Andrea Rinaldi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Carate Brianza, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 11 May 2020 (aged 19) | ||
| Place of death | Varese, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atalanta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Imolese (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Mezzolara (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Legnano (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| Total | 37 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andrea Rinaldi (23 June 2000 – 11 May 2020) was an Italian footballer.[1][2]
Career
Rinaldi started his career in a Cermenate club and at Monza's youth set-up.[3] In 2013, he joined Atalanta's youth sector, for whom he played for the Giovanissimi Regionali A, Allievi and Primavera squads always under Massimo Brambilla's management.[3] For the U17s, he won the national league and the supercup.[3] In July 2018, Imolese announced that he had been loaned from Atalanta.[4]
Death
On 8 May 2020, he was hit by an aneurysm whilte training in his house in Cermenate.[5][6] He was immediately rushed to the hospital in Varese to try to save him, but in the morning of 11 May, his heart stopped beating.[6] His funerals were held three days later in Stadio Cermenate at 15:30.[6] Hundreds went to see the funeral and Legnano ultimatley retired the number 8 jersey (the number he had worn) and gave it to his family.[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atalanta | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Imolese (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mezzolara (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[b] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Legnano (loan) | 2019–20 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Career total | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
- Notes
- ^ Appearances in the Coppa Italia Serie C
- ^ Appearances in the Serie D Relegations Playout
- ^ Appearances in the Coppa Italia Serie D
References
- ^ Andrea Rinaldi at Soccerway
- ^ Andrea Rinaldi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- ^ a b c "E' morto Andrea Rinaldi: ex delle giovanili dell'Atalanta, aveva 19 anni". Calcio - La Repubblica (in Italian). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Ufficiale: Andrea Rinaldi e Raffaele De Gregorio sono giocatori dell'Imolese Calcio • newsrimini.it". newsrimini.it (in Italian). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Atalanta midfielder Rinaldi dies aged 19". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Chi era Andrea Rinaldi, ex primavera Atalanta morto a 19 anni per aneurisma". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Atalanta, in centinaia al funerale del giovane Rinaldi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 19 May 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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