Luca Pellegrini (born 7 March 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Juventus, and the Italy national team.
![]() Pellegrini with Roma in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luca Pellegrini[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Eintracht Frankfurt (on loan from Juventus) | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2018 | Roma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Roma | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Cagliari (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2019– | Juventus | 18 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Cagliari (loan) | 24 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Genoa (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2022– | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 9 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Italy U16 | 9 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Italy U17 | 12 | (0) |
2016 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 7 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
2020– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 |
On 17 April 2018, Pellegrini signed his first professional contract with A.S. Roma keeping him at the club until 2021.[3]
Pellegrini joined the first team in the 2018–19 season, aged 19. He made his professional and Serie A debut in a 4–0 win over Frosinone on 26 September 2018, making the assist for Aleksandar Kolarov's goal.[4][5] He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 2 October 2018, in the group stage match won 5–0 against FC Viktoria Plzeň.[citation needed]
On 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2019.[6]
On 30 June 2019, Luca Pellegrini joined Serie A champions Juventus for €22 million, with Leonardo Spinazzola moving in the opposite direction for €29.5 million.[7] On 19 August 2019, he rejoined Cagliari on loan for the 2019–20 season.[8] On 26 September 2020, Pellegrini moved to Genoa on a one-year loan.[9] He moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on a one-year loan on 12 August 2022.[10]
Pellegrini made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium.[citation needed]
With the Italy U20 side he took part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in which Italy achieved a fourth–place finish.[11]
He received his first call up to the Italy senior squad for the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Armenia and Finland in September 2019.[12]
He made his senior debut with Italy on 11 November 2020, featuring as a substitute in a 4–0 friendly win over Estonia in Florence.[13]
Despite appearing in earlier qualifiers,[14] he was not selected for Italy's 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad. He was unavailable for selection as he was suffering from a persistent adductor muscle injury beginning in February 2021.[15]
Although he usually plays as a left-back, Pellegrini has also been used as an offensive-minded central midfielder, known as the "mezzala" role, in Italian. A physically powerful and technically gifted defender, he is also known for his quality, stamina, consistency, and work-rate. Regarded in the media as a promising young player, in July 2019 he was included in UEFA.com's "50 for the future" list of "ones to watch in 2019–20."[5][16][17][18]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Roma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
Cagliari (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
Juventus | 2021–22 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Career total | 78 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Italy U20
Eintracht Frankfurt – current squad | |
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