 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - KuAtalanta, akatanga ari mutevedzeri waFabrizio Ferron mumwaka wa1990-96, nekudaro achirasikirwa nenzvimbo yekutanga panguva yake yepamusoro. Akatumirwa nechikwereti kuPiacenza Calcio mumwaka wa1991-92, uye akawana nzvimbo yenguva dzose mumutsara wekutanga pamusoro paRino Gandini. Apo Ferron akasiya muzhizha ra1996, Pinato akava mutambi wenguva dzose, achichengeta mutsva mutsva Davide Micillo pabhenji. Mwaka wakatevera, Alberto Fontana akasvika, uye Pinato akadzoserwazve pabhenji, kunyangwe hazvo akabata izvo parizvino iri yechitanhatu yakarebesa kumhanya pasina kubvuma chinangwa muSerie A, uye yechina yakanakisa panguva iyoyo, mumwaka wa1997-98, achimisikidza 757-maminetsi asina kurohwa. Fontana akabva muna January 2001, asi Pinato akanga akura zvikuru kuti arwe nokuda kwenzvimbo yokutanga yenguva dzose nenyeredzi duku yaikwira Ivan Pelizzoli. Pelizzoli akabva muzhizha ra2001 achienda kuRoma, asi Pinato akakwanisa kuwana mitambo mishanu chete kubva pakusaina kutsva Massimo Taibi. Akatamba mutambo wake wekupedzisira weSerie A kurwisa Udinese musi wa3 Kurume 2002, pazera re19. 