Luca Pellegrini (born 7 March 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back or left wing-back for Serie A club Lazio, on loan from Juventus.
.jpg) Pellegrini with Roma in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Pellegrini[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, left wing-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Lazio (on loan from Juventus) | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cinecittà Bettini | |||
| –2011 | Nuova Tor Tre Teste | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2023 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Lazio (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Italy U16 | 16 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:34, 1 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2020 | |||
Club career
editRoma
editOn 17 April 2018, Pellegrini signed his first professional contract with A.S. Roma keeping him at the club until 2021.[4]
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.[5][6] 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]
Loan to Cagliari
editOn 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2019.[7]
Juventus
editOn 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.[8] On 19 August 2019, he rejoined Cagliari on loan for the 2019–20 season.[9] On 26 September 2020, Pellegrini moved to Genoa on a one-year loan.[10] He moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on a one-year loan on 12 August 2022.[11] On 31 January 2023, Pellegrini was recalled from the Eintracht loan and loaned to Lazio instead, with an option to buy.[12] On 17 August 2023, Pellegrini rejoined Lazio on a two-year loan with the option to make the deal permanent, which becomes an obligation if certain conditions are met.[13]
International career
editPellegrini 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.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16]
Despite appearing in earlier qualifiers,[17] 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.[18]
Style of play
editAlthough 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."[6][19][20][21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 1 December 2024[22]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Roma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Cagliari (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| Total | 36 | 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[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| Lazio (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 112 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 1 | ||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
edit- As of match played 11 November 2020[22]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
editJuventus
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2021–22[22]
- Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2021[22]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini signs long-term contract with Roma". www.asroma.com.
- ^ "Roma vs. Frosinone - 26 September 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b Pietrella, Francesco (27 September 2018). "Luca Pellegrini, chi è il nuovo talento della Roma: dal no al Liverpool all'esordio in A" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, rinforzo a sinistra. Preso il giovane Luca Pellegrini" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Benvenuto in bianconero a Luca Pellegrini!". Juventus.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Juventus starlet Pellegrini returns to Cagliari on loan". 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini in prestito al Genoa - Juventus" (in Italian). Juventus F.C. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini in prestito all'Eintracht". Juventus F.C. (in Italian). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini in biancoceleste a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste". S.S. Lazio. 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Italia, in 26 per Armenia e Finlandia: prima chiamata per Luca Pellegrini – Archived copy". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "A Grifo brace and goals from Bernardeschi and Orsolini secure a comfortable win against Estonia". www.figc.it. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland U21 v Italy U21 2021 Euro qualifier summary". UEFA. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Infortunio Pellegrini, si ferma di nuovo il calciatore del Genoa" [Pellegrini injury, the Genoa player stops again] (in Italian). GonfiaLaRete. 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini: 'Carichi per i quarti. Mezzala anche in futuro? Dipende...'" (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Luca Pellegrini is Bianconero!". Juventus F.C. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "50 for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch in 2019/20". UEFA.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Luca Pellegrini". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
External links
edit
- Luca Pellegrini at Soccerway
- Luca Pellegrini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- "Luca Pellegrini". FIGC profile (in Italian).