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Lorenzo Pirola
Pirola playing for Salernitana in 2023
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Pirola[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Carate Brianza, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 98
Youth career
2008–2009 Casatese
2009–2013 Missaglia
2013–2014 COSOV
2014–2015 Luciano Manara
2015–2020 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Inter Milan 1 (0)
2020–2022 → Monza (loan) 22 (0)
2022–2023 → Salernitana (loan) 26 (2)
2023– Salernitana 1 (0)
International career‡
2017 Italy U15 9 (1)
2018 Italy U16 5 (0)
2017–2019 Italy U17 21 (2)
2019 Italy U18 7 (1)
2020– Italy U21 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Salernitana.

Club career

Inter Milan

Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.[3] Pirola made his senior debut with Inter in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.[4]

Loan to Monza

On 5 October 2020, Pirola moved to newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan.[5] He made his debut on 27 October 2020, in a Coppa Italia third round match against Pordenone;[2] Monza won on penalties, with Pirola playing the whole 120 minutes.[6] Pirola played his first Serie B match on 22 December,[2] in a 2–0 win over Ascoli at home.[7]

On 14 July 2021, Pirola re-joined Monza on another one-year loan, with an option to buy for Monza and a counter-option for Inter.[8]

Salernitana

Pirola joined Salernitana in the Serie A on a one-year loan, with an option to buy and counter option in favour of Inter.[9] At the end of the season Salernitana triggered the option to buy, making the transfer permanent.[10]

International career

Pirola is a youth international for Italy. He represented the Italy U17s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where they came in second.[11]

On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21, playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against the Republic of Ireland in Pisa.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 June 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2020–21 Serie A — — — — 0 0
2021–22 Serie A — — — — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Monza (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 12 0 2 0 — 2[a] 0 16 0
2021–22 Serie B 10 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 14 0
Total 22 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 30 0
Salernitana (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 26 2 1 0 — — 27 2
Career total 49 2 3 0 0 0 6 0 58 2
  1. ^ a b Appearances in play-offs

Honours

Inter Milan

Italy U17

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[12]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Lorenzo Pirola at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Casatenovo: la brillante carriera calcistica dei gemelli Carlo e Lorenzo Pirola che militano nelle giovanili di Toro e Inter". Casate Online. 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ "SPAL vs. Internazionale - 16 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Dall'Inter arriva Lorenzo Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.monzacalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Pordenone vs. Monza - 27 October 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Monza vs. Ascoli - 22 December 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Welcome back Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Lorenzo Pirola è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana – US Salernitana 1919 | Sito ufficiale della U.S. Salernitana 1919" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Ochoa, Pirola e Dia sono giocatori della Salernitana" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Lorenzo Pirola: "I Can Still Improve On A Lot Of Things, The Inter First Team Players Have Been Very Helpful To Me"". 12 February 2020.
  12. ^ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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