Lorenzo Pirola

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

Lorenzo Pirola
Pirola playing for Salernitana in 2023
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Pirola[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002
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

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.

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 100000—10
2020–21 Serie A ————00
2021–22 Serie A ————00
Total 1000000010
Monza (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 12020—2[lower-alpha 1]0160
2021–22 Serie B 10000—4[lower-alpha 1]0140
Total 220200060300
Salernitana (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 26210——272
Career total 492300060582
  1. 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. 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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