Luca Pellegrini | |
Full Name: | Luca Pellegrini[1] |
Birth Date: | 1999 3, df=yes[2] |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Height: | 1.78 m[3] |
Position: | Left-back, left wing-back |
Currentclub: | Lazio (on loan from Juventus) |
Clubnumber: | 3 |
Youthclubs1: | Cinecittà Bettini |
Youthyears2: | –2011 |
Youthclubs2: | Nuova Tor Tre Teste |
Youthyears3: | 2011–2018 |
Youthclubs3: | Roma |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs1: | Roma |
Caps1: | 4 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | → Cagliari (loan) |
Caps2: | 12 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2019– |
Clubs3: | Juventus |
Caps3: | 18 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs4: | → Cagliari (loan) |
Caps4: | 24 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs5: | → Genoa (loan) |
Caps5: | 11 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022–2023 |
Clubs6: | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) |
Caps6: | 9 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2023– |
Clubs7: | → Lazio (loan) |
Caps7: | 26 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2014–2015 |
Nationalteam1: | Italy U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 16 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
Nationalteam2: | Italy U17 |
Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2016 |
Nationalteam3: | Italy U18 |
Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2016–2017 |
Nationalteam4: | Italy U19 |
Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears5: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam5: | Italy U20 |
Nationalcaps5: | 7 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears6: | 2018–2020 |
Nationalteam6: | Italy U21 |
Nationalcaps6: | 5 |
Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears7: | 2020 |
Nationalteam7: | Italy |
Nationalcaps7: | 1 |
Nationalgoals7: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 23:49, 26 May 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 11 November 2020 |
Luca Pellegrini (born 7 March 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back or left wing-back for club Lazio, on loan from Juventus.
On 17 April 2018, Pellegrini signed his first professional contract with A.S. Roma keeping him at the club until 2021.[4]
Pellegrini joined the first team in the 2018–19 season, aged 19. He made his professional and Serie A debut in a 4–0 win over Frosinone on 26 September 2018, making the assist for Aleksandar Kolarov's goal.[5] [6] He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 2 October 2018, in the group stage match won 5–0 against FC Viktoria Plzeň.
On 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2019.[7]
On 30 June 2019, Luca Pellegrini joined Serie A champions Juventus for €22 million, with Leonardo Spinazzola moving in the opposite direction for €29.5 million.[8] On 19 August 2019, he rejoined Cagliari on loan for the 2019–20 season.[9] On 26 September 2020, Pellegrini moved to Genoa on a one-year loan.[10] He moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on a one-year loan on 12 August 2022.[11] On 31 January 2023, Pellegrini was recalled from the Eintracht loan and loaned to Lazio instead, with an option to buy.[12] On 17 August 2023, Pellegrini rejoined Lazio on a two-year loan with the option to make the deal permanent, which becomes an obligation if certain conditions are met.[13]
Pellegrini made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium.
With the Italy U20 side he took part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, in which Italy achieved a fourth–place finish.[14]
He received his first call up to the Italy senior squad for the team's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Armenia and Finland in September 2019.[15]
He made his senior debut with Italy on 11 November 2020, featuring as a substitute in a 4–0 friendly win over Estonia in Florence.[16]
Despite appearing in earlier qualifiers,[17] he was not selected for Italy's 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad. He was unavailable for selection as he was suffering from a persistent adductor muscle injury beginning in February 2021.[18]
Although he usually plays as a left-back, Pellegrini has also been used as an offensive-minded central midfielder, known as the "mezzala" role, in Italian. A physically powerful and technically gifted defender, he is also known for his quality, stamina, consistency, and work-rate. Regarded in the media as a promising young player, in July 2019 he was included in UEFA.com's "50 for the future" list of "ones to watch in 2019–20."[6] [19] [20] [21]
Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Roma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Cagliari (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
Genoa (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
Juventus | 2021–22 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
Lazio (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Serie A | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Total | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
Career total | 104 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 1 |
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