Luigi Pieroni

Luigi Pieroni (born 8 September 1980) is a former Belgian professional football, who played as a forward, and current assistant manager of RFC Seraing.

Playing career[]

Pieroni was born in Liège, Belgium. He finished the 2003–04 Belgian First Division season as topscorer with 28 goals while he was playing for R.E. Mouscron. He previously played with R.F.C. Liégeois, Auxerre and was loaned out to Lens and Anderlecht while he was under contract with the FC Nantes. In 2008, he signed with Valenciennes and in 2010 he returned to Belgium, where he signed with K.A.A. Gent. After a two-year stint with Standard Liège, he signed a contract with French Ligue 2 club AC Arles-Avignon on 19 July 2011. His playing career came to a halt in the end of the 2012–13 season when he retired at the age of 32 due to a long time Phlebitis.

Coaching career[]

In March 2016 it was announced, that Pieroni had returned to Standard Liège and should be working as a forward coach for the club's academy, scout for the first team and also as assistant manager for the reserve team.^[1][2]

Pieroni left Standard in the summer 2019, to become the assistant manager of his former teammate, Christophe Grégoire, at Royal Football Club Seraing.^[3]

Personal life[]

He has a son, Gianluca born on 4 January 2007.^{[citation needed]}

International goals[]

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pieroni goal.

List of international goals scored by Luigi Pieroni

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 March 2006	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	2–0	Won	Friendly
2	21 November 2007	Tofig Bahramov Stadium, Baku	Azerbaijan	1–0	Won	Euro 2008 Qualification

References[]

External links[]

• Luigi Pieroni at WorldFootball.net
• Luigi Pieroni – French league stats at LFP – also available in French

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