1. Leandro Rinaudo was born on 9 May 1983 and is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender, and a current sports director.
11 Facts About Leandro Rinaudo
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On 30 August 2003, Leandro Rinaudo was loaned to Serie B club Salernitana, playing for the Salernitana youth team in the Coppa Italia Primavera as an overage player.
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Leandro Rinaudo partnered with Daniele Portanova as centre-back, and the team improved in goal conceded, which made Leandro Rinaudo earn a third return to Palermo.
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Leandro Rinaudo made 21 starts in Serie A that season, in which he mainly competed with Biava for the central back position to partner with Barzagli and Zaccardo, usually as right back and Mattia Cassani sometimes as a right winger or left back.
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Leandro Rinaudo was not a regular in his first season at Napoli mainly serving as a backup behind Fabiano Santacroce, Paolo Cannavaro and Matteo Contini.
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Leandro Rinaudo would be the backup centre back along with Nicola Legrottaglie to cover first choice defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci.
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Leandro Rinaudo made his club debut on 26 September 2010, but unusually as a right back; the head coach rested right back Marco Motta and moved Zdenek Grygera to left back to replace the injured Paolo De Ceglie.
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Leandro Rinaudo's tackle was so poor that he drew international condemnation.
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Leandro Rinaudo was capped once at international level, in the team's only game of the team that season against Bosnia and Herzegovina; he replaced Marco Pomante in the second half.
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On 28 July 2022, following the resignations of head coach Silvio Baldini and director of football Renzo Castagnini a few weeks after City Football Group's takeover of Palermo was completed, Leandro Rinaudo was promoted to sporting director on an interim basis.
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On 20 October 2022, Leandro Rinaudo was permanently appointed sporting director.