Piá (footballer born 1982)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | João Batista Inácio | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibitinga, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Adrense | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2005 | Atalanta | 33 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Ascoli (loan) | 36 | (13) |
| 2005–2010 | Napoli | 79 | (16) |
| 2007–2008 | → Treviso (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2008 | → Catania (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Torino (loan) | 17 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Portogruaro | 13 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Pergocrema | 22 | (10) |
| 2012–2013 | Lecce | 21 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | L'Aquila | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | Taranto | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Darfo Boario | 12 | (7) |
| 2015 | Varese | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Pro Patria | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Darfo Boario | 11 | (2) |
| 2016– | Adrense | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:45, 17 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2012 |
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João Batista Inácio (born 22 March 1982), commonly known as Piá, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.
Piá got his start by playing for Atalanta in Serie A, where he made his Serie A debut on 2 December 2001, in the 4–2 defeat to Internazionale. He scored only one goal in 23 appearances during his first years at the club. A loan spell came next as he joined up with then Serie B side Ascoli for a season, where this spell proved to be quite a successful time, scoring 13 goals in 36 games.
After his loan spell ended, Piá returned to Atalanta making 10 more appearances for the club, before transferring to Napoli on a co-ownership deal in January 2005, for €750,000. He scored during his first official match for Napoli, in the 3–0 victory over Giulianova.
Piá helped the club achieve the Serie C1 championship, gaining promotion back into Serie B. The co-ownership deal with Atalanta was resolved in favour of Napoli in early 2005, for another €600,000. Despite being a regular starter with the club, and signing a new deal in May 2006 that will keep him at the club until 2011, he became a surplus in Napoli's Serie A campaign, and thus he was loaned to Treviso for another Serie B season. After just six months in Serie B with Treviso, he was loaned out to Serie A side Catania.
In June 2008, he returned to Napoli to wear once again the Neapolitan colours, and made his debut in the UEFA Cup match against Vllaznia, where he scored a brace in the 3–0 win. In the return fixture, he scored the second goal in the 5–0 defeat of the Albanian club.
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