Antonio Chimenti

Football player infobox


playername = Antonio Chimenti
fullname = Antonio Chimenti
height = Height|m=1.84
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|6|30
cityofbirth = Bari
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Juventus
clubnumber = 12
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1988-1990
youthclubs = Sambenedettese
years = 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-
clubs = Sambenedettese → Tempio (loan) → Monza (loan) Salernitana Roma Lecce Juventus Cagliari Udinese Juventus
caps(goals) = 005 (0) 035 (0) 004 (0) 137 (0) 032 (0) 098 (0) 011 (0) 043 (0) 003 (0) 000 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = July 30 2008
ntupdate = N/A

Antonio Chimenti (born 30 June 1970 in Bari) is an Italian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Juventus FC on loan from Udinese Calcio.

Club career

Chimenti played for modest clubs in Italy until 1997, when he served a two year-stint with A.S. Roma.

After three impressive seasons with U.S. Lecce, he was snapped by Juventus F.C. in July 2002, where he played understudy to Gianluigi Buffon. On January 2006, Chimenti signed a two-year deal with Cagliari Calcio on a free transfer, despite having still 6 months in his Juventus contract left.

For 2007-08, Chimenti signed for one season with Udinese Calcio, again on a free transfer, on 29 June 2007, backing up Samir Handanovic. However, in 2008-09, he returned to Juventus, this time on loan, as Alexander Manninger, Carlo Cudicini, Francesco Antonioli, Flavio Roma, and several others were also linked to the Turin giants.Chimenti made his 2008 Juventus debut, coming on as a sub for Buffon, in a friendly versus Brondby. On August 5, 2008, it was announced that Juventus have signed Alexander Manninger as Buffon's back-up, due to some poor performances by Chimenti during pre-season, thus making Chimenti become the third choice goalkeeper at the Turin based club.

Personal

*Chimenti's father, Francesco (ex-Osimana) and uncle Vito (ex-Taranto Sport) were both also footballers.