Javier Pinola

Javier Pinola

Pinola in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Javier Horacio Pinola
Date of birth	(1983-02-24) 24 February 1983
Place of birth	Olivos, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Rosario Central
Number	25
Youth career
	Huracán Tres Arroyos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Chacarita Juniors	55	(1)
2002–2003	Atlético Madrid B	13	(0)
2003–2007	Atlético Madrid	2	(0)
2004–2005	→ Racing Club (loan)	54	(1)
2005–2007	→ 1. FC Nürnberg (loan)	57	(2)
2007–2015	1. FC Nürnberg	203	(5)
2015–	Rosario Central	15	(0)
International career
2007	Argentina	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2015

Javier Horacio Pinola (born 24 February 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Rosario Central as a left 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

Pinola in training with Nürnberg.

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 June friendlies with Switzerland and Algeria. He gained his first and only cap against the latter, on the 5th.

Honours

Club

Nürnberg

• DFB-Pokal: 2006–07

Country

• South American Youth Football Championship: 2003

External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• Javier Pinola profile at BDFutbol
• Javier Pinola profile at Fussballdaten
• Javier Pinola at National-Football-Teams.com
• Javier Pinola at Soccerway