Javier Pinola

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Javier Pinola
Javier Pinola FCN 2013.jpg
Javier Pinola (2013)
Personnel
Surname Javier Horacio Pinola
birthday February 24, 1983
place of birth Olivos ,  Argentina
size 182 cm
position Defender
Juniors
Years station
0000-2000 Huracan de Tres Arroyos
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2000-2002 Chacarita Juniors 55 (1)
2002-2003 Atlético Madrid B 13 (0)
2002-2005 Atlético Madrid 2 (0)
2004-2005 →  Racing Club Avellaneda  (loan) 54 (1)
2005-2015 1. FC Nuremberg 260 (7)
2015-2017 Rosario Central 40 (0)
2017– River Plate 52 (3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
at least 2003 Argentina U-20
2007-2016 Argentina 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 26, 2020

Javier Horacio Pinola (born February 24, 1983 in Olivos , Buenos Aires Province ) is an Argentine football player who also has Italian nationality.

Career

The defensive player, who is mainly used on the left side of defense, first played in his youth for his hometown club Huracán de Tres Arroyos . From 2000 to 2002 with the Chacarita Juniors and made 55 games (1 goal).

In 2002 he moved to Europe for the Spanish first division club Atlético Madrid . After being used there only twice in a year and a half, the Madrilenians loaned it to the Argentine Racing Club Avellaneda in early 2004 . There he was a regular for a year and a half and reached third place in the Primera División in the 2005 Clausura , the best club result in a long time before he returned to Europe in 2005.

Bundesliga in Nuremberg

For the 2005/06 season, Pinola was loaned again from Madrid and moved to the German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg for a year . In the first half of the season, the Argentine was used irregularly, but in the second half of the season he was part of the team. With 8th place, the club achieved the best placement since the early 1990s. Therefore, the loan contract was initially extended until 2007 and, after an agreement was reached with Madrid on a transfer fee, Pinola signed with FCN until 2010. In the successful year 2006/07 he was on the field from the second day of play in all games of the season. As a left full-back, he was one of the most successful defensive rows in the Bundesliga with only 32 goals conceded tied with Schalke 04. The cup competition was even more successful , in which he played all games and with two assists and two goals on penalties to reach the final and finally to victory the champions VfB Stuttgart contributed. After the season, the kicker sports magazine Pinola selected the best full-back of the second half of 2006/07.

National team intermezzo

Pinola became South American champions in 2003 with the Argentine U-20 national team. At the end of the 2007 season, Javier Horacio Pinola was nominated for the first time for the squad of the Argentine national team for the friendly against Switzerland on June 2 ; on June 5 he made his international debut; in the 4-3 win against Algeria at Camp Nou in Barcelona , he played over 90 minutes.

He was then also as a full-back in the squad of the Argentine national team for the Copa America taking place in Venezuela (June 26 - July 15, 2007). He was removed from the squad by national coach Alfio Basile and had to vacate his place for Juan Román Riquelme , who had returned to the national team at short notice.

On March 9, 2016 it was announced that Pinola was again nominated for the Argentina national team. He is supposed to help out in the World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Bolivia . He played over 90 minutes against Bolivia and won with the team 2-0.

Relegation, relegation and relegation

Early in the 2007/08 season Pinola suffered in the Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen on September 26, 2007 a bone splintering in his left lower leg and was absent from his club until Christmas, which ended the first half of the season on a relegation zone. In the first game of the second half of the season on February 2, 2008 against Karlsruher SC, he played again and from then on played until the end of the season, except for a yellow card suspension. Nevertheless, the club could not save itself and was relegated.

Javier Pinola 2008

At the beginning of the 2008/09 season , Pinola, like the whole team, showed uncertainty and had a slight phase of weakness. This and the great shortage of personnel in the defense meant that he was eventually used as a left central defender and no longer as a left full-back. Besides goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer , he is the only player to have played the entire first half of the season. In the second half of the season he was used in all games except for a yellow card suspension. In the only game without Pinola there was the only major defeat of the season with 2: 6 for Nuremberg, who despite this outlier had by far the best defense in the 2nd division. In the end, the club reached third place in the relegation games, where they made the immediate resurgence perfect without conceding a goal. The kicker sports magazine finally named Pinola the third best central defender of the second half of the season.

In the 2009/10 season , Pinola, who was now back on the left as a left full-back, was one of the club's most important players. Except for a yellow card suspension on matchday 19, he was in the starting line-up in all league and cup games and was only substituted once. In the end, Nuremberg was on the relegation site. In the first leg Pinola saw his tenth yellow card and was therefore suspended for the second leg; but even without him the league succeeded. However, it was also Pinola's first Nuremberg season in which he failed to score.

During the summer break, despite several offers from other clubs, he signed a new three-year contract with 1. FC Nürnberg until 2013. The expiring contract was extended in May 2013 for another two years until 2015. At the end of the 2014/15 season it was not possible to agree on a new contract, so Javier Pinola left 1. FC Nürnberg after ten years of club membership.

Rosario Central

At the end of June 2015, Pinola's move to Rosario Central in Argentina was announced.

Fan popularity

Javier Pinola 2013

As a cup hero, but above all because of his passionate commitment, “Pino” is the crowd's favorite in Nuremberg - in the favor of the fans only comparable to Marek Mintál , who has since played for FC Hansa Rostock but has returned . However, his high level of motivation also often leads to disputes with the referees and yellow cards, which is why he is often on the verge of yellow card suspensions or expulsion. Because of his sense of justice, he is also nicknamed "Robin Hood". After going into the second division in 2008, the Argentine was one of the first candidates for a club change, but also because he came into the fan curve crying after relegation, the Internettis fan club immediately launched the “Pinola must stay!” Campaign . On the website, thousands of people spoke out in favor of Pinolas staying within a few days. In the end, this previously unique campaign brought together over 22,500 entries, which were packed in six boxes and handed over to Pinola on June 29th.

In addition, two die-hard Pinola fans started a poster campaign. They hung up around 60 posters in downtown Nuremberg with the text “Pinola must stay - Pino, you are the club”. On June 24, 2008, 1. FC Nürnberg announced that Pinola had given its written commitment to fulfill the contract in the second division, also or mainly because the fans had tried so hard for him.

Appreciation

On June 10, 2015, 1. FC Nürnberg published the message that the contract with Pinola would not be extended after ten years because the club's management had decided on an alternative. According to the then sports director Martin Bader , Pinola “always embodied the qualities that 1. FC Nürnberg stands for”, so on December 16, 2015, Block 31 in the Max Morlock Stadium was named after him.

Others

A female saddleback tapir born in the Nuremberg zoo in 2012 was christened “Pinola” after the soccer player.

successes

National team

  • U-20 South American Champion 2003

Nuremberg

River Plate

Web links

Commons : Javier Pinola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Player profile, at heute.nordbayern.de from July 20, 2011
  2. ↑ Career data at national-football-teams.com
  3. ↑ a b Javier Pinola: "Robin Hood" shoots the bird, Kicker, June 14, 2007
  4. ↑ Toprak: Young and Cool (kicker online, June 8, 2009)
  5. ↑ Season data 2009/10 on fussballdaten.de
  6. ↑ Pinola stays with the club
  7. ↑ Pinola will stay in Nuremberg until 2013 ( Memento from July 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Pinola signs for two years . Kicker online . May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  9. ↑ Pinola leaves FCN
  10. ↑ www.pinola-muss-bleiben.de ( Memento from June 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Handover of all entries for the campaign “Pinola must stay!” On YouTube , June 29, 2008
  12. ↑ Javier Pinola stays until 2010 , June 24, 2008
  13. ↑ The stadium block is named after Pinola
  14. ↑ Changes in the animal population - Tapir born in the Nuremberg Zoo. Nuremberg Zoo , February 16, 2012, accessed on May 4, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Pinola, Javier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinola, Javier Horacio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Olivos , Argentina