Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Manerbio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Arezzo | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2005 | Atalanta | ||
2005–2007 | Udinese | ||
2007 | → Parma (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2008 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Rimini (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Rimini | 44 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Bari | 6 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Benevento | 29 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Pavia | 15 | (0) |
2014 | Cuneo | 16 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Savoia | 14 | (1) |
2015 | → Prato (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Cuneo | 32 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Gubbio | 35 | (5) |
2017– | Arezzo | 10 | (1) |
National team | |||
2003 | Italy U-16 | 9 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Italy U-17 | 9 | (2) |
2004–2005 | Italy U-18 | 5 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Italy U-19 | 10 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Italy U-20 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 October 2017. |
Michele Rinaldi (born 9 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie C club Arezzo. A right-footed defender, he is capable of playing both in the centre, or on the right.
Born in Manerbio, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, Rinaldi started his career at Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio. In 2005 Udinese signed Rinaldi (loan), Marco Motta, Cesare Natali, Massimo Gotti, Piermario Morosini and Fausto Rossini from Atalanta, with Thomas Manfredini and Antonino D'Agostino moved to Bergamo. Rinaldi was a player of Udinese's reserve team.
On 9 August 2006 Rinaldi and Christian Tiboni were signed by Udinese in a co-ownership deal for €800,000 and €1.1 million respectively, with Argentine midfielder Fernando Tissone moved to Bergamo also in a co-ownership deal for €1.5 million. In January 2007 Rinaldi was signed by Parma. However, he only able to play for their reserve.
In June 2007 the co-ownerships were renewed.
In July 2007 Rinaldi was signed by Rimini in a temporary deal. At the end of season Atalanta bought back Rinaldi and Tiboni for undisclosed fees, with Tissone returned to Udinese for €4.165 million. Rinaldi's residual contact value was also write-down immediately to €600,000 on 30 June 2008, in order to matching the loss of selling Rinaldi in 2008–09 season.