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My Take
Javier Pinola embodies a kind of loyalty I deeply respect in football. The Argentine left-back from Olivos broke through with Chacarita Juniors, then spent most of his career anchored to Nurnberg, racking up 286 competitive games and lifting the 2007 German Cup. In an era of constant transfers, becoming a one-club institution in a foreign land is its own quiet achievement. Now working as an assistant coach, he strikes me as the classic craftsman defender who turns hard-won experience into mentorship. He may never have been a headline star, but durability and devotion like his are exactly what I admire.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Javier Pinola
- Name (Japanese)
- ハビエル・ピノラ
- Reading
- はびえる・ぴのら
- Born
- February 24, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Boar
- Origin
- Olivos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 181 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.