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Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1999)

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Luca Pellegrini
Pellegrini with Roma in 2016
Personal information
Full name Luca Pellegrini[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25)[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
0000–2011 Nuova Tor Tre Teste
2011–2018 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Roma 4 (0)
2019Cagliari (loan) 12 (0)
2019– Juventus 18 (0)
2019–2020Cagliari (loan) 24 (0)
2020–2021Genoa (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023Eintracht 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)
*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

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.

Club career

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Roma

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On 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

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On 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2019.[7]

Juventus

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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.[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

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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.[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

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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."[6][19][20][21]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 12 December 2024[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe 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 6[e] 0 14 0
Total 34 1 2 0 11 0 1 0 48 1
Career total 112 1 6 0 19 0 1 0 138 1
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 11 November 2020[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Juventus

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Luca Pellegrini: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Luca Pellegrini" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Luca Pellegrini signs long-term contract with Roma". www.asroma.com.
  5. ^ "Roma vs. Frosinone - 26 September 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, rinforzo a sinistra. Preso il giovane Luca Pellegrini" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Benvenuto in bianconero a Luca Pellegrini!". Juventus.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Juventus starlet Pellegrini returns to Cagliari on loan". 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Luca Pellegrini in prestito al Genoa - Juventus" (in Italian). Juventus F.C. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Luca Pellegrini in prestito all'Eintracht". Juventus F.C. (in Italian). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Luca Pellegrini in biancoceleste a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Luca Pellegrini è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste". S.S. Lazio. 17 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Republic of Ireland U21 v Italy U21 2021 Euro qualifier summary". UEFA. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Infortunio Pellegrini, si ferma di nuovo il calciatore del Genoa" [Pellegrini injury, the Genoa player stops again] (in Italian). GonfiaLaRete. 20 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Luca Pellegrini: 'Carichi per i quarti. Mezzala anche in futuro? Dipende...'" (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Luca Pellegrini is Bianconero!". Juventus F.C. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  21. ^ "50 for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch in 2019/20". UEFA.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  22. ^ a b c d "Luca Pellegrini". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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