Lorenzo Pirola
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lorenzo Pirola[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Carate Brianza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monza (on loan from Inter Milan) | ||
| 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– | Inter Milan | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | → Monza (loan) | 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 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:14, 22 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020 | |||
Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Monza, on loan from Inter Milan.
Club career
Inter Milan
Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.[2] Pirola made his senior debut with Inter Milan in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.[3]
Monza
On 5 October 2020, Pirola moved to newly-promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan.[4] He made his debut on 27 October 2020, in a Coppa Italia third round match against Pordenone;[5] Monza won on penalties, with Pirola playing the whole 120 minutes.[6] Pirola played his first Serie B match on 22 December,[5] in a 2–0 win over Ascoli at home.[7]
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.[8]
On 13 October 2020 he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.
Honours
Inter Milan
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2019–20
Italy U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2019
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Casatenovo: la brillante carriera calcistica dei gemelli Carlo e Lorenzo Pirola che militano nelle giovanili di Toro e Inter". Casate Online. 3 September 2018.
- ^ "SPAL vs. Internazionale - 16 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Dall'Inter arriva Lorenzo Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.monzacalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Italy - L. Pirola - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Pordenone vs. Monza - 27 October 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Monza vs. Ascoli - 22 December 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "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.