Giovanni Pasquale Explained

Giovanni Pasquale
Birth Date:5 January 1982
Birth Place:Venaria Reale, Italy
Height:1.91 m
Position:Left-back
Currentclub:Venaria Reale (manager)
Youthclubs1:Inter
Years1:2002–2006
Clubs1:Inter
Caps1:36
Goals1:0
Years2:2005
Clubs2:Siena (loan)
Caps2:14
Goals2:0
Years3:2005–2006
Clubs3:Parma (loan)
Caps3:22
Goals3:0
Years4:2006–2008
Caps4:67
Goals4:0
Years5:2008–2016
Clubs5:Udinese
Caps5:134
Goals5:4
Years6:2013–2014
Clubs6:Torino (loan)
Caps6:12
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:2002–2004
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2017–
Managerclubs1:Venaria Reale

Giovanni Pasquale (born 5 January 1982) is an Italian football coach and former professional player who played as a full-back. He is the manager for the amateur side ASD Venaria Reale.

Career

Inter

Pasquale started his career at Internazionale. Due to Francesco Coco's performance, he gained a place in first team. In January 2003, he signed a new contract for the club along with Nicola Beati and Obafemi Martins.[1]

After the signing of Giuseppe Favalli, he was out-favored by coach Roberto Mancini and sent on loan to Siena[2] and Parma.[3]

Livorno

Following Coco's failure to make a permanent move and subsequently returning to Internazionale, Livorno signed Pasquale in a co-ownership deal,[4] for €750,000.[5] The co-ownership deal turned to a permanent one a year later, for €400,000.[5] He was a regular player, but after the team was relegated again in June 2008, he was sold to Udinese, which qualified to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup.

Udinese

Although Udinese failed to qualify again for the UEFA Cup, the team signed Pasquale permanently from by-then Serie B promotion playoffs winner Livorno in June 2009, where he again played regularly, but he eventually became Aleksandar Luković's backup in the left-back position during the 2009–10 season, and played a few matches as left midfielder. But, in January, the team's formation was changed, in which Luković became centre-back and Pasquale became left-back again, since the match against Napoli on 7 February.

In 2010–11 season, he became backup to Pablo Armero, playing as a wing-back in a new 3–5–2 formation.

2011–12

After Udinese sold a vast number of players, the formation was again changed against Arsenal in 2011–12 UEFA Champions League playoffs round, with Armero as left midfielder and Neuton as new left-back. Pasquale played twice as substitute. However, he was excluded from the 25-men squad to the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Due to the exclusion from the European matches, he was a starter in the 2011–12 Serie A's first round, with Neuton as backup and Armero ailing[6] in Udinese's landmark 3–5–2 formation, as the squad was changed to become more competitive in domestic and international competitions.

On 1 February 2012, Pasquale was re-instated to the Europa League squad. He played the first knock-out round as left winger in the 3–5–1–1 formation, with Armero moving to the attacking midfielder role.

In October 2012, he signed a new contract which would last until 30 June 2016, adding three more years to his previous contract.[7]

Loan to Torino

In August 2013, he was loaned to Torino after original signing Andrea Dossena failed his medical tests with the club.[8] He debuted as a final substitute against Milan on 14 September 2013, conceding a penalty in stoppage time which gave Milan the opportunity to draw the game, which ended 2–2.[9] Originally a backup player, he was inserted into the starting lineup after left-back Danilo D'Ambrosio was frozen out of the squad following a contract dispute.[10] [11]

However, his uninspiring performances soon led to him being dropped in favour of Salvatore Masiello,[12] who was injured while warming up before the derby in February 2014 with Juventus.[13] In the same month, Pasquale was also injured, prematurely ending his season with just 13 appearances.[14] [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 August 2011

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
Season Club LeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
ItalyLeagueCoppa ItaliaEuropeTotal
2002–03InternazionaleSerie A18010110300
2003–041403040210
2004–0540002060
Siena140140
2005–06Parma22020240
2006–07Livorno3200060380
2007–0835010360
2008–09Udinese28320100403
2009–1022030250
2010–1117020190
2011–122101060280
2012–131810052232
2013–1410000010
Torino1300000130
Career total25731403703465

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Inter tie up promising trio. 6 January 2003. 29 October 2009. UEFA.com.
  2. News: PASQUALE TO SIENA. "ARRIVEDERCI INTER" . 14 January 2005. 29 October 2009. FC Internazionale Milano.
  3. News: PASQUALE ON LOAN TO PARMA. 6 July 2005. 29 October 2009. FC Internazionale Milano.
  4. News: GIOVANNI PASQUALE JOINS LIVORNO . 7 July 2006. 29 October 2009. FC Internazionale Milano.
  5. FC Internazionale Milano 2006–07 Bilancio (Report and Accounts), Require Purchase in CCIAA
  6. News: I 20 convocati per la trasferta di Lecce . 10 September 2011 . 11 September 2011 . Udinese Calcio . Italian .
  7. News: Pasquale in bianconero sino al 2016! . 18 October 2012 . 19 October 2012 . Udinese Calcio . Italian .
  8. Web site: Serie A - Torino loan Pasquale - Yahoo Eurosport UK . 31 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921083233/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/serie-torino-loan-pasquale-103950540.html . 21 September 2013.
  9. Web site: TORINO VS. MILAN 2 - 2. soccerway.com. 14 March 2014.
  10. Web site: DANILO D'AMBROSIO SIGNS FOR INTER. inter.it. 21 May 2014. 26 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226111305/https://www.inter.it/en/news/44797. dead.
  11. Web site: Milan on Nainggolan and D'Ambrosio. football-italia.net. 14 March 2014.
  12. Web site: Darmian-Heurtaux, stravince il granata. toro.it. 21 May 2014. Italian.
  13. Web site: Juventus-Torino, le formazioni: problema per Masiello, c'è Pasquale. tuttomercatoweb.com. 23 May 2014. Italian.
  14. Web site: Toro, per Pasquale stagione finita, o quasi. toronews.net. 14 March 2014.
  15. Web site: G. Pasquale. soccerway.com. 23 May 2014.