Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Salernitana, on loan from Inter Milan.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lorenzo Pirola[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Carate Brianza, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Salernitana (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) |
| 2020–2022 | → Monza (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Salernitana (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Italy U15 | 9 | (1) |
| 2018 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Italy U17 | 21 | (2) |
| 2019 | Italy U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2020– | Italy U21 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:50, 2 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 | |||
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]
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]
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]
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.[10]
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]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
Inter Milan
Italy U17
U.S. Salernitana 1919 – current squad | |
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