Michele Cossato
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 28, 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1986 | Chievo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1997 | Chievo | 189 | (41) |
| 1987–1988 | → Valdagno(loan) | 19 | (4) |
| 1990 | → Oltrepò (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | → Perugia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Venezia | 34 | (11) |
| 1998–2000 | Atalanta | 24 | (2) |
| 2000–2003 | Verona | 51 | (6) |
| 2003–2004 | Fiorentina | 6 | (0) |
| 2004 | Cittadella | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Montichiari | 52 | (17) |
| 2006–2008 | Domegliara | 33 | (10) |
| National team | |||
| 2008 | Padania | 5 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michele Cossato (born April 28, 1970 in Milan) is an Italian former professional footballer who now plays as a striker for Domegliara, a team that competes in Serie D of the Italian Championship. He is the brother of Federico Cossato.
His first achievements in football took place in Verona, where he grew up. He played in the Veronese teams Chievo Verona and Hellas Verona.
Michele's long football career began in the football season of 1986–1987, when, although he was still very young, he joined A.C. ChievoVerona. During that year the team moved down to Serie C2. He was then sold to Valdagno, to get experience in playing for the Interregional Championship (the current Serie D). With the team of the Province of Vicenza he scored 4 goals in 19 matches. In the 1988–1989 Championship he returned to Chievo, and was part of the team's most triumphant season (which resulted in their promotion to Serie C1). In the summer of 1990 he was lent to Oltrepò and then to A.C. Perugia, in Serie C1. In the 8 matches he played, no goals were scored. In the season 1991–1992 the Chievo decided to keep the player, whose season has unfortunately not been memorable: in fact, he played 3 matches without scoring a goal.
The 1992–93 Serie C1 enshrines the mature of Cossato, who is noted by scoring 5 goals in 25 matches. The following season, with its 8 goals in 28 matches, gives a fundamental contribution to the promotion of Chievo in Serie B. In the three years as a cadet played for Chievo, he confirmed himself as a prolific striker (28 goals scored in 104 matches). Become a key player for the team, he meant salvation for his team in 1994 and in 1995 as well. In the 1996–1997 season, the one in which Chievo almost got a promotion in Serie A, he established along with Raffaele Cerbone one of several pairs of the League (32 total goals). At the end of the season he left Chievo, together with the trainer Malesani, another big maker of the then excellent championship team.
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