Damiano Pecile
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damiano Daniele Pecile[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 11, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Venezia U19 (on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Mountain United FC | ||
| 2015–2020 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | → Venezia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2019 | Canada U17 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2021 | |||
Damiano Daniele Pecile (born April 11, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Under-19 squad of the Serie A club Venezia, on loan from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Club career[]
Pecile signed as a homegrown player for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on February 14, 2020.[2] On November 8, 2020, he made his MLS debut, coming on as a substitute in the final minutes of a 3–0 win over the LA Galaxy.[3] Pecile was loaned to Italian side Venezia for one year on May 2, 2021.[4][5]
International career[]
Pecile participated in the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where the team finished fourth. Later that year he was selected to Canada's final 21-man squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. He would play in all three of Canada's group stage matches where they went winless and were eliminated.
Personal life[]
He holds Italian citizenship due to his Italian origins.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil - List of Players" (PDF). fifadata.com. FIFA. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ a b "Whitecaps FC sign midfielder Damiano Pecile to Homegrown contract". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. February 14, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ "twitter.com/whitecapsfc/status/1325614836621832192?s=21". twitter.com. Retrieved November 9, 2020.[self-published]
- ^ "Ufficiale: Damiano Pecile in arancioneroverde!" (in Italian). May 2, 2021. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps make moves with pair of homegrown players". May 2, 2021.
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- Sportspeople from Burnaby
- Canadian people of Italian descent
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