Giuseppe Pezzella

Giuseppe Pezzella
Pezzella with Udinese in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 3
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)
2020–2023 Parma 24 (1)
2021–2022 → Atalanta (loan) 21 (0)
2022–2023 → Lecce (loan) 16 (0)
2023– Empoli 2 (0)
International career
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 30 August 2023

Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli.[2]

Club career

Palermo

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]

Udinese

On 30 June 2017, Pezzella joined Udinese on a five-year contract.[4][5]

Loan to Genoa

On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined to Genoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019.[6]

Parma

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.

Loan to Atalanta

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]

Loan to Lecce

On 26 August 2022, Pezzella was loaned by Lecce, with an option to buy.[9]

Empoli

On 31 July 2023, Serie A side Empoli announced the free signing of Pezzella on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year.[10][11]

International career

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,[12] following Nicola Murru's injury,[13] 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.[14][15]

Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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[a] 0 — 29 0
Lecce (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
Career total 135 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 151 1
  1. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ "Giuseppe Pezzella" (in Italian). palermocalcio.it. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Giuseppe Pezzella at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Atalanta vs. Palermo - 6 December 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Pezzella è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese" (Press release) (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Pezzella ceduto all'Udinese" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Città di Palermo. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  6. ^ "UFFICIALE: Genoa, dall'Udinese ecco Pezzella. Già convocato per il Milan" (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Parma, preso Pezzella dall'Udinese: contratto fino al 2024". Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ^ Bettoni, Lorenzo (27 July 2021). "Official: Pezzella joins Atalanta". Football Italia.
  9. ^ "PEZZELLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Giuseppe Pezzella è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" [Giuseppe Pezzella is a new blue footballer]. Empoli FC (in Italian). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, ecco l'erede di Parisi. Dal Parma arriva Giuseppe Pezzella" [OFFICIAL: Empoli, here is Parisi's heir. Giuseppe Pezzella arrives from Parma]. www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  12. ^ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Azzurrini da domani in Polonia. Murru a casa, Di Biagio convoca il palermitano Pezzella" (in Italian). figc.it. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  15. ^ James Horncastle (28 June 2017). "Italy fall to familiar foe Spain at U21 Euros but there is hope for the future". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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