Antonio Mirante
 Mirante playing for Parma in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Mirante | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 83 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Juventus | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Crotone (loan) | 41 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Siena (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Sampdoria | 22 | (0) |
| 2009–2015 | Parma | 193 | (0) |
| 2015– | Bologna | 33 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2016. | |||
Antonio Mirante (born 8 July 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Juventus and loans
After starting his professional career with Juventus, Mirante was loaned to Crotone in 2004, along with Bartolucci, Guzman, Konko, Paro and Gastaldello.
In 2005 he was loaned to Siena with Legrottaglie, Tudor, Paro, Gastaldello, Packer, Molinaro, Cacciotto and Volpato.[1]
He returned to Juventus in 2006 due to the club's relegation to Serie B following their involvement in the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal; he was capped for the first time when first choice goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was red carded in the 24th minute against U.C. AlbinoLeffe, on 18 November 2006.[2] Juventus won the 2006–07 Serie B title and obtained promotion to Serie A the following season.
He was transferred to the Italian Serie A club U.C. Sampdoria on a one-year loan deal for the 2007–08 season.[3]
Sampdoria and Parma
During the transfer window of 2008, Sampdoria bought half of the registration rights of Mirante for €1.5M from Juventus,[4] on 19 July 2009 he went on loan to Parma F.C. in exchange for Marco Rossi.
In June 2010, Sampdoria decided not to buy Rossi but sold Mirante to Parma. The Genoa club bought the remaining half from Juventus for another €1.5M and sold to Parma for €3.6M,[5] despite losing its 'keeper Luca Castellazzi to Internazionale and failing to sign Marco Storari from Milan, who had been on loan at the club.
Mirante has since 2009 been a regular in Parma's team, missing just 3 of 76 Serie A matches.
Bologna
Mirante was signed by Bologna F.C. 1909 on a free transfer on 3 July 2015.[6] He was the first choice of the team. On 19 July 2016 Mirante signed a new 3-year contract.[7] However, at the start of 2016–17 season he was diagnosed with a heart problem and had to undergo testing which ruled him out indefinitely; on 31 August 2016 the club signed Alfred Gomis on loan from Torino as an emergency replacement.[8] After missing the next two and a half months of the season, he was finally cleared to play in mid November.[9]
International career
He was a member of Italy U-21 team in 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, as an unused substitute. He has not made his debut for Italy at U-20 or U-21 level, despite having been called up a total of six times.[10]
On 8 August 2010, he received his first senior international call-up, to replace the injured Federico Marchetti.[11]
Career statistics
Updated 16 May 2012
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Juventus | Serie A | 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crotone | Serie B | 2004–05 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Siena | Serie A | 2005–06 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Juventus | Serie B | 2006–07 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Sampdoria | Serie A | 2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Parma | 2009–10 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 198 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ Siena prende Mirante
- ↑ Statistiche su Footballdatabase.com
- ↑ UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, acquisita la metà di Mirante
- ↑ Pagina dedicata al giocatore sul sito della Sampdoria
- ↑ Parma FC Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (Italian)
- ↑ "Mirante al Bologna" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Mirante: "Bologna, ambiente ideale"" (in Italian). Bologna F.C. 1909. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "Bologna 'keeper Mirante taken ill". Football Italia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "Mirante: Nightmare is over". Football Italia. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ FIGC – Statistiche in Nazionale
- ↑ "Prandelli presenta la sua Italia: "Regole, ma anche generosità e qualità"". FIGC (in Italian). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.