{{Short description|Argentine footballer (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Javier Pinola | image = Palestino - River Plate 20190424 15.jpg | caption = Pinola with River Plate in 2019 | full_name = Javier Horacio Pinola | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Olivos, Argentina | height = 1.80 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cariverplate.com.ar/ver-jugador-javier-pinola-1496 |title=Javier Pinola |language=es |publisher=Club Atlético River Plate |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref> | position = Left-back | currentclub = 1. FC Nürnberg (assistant manager) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Huracán Tres Arroyos | years1 = 2000–2002 | clubs1 = Chacarita Juniors | caps1 = 55 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = Atlético Madrid B | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003–2007 | clubs3 = Atlético Madrid | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = → Racing Club (loan) | caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2005–2007 | clubs5 = → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | caps5 = 57 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2007–2015 | clubs6 = 1. FC Nürnberg | caps6 = 203 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2015–2017 | clubs7 = Rosario Central | caps7 = 40 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2017–2022 | clubs8 = River Plate | caps8 = 71 | goals8 = 3 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2007–2016 | nationalteam1 = Argentina | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs1 = River Plate (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2024– | managerclubs2 = 1. FC Nürnberg (assistant) }}
'''Javier Horacio Pinola''' (born 24 February 1983) is an Argentine professional football coach and a former player who played as a left-back. He is an assistant coach with German club 1. FC Nürnberg. 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== thumb|left|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,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://masdeporte.as.com/masdeporte/2002/04/09/polideportivo/1018325804_850215.html | title = Pínola llega a Madrid para firmar por el Atlético |trans-title=Pínola arrives in Madrid to sign for Atlético | newspaper = Diario AS | language = es | date = 9 April 2002 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2006/06/08/mas_futbol/1149717603_850215.html | title = El Atlético de Madrid cede a Pinola un año más |trans-title=Atlético de Madrid loan Pinola another year | newspaper = Diario AS | language = es | date = 8 June 2006 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/javier-pinola_robin-hood-schiesst-den-vogel-ab-124918/artikel | title = Javier Pinola: "Robin Hood" schießt den Vogel ab |trans-title=Javier Pinola: "Robin Hood" takes the biscuit | publisher = kicker | language = de | date = 14 June 2007 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fcn.de/news/artikel/pino-ich-bleibe-beim-club/ | title = Pino: Ich bleibe beim Club |trans-title=Pino: I stay with the club | publisher = FC Nürnberg | language = de | date = 13 June 2010 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref> then 2015<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/fix-pinola-bleibt-fuer-zwei-weitere-jahre-586377/artikel | title = Fix! Pinola bleibt für zwei weitere Jahre |trans-title=Confirmed! Pinola stays for two further years | publisher = kicker | language = de | date = 22 May 2013 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref> but leaving eventually at the end of 2014–15 after rejecting a new offer.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.marca.com/2015/06/11/futbol/futbol_internacional/argentina/1434023204.html | title = Pinola deja huérfano al Núremberg |trans-title=Pinola leaves Nuremberg orphaned | newspaper = Marca | first = Marta | last = Aparicio| language = es | date = 11 June 2015 | access-date = 24 June 2015}}</ref>
On 24 June 2015, Pinola was presented as a new player of Rosario Central, joining after being convinced by manager Eduardo Coudet.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1804318-javier-pinola-presentado-como-nuevo-jugador-de-rosario-central | title = Javier Pinola presentado como nuevo jugador de Rosario Central | trans-title = Javier Pinola presented as new player of Rosario Central | newspaper = La Nación | language = es | date = 24 June 2015 | access-date = 24 June 2015}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://losalbicelestes.blogspot.pt/2007/06/goleada-y-muchsimas-dudas-en-barcelona.html | title = Goleada y muchísimas dudas en Barcelona |trans-title=Goals galore and plenty of doubts in Barcelona | publisher = Los Albicelestes | language = es | date = 5 June 2007 | access-date = 15 July 2013}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://es.finance.yahoo.com/noticias/con-un-magistral-messi-argentina-vence-2-0-233128902--spt.html | title = Con un magistral Messi, Argentina vence 2–0 a Bolivia | trans-title = With out-of-this-world Messi, Argentina defeat Bolivia 2–0 | publisher = Yahoo! Finance | language = es | date = 30 March 2016 | access-date = 31 March 2016 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160410071801/https://es.finance.yahoo.com/noticias/con-un-magistral-messi-argentina-vence-2-0-233128902--spt.html | archive-date = 10 April 2016 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|9 December 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/javier-horacio-pinola/1740//|title=J. Pinola|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe250/javier-pinola/club-matches/|title=Javier Pinola » Club matches|publisher=Worldfootball|access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|International !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|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||colspan="2"|–||31||1 |- |Atlético Madrid |2003–04 |La Liga |2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Racing Club (loan) |2003–04 |rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División |19||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||19||0 |- |2004–05 |35||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||35||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !54!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!54!!1 |- |rowspan="3"|1. FC Nürnberg (loan) |2005–06 |rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |25||1||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||27||2 |- |2006–07 |32||1||6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||38||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !57!!2!!8!!1!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!65!!3 |- |rowspan="9"|1. FC Nürnberg |2007–08 |Bundesliga |19||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||22||1 |- |2008–09 |2. Bundesliga |33||1||2||0||0||0||2||0||37||1 |- |2009–10 |rowspan="5"|Bundesliga |33||0||2||0||0||0||1||0||36||0 |- |2010–11 |28||2||4||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||32||3 |- |2011–12 |17||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||18||0 |- |2012–13 |28||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||29||0 |- |2013–14 |20||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||21||0 |- |2014–15 |2. Bundesliga |25||1||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||26||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !203!!5!!12!!1!!3!!0!!3!!0!!221!!6 |- |rowspan="4"|Rosario Central |2015 |rowspan="3"|Argentine Primera División |15||0||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||19||0 |- |2016 |11||0||0||0||9||0||colspan="2"|–||20||0 |- |2016–17 |14||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||14||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !40!!0!!4!!0!!9!!0!!0!!0!!53!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|River Plate |2017–18 |rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División |20||3||7||0||11||2||colspan="2"|–||38||5 |- |2018–19 |7||0||5||0||8||0||colspan="2"|–||20||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !27!!3!!12!!0!!19!!2!!0!!0!!58!!5 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !414!!7!!36!!2!!31!!2!!3!!0!!484!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Nürnberg''' * DFB-Pokal: 2006–07
'''River Plate''' * Argentine Primera División: 2021 *Copa Argentina: 2016–17, 2018-19 * Supercopa Argentina: 2017, 2019 *Trofeo de Campeones: 2021 * Copa Libertadores: 2018 * Recopa Sudamericana: 2019
'''Argentina U20''' * South American Youth Football Championship: 2003
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFutbol|1226}} * {{Fussballdaten|pinolahoraciojavier}} * {{NFT player|id=22705}}
{{2019 South American Team of the Year}}
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