| Lorenzo Pirola | |
| Full Name: | Lorenzo Pirola[1] |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Carate Brianza, Italy |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Olympiacos |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2009 |
| Youthclubs1: | Casatese |
| Youthyears2: | 2009–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Missaglia |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs3: | COSOV |
| Youthyears4: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs4: | Luciano Manara |
| Youthyears5: | 2015–2020 |
| Youthclubs5: | Inter Milan |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Inter Milan |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Monza (loan) |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Salernitana (loan) |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs4: | Salernitana |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | Olympiacos |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2020– |
| Nationalteam5: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 20 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 3 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 December 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 15 November 2024 |
Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos and the Italy under-21 national team, which he captains.
Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.[2] Pirola made his senior debut with Inter in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.[3]
On 5 October 2020, Pirola moved to newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan.[4] He made his debut on 27 October 2020, in a Coppa Italia third round match against Pordenone; Monza won on penalties, with Pirola playing the whole 120 minutes.[5] Pirola played his first Serie B match on 22 December, in a 2–0 win over Ascoli at home.[6]
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.[7]
Pirola joined Salernitana in the Serie A on a one-year loan, with an option to buy and counter option in favour of Inter.[8] At the end of the season Salernitana triggered the option to buy, making the transfer permanent.[9]
Pirola joined Olympiakos in the Greek Super League on a three-year contract for a €3 million fee.[10]
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.[11]
On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21, playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against the Republic of Ireland in Pisa.
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Inter Milan | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Monza (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | |||
| Salernitana | 2023–24 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Total | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3 | |||
| 2024–25 | Super League Greece | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 83 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 96 | 3 | |||
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Italy U17
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