| Giuseppe Pezzella | |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Height: | 1.91 m[1] |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Empoli |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthclubs1: | Palermo |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Palermo |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Udinese |
| Caps2: | 20 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Genoa (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Parma (loan) |
| Caps4: | 23 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Parma |
| Caps5: | 24 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Atalanta (loan) |
| Caps6: | 21 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs7: | → Lecce (loan) |
| Caps7: | 16 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Empoli |
| Caps8: | 26 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC) |
Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli.
Pezzella is a youth product from Palermo. He made his Serie A debut with the senior side on 6 December 2015 against Atalanta, replacing Mato Jajalo after 65 minutes of a 3–0 away defeat.[2]
On 30 June 2017, Pezzella joined Udinese on a five-year contract.[3] [4]
On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined to Genoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019.[5]
On 27 August 2019, Pezzella signed to Parma a five-year contract,[6] but he was on loan until the end of 2019–20 season, with an obligation to buy.
On 27 July 2021, Pezzella moved to Atalanta on a season-long loan with option to buy, which would have become an obligation to buy if certain conditions were met.[7]
On 26 August 2022, Pezzella was loaned by Lecce, with an option to buy.[8]
On 31 July 2023, Serie A side Empoli announced the free signing of Pezzella on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year.[9] [10]
With the Italy U-20 side, Pezzella took part at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the bronze medal. The same year, he was also called up by the Italy U-21 manager Luigi Di Biagio for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,[11] following Nicola Murru's injury,[12] although he did not appear in the tournament. Italy were eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals of the competition on 27 June, following a 3–1 defeat.[13] [14]
Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Palermo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Udinese | 2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||||
| Genoa (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Parma | 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 1 | |||||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 161 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 1 | |||