Lorenzo Pirola

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Lorenzo Pirola
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Pirola[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 19)
Place of birth Carate Brianza, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Monza (on loan from Inter Milan)
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– Inter Milan 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Monza (loan) 12 (0)
2021– → Monza (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2017 Italy U15 9 (1)
2018 Italy U16 5 (0)
2017–2019 Italy U17 21 (2)
2019 Italy U18 7 (1)
2020– Italy U21 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2021

Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Monza, on loan from Inter Milan.

Club career[]

Inter Milan[]

Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.[3] Pirola made his senior debut with Inter Milan in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.[4]

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]

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.[9]

On 13 October 2020 he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

Honours[]

Inter Milan

Italy U17

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. ^ a b c Lorenzo Pirola at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  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: "I Can Still Improve On A Lot Of Things, The Inter First Team Players Have Been Very Helpful To Me"". 12 February 2020.

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