who had to be relegated to Serie B due to the manipulation scandal . Already in the pre-season he showed convincing performances in friendly games against AC Milan and Inter Milan . When Juve's undisputed number 1 Gianluigi Buffon was sent off after an emergency brake on November 18, 2006 in the game against UC AlbinoLeffe , Mirante made his debut at Juventus. In the following years he completed a total of seven second division games in which he showed good performances and achieved direct promotion with Juventus.

For the 2007/08 season , Juve loaned him to Sampdoria Genoa where Antonio Mirante made 13 Serie A games, but was only second goalkeeper behind Luca Castellazzi . In the summer of 2008, the Genovese bought 50% of his transfer rights for 1.3 million euros and signed him further. 2008/09 Mirante completed only a few games for Samp , mostly Castellazzi was preferred to him.

In June 2009, the transfer business was extended by a year, after which Mirante moved to Serie A promoted FC Parma on loan . In June 2010 he was finally signed by Parma FC.

After the bankruptcy of FC Parma, Mirante moved to FC Bologna for the 2015/16 season on a free transfer .

Mirante has also been regularly in the extended environment of the Italian national team since 2010 . He was nominated by the then national coach Cesare Prandelli in August 2010, August 2012 and March 2014, but remained unused. For the 2014 World Cup , Mirante was intended as a potential replacement for the ailing Salvatore Sirigu , but he could take part in the tournament. Before the 2016 European Championships , he was nominated by coach Antonio Conte for a training camp that served as preparation for the European Championships. However, he missed the leap into the final squad and has not been considered since.

successes

• Italian Serie B Championship : 2006/07

Web links

Commons : Antonio Mirante  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Antonio Mirante in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stefano Sica: UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, acquisita la metà di Mirante. www.tuttomercatoweb.com, June 30, 2008, accessed June 25, 2009 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Partecipazioni: rinnovo per Dessena, Mirante, Mustacchio e Volta. www.sampdoria.it, June 25, 2009, accessed June 25, 2009 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Preso Mirante: ora è tutto del Parma. Dal Torino riscattato Dzemaili ( Memento of November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )