 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Collovati akaberekerwa muTeor, mudunhu reUdine. Akakurira kuburikidza neAC Milan youth academy, akatanga muSerie A ne rossoneri mumwaka wa1976-77, maakatamba kagumi nerimwe uye akatokunda Coppa Italia. Mumwaka unotevera akatamba nguva dzose 25 kuoneka, 1 chinangwa asi nguva yake yekupedzisira yakauya mumwaka wa1978-79 umo, nekuda kwekuonekwa kwake makumi maviri neshanu, akahwina scudetto. Mushure memwaka wa197980, Milan yakadzoserwa kuSerie B nekuda kwekubatanidzwa kwavo muTotonero nhabvu yekubheja. Kusiyana nevamwe vatambi, Collovati akagara neMilan muSerie B uye akatamba mitambo makumi matatu nematanhatu achihwina zvibodzwa zviviri, kuhwina mukombe weligi mwaka iwoyo, uye kubatsira kirabhu kuwanazve kukwidziridzwa kuSerie A mwaka unotevera. Kudzokera muSerie AMwaka unotevera, Milan yakahwina Mitropa Cup naCollovati achishanda semutungamiriri wechikwata: zvisinei Milan yakadzikiswa kuSerie B zvakare, asi panguva ino nekuda kwekubudirira kwavo mumunda. Panguva ino, Collovati uyo panguva iyi akadanwa ku Nazionale akafunga kujoina vadzivisi vemuno Inter Milan. 