 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yake yese yekirabhu, Pivatelli anonyanya kutamba kuAC Milan 196163; akatambawo kuHellas Verona F.C. 195053, Bologna F.C. 1909 195360, uye SSC Napoli 196061. Mushure mekudzingwa kubva kuInter Youth Side, Pivatelli akawanikwa naVerona muna 1950, uyo waakaita naye Serie B kutanga pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe, achihwina chibodzwa chake chekutanga chehunyanzvi mukuonekwa kwake kwechipiri nekirabhu, mukukunda 4-1 pamusoro peVicenza. Mwaka wakatevera, akakwidziridzwa kuchikwata chekutanga, uye akarova zvibodzwa makumi maviri neshanu mumitambo makumi matanhatu neshanu yechikwata chake mumwaka mitatu inotevera, achibatsirawo kirabhu iri kunetseka kuti isadzikiswa. Mushure mekujoinha Bologna muna 1953, akaita Serie A yake yekutanga nekirabhu musi wa13 Gunyana 1953, mukukunda 21 kumba vachikunda Atalanta. Neboka reEmilian, ndiye aive Serie A yepamusoro-scorer panguva ya1955-56 Serie A mwaka, aine zvibodzwa makumi maviri nezvisere mumitambo makumi matatu, uye ndiye ega mutambi weItaly kuhwina zita reCapocannoniere muma1950. Pakazara, akarova zvibodzwa 105 zveBologna mumwaka wake minomwe nekirabhu. Mushure mekutamba neNapoli mumwaka wa 196061, akabatana neMilan muna 1961, uye aive chikamu chechikwata chakahwina mukombe weSerie A muna 1962, uye mukombe weEuropean muna 1963 pasi pemaneja Nereo Rocco, mushure mezvo akazorega kutamba nhabvu yehunyanzvi. 