Dimitri Pinti was born in Pescara on October 26 1932.
After having played in Serie D with Foligno, Massese and Vittorio Veneto, in 1958 he signed for Reggiana in Serie B playing two seasons with 53 league appearances and 24 goals.
In 1960 he had his big chance in top tier football and signed for Vicenza. He appeared in 18 games and scored 7 goals, one of which became very famous. On January 29, 1961, Vicenza faced the mighty AC Milan. Mighty perhaps does not really describe how strong the Rossoneri were with Cesare Maldini, Nils Liedholm, Giovanni Trapattoni, José Altafini and Gianni Rivera. With seven minutes to the end of the game a header from Pinti gave Vicenza a historic win.
In 1961 he signed for Lazio. The Biancocelesti had just been relegated to Serie B for the first time in their long history and were hoping for a prompt return to Serie A. Lazio failed to get promotion but Pinti appeared 20 times with four goals plus two in Coppa Italia with one goal. In the autumn transfer window of 1962, he was sold to Udinese as part of the deal to get Orlando Rozzoni back to Rome. He stayed a year in Udine and then finished his career playing for Parma from 1963 to 1966.
Once he stopped playing, he became a columnist for il Gazzettino di Venezia. He was in charge of the editorial administration and relationships with the printer. Much loved by his colleagues, he worked there until 1997. Excellent golfer, he was nicknamed the King of the put and even wrote about golf for the newspaper. He died in Venice on October 8 2018.
He was unlucky in his stay at Lazio. Excellent forward, if it were not for the referee who did not see that the ball had gone into the goal in Lazio Napoli, his stay could have been memorable.
Lazio Career
Season | Total appearances (goals) | Serie B | Coppa Italia |
1961-62 | 22 (5) | 20 (4) | 2 (1) |
1962-63 | 1 | 1 | - |
Total | 23 (5) | 21 (4) | 2 (1) |
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