Javier Pinola’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Argentine association football player
A.K.A. Javier Horacio Pinola
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Argentina 
Italy 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 24 February 1983, Olivos, Argentina
Age: 37 years
Star sign Pisces
Stats
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Sports Teams
Independiente Santa Fe
Chacarita Juniors
1. FC Nürnberg
Atlético Madrid
Rosario Central
Atlético Madrid B
Racing Club de Avellaneda
1. FC Nürnberg
Argentina national football team
Boca Juniors

Javier Horacio Pinola (born 24 February 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético River Plate as a center 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

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, 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.

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. 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 then 2015 but leaving eventually at the end of 2014–15 after rejecting a new offer.

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

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.

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.

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2018
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
Nürnberg 2005–06 (loan) Bundesliga 25 1 2 1 0 0 – 27 2
2006–07 (loan) 32 1 6 0 0 0 – 38 1
2007–08 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 260 7 20 2 3 0 3 0 286 9
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

Club

Nürnberg

  • DFB-Pokal: 2006–07

River Plate

  • Copa Argentina: 2016–17
  • Supercopa Argentina: 2017
  • Copa Libertadores: 2018
  • Recopa Sudamericana: 2019

International

Argentina U-20

  • South American Youth Football Championship: 2003
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