Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Serie A club Lecce on loan from Parma.[2]
Pezzella with Udinese in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
Number | 97 | ||
Youth career | |||
Palermo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Palermo | 19 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Udinese | 20 | (0) |
2019 | → Genoa (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Parma (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2020– | Parma | 24 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Atalanta (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2022– | → Lecce (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2015–2016 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Italy U20 | 8 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Italy U21 | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 18 April 2022 (UTC) |
Pezzella is a youth product from Palermo. He made his Serie A debut with the senior side on 6 December 2015 against Atalanta, replacing Mato Jajalo after 65 minutes of a 3–0 away defeat.[3]
On 30 June 2017, Pezzella joined Udinese on a five-year contract.[4][5]
On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined to Genoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019.[6]
On 27 August 2019, Pezzella signed to Parma a five-year contract,[7] but he was on loan until the end of 2019–20 season, with an obligation to buy.
On 27 July 2021, Pezzella moved to Atalanta on a season-long loan with option to buy, which would have become an obligation to buy if certain conditions were met.[8]
On 26 August 2022, Pezzella was loaned by Lecce, with an option to buy.[9]
With the Italy U-20 side, Pezzella took part at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the bronze medal. The same year, he was also called up by the Italy U-21 manager Luigi Di Biagio for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,[10] following Nicola Murru's injury,[11] although he did not appear in the tournament. Italy were eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals of the competition on 27 June, following a 3–1 defeat.[12][13]
Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Palermo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||||
Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
Udinese | 2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | ||||
Genoa (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
Parma | 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
Total | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 49 | 1 | ||||
Atalanta (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | |
Career total | 119 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1 |
U.S. Lecce – current squad | |
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