Ivan Pelizzoli is an Italian professional football player who plays as goalkeeper for Virtus Entella in Italy"s Serie B.
Education
During the 2003-2004 Serie A season, Pelizzoli conceded the least goals in the entire Serie A behind a defensive force mainly of Cristian Panucci, Walter Samuel, Christian Chivu and Vincent Candela, as Roma finished the season in second place. During the season, he also managed what is currently the 5th longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A, setting a 774 minute unbeaten streak.
Career
After playing for Atalanta British Columbia and Triestina from 1997 to 2000, he made his Serie A debut with Atalanta on 5 November 2000, during the 2000-2001 season. The promising goalkeeper soon emerged to prominence, overtaking Alberto Fontana and Davide Pinato as the club"s starting goalkeeper, and was initially considered by the media to be one of the best young goalkeepers in Italy. Roma
In the following summer he was signed by 2001 Italian champions Associate of Science Firstly he was backup of Francesco Antonioli but in mid-2002-2003 Serie A season he became first choice goalkeeper under Fabio Capello, helping Roma to reach the 2003 Coppa Italia final.
Despite his performances, he was not picked for the Euro 2004 (although he was included in the Italian Olympic squad instead, helping the team to a bronze medal), but looked set to become a long-term first choice in Roma.
However, his subsequent unstable performances gave Gianluca Curci and Carlo Zotti the chance to play during the 2004-2005 Serie A season. Reggina
Due to his lack of competitive action, he signed for Reggina Calcio 2005 in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €500 to compete with Nicola Pavarini for first choice goalkeeper.
Reggina pinned their hopes on Pelizzoli regaining his spectacular form from the 2003-2004 season, but he could not really find his feet in Reggina, though he played his part in keeping the team in the top-flight division. In June 2006 Roma gave up the remain 50% registration rights to Reggina for free.
Lokomotiv Moscow
On 31 January 2007, Pelizzoli was captured by Football Club Lokomotiv Moscow, signing him on with a 3-year contract.
In his first season, he had compete for a first team place with Eldin Jakupović, and in his second season with Ivan Levenets and Marek Čech, demoting him to the 4th choice goalkeeper. AlbinoLeffe
On 31 August 2009, Lokomotiv Moscow loaned Ivan to the Serie B club University College AlbinoLeffe for one season, with Eldin Jakupović returning to Moscow. Pelizzoli was brought in as AlbinoLeffe"s goalkeepers only had Serie C1 experience, namely Stefano Layeni, Daniel Offredi and Paolo Branduani.
He made his team debut on 19 September 2009.
After played 3 games in September, he was out-favored and lost his place in both first choice and on the bench. Pelizzoli re-gained his regular place since November.
Cagliari
In August 2010, Pelizolli joined Cagliari Calcio. He hinted he would take on an understudy role in the Sardinian club
Pescara
In August 2012, Pescara acquired Pelizzoli as a back-up to Mattia Perin.
Pelizzoli made his senior international debut with Italy in 2003, making 2 caps in total between 2003 and 2004. He was one of three over-age players representing Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics, ahead Marco Amelia, as first choice goalkeeper, winning a Bronze medal. He also played at 2002 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Football Championship, ahead Generoso Rossi and Vitangelo Spadavecchia as first choice, where Italy reached the semi-finals.