Emanuele Pecorino

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Emanuele Pecorino
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-15) 15 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Catania, Italy [1]
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
(on loan from Juventus)
Number 90
Youth career
2008–2010 Trinacria
2010–2020 Catania
2019 → AC Milan (loan)
2019–2020 → AC Milan (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Catania 15 (5)
2021– Juventus 0 (0)
2021–2023 → Juventus Next Gen [lower-greek 1] (res.) 50 (9)
2023–2024 → Südtirol (loan) 26 (4)
2024– → Frosinone (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021 Italy U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:11, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Emanuele Pecorino (born 15 July 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Frosinone, on loan from Juventus. [3]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Pecorino began his youth career at local academy Trinacria aged 6–7, before moving to Catania in 2010. [4] In the 2018–19 season, Pecorino scored 18 goals for the under-19s. [5] In March 2019, AC Milan took him on loan for the Torneo Di Viareggio youth tournament. [6] He scored a goal in the round of 16, in which they were eliminated by Charles De Ketelaere's Club Brugge. [7] He made his first-team debut for Catania on 7 April 2019, coming on in the 55th minute in a 2–1 win against Bisceglie; his 91st-minute header was saved on the goal line, with Andrea Esposito scoring from the rebound. [1]

In summer 2019, Pecorino returned to Milan's youth setup on loan; he scored seven goals in 14 appearances in the Campionato Primavera 2 – nine in 18 in all competitions, [4] helping his side gain promotion to the Campionato Primavera 1. [1] Upon his return to Catania, he was integrated in the first team. [1] His first game in 2020–21 was in the derby against Palermo, playing from the first minute and scoring the equalizer to help his team draw 1–1. [1] Pecorino played the next seven games as a starter, scoring four more goals. [1] Pecorino ended the first half of the season with five goals in 14 appearances (762 minutes). [8]

Juventus

On 2 February 2021, Pecorino joined Serie C side Juventus U23 [lower-greek 1] – the reserve team of Juventus – on a four-and-a-half-year contract. [9] He made his debut two days later, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 home defeat against Como. [10] [11] Pecorino's first Juventus U23 goal came on 7 February, as a substitute in a 6–0 home victory against Livorno. [12] On the same day, he started to suffer an osteitis pubis. [13]

Pecorino returned from his injury on 22 August, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 Coppa Italia Serie C win against Pro Sesto in the 88th minute. [14] Pecorino's first goal in the 2021–22 season came on 20 October, in a 2–2 away draw against AlbinoLeffe. [15] On 14 December, he was operated on for an ostetis pubis again. [16] Pecorino returned from injury on 13 February 2022, as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 win against Mantova. [17] On 13 March, during a 1–0 defeat against Südtirol, Pecorino broke the radius of his right forearm. [18]

On 3 September, Pecorino scored the second goal through a header in Juventus Next Gen's 2–0 victory to Trento on matchday 1. [19] Towards late-January–early-February 2023, Pecorino scored four goals in three consecutive league matches; he scored one goal against Vicenza and Pergolettese and netted a brace against Piacenza. [20] On 7 July 2023, he was loaned to Serie B side Südtirol, alongside his teammate Daouda Peeters. [21]

Loan to Südtirol

On 7 July 2023, he joined Südtirol on loan. [22]

Frosinone

On 9 August 2024, Pecorino joined Frosinone on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy. [23]

Style of play

Pecorino is a left-footed striker known for his strength and holding play. [1] He has good technique, and his height of 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) helps him in aerial play. [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 April 2023 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Catania 2018–19 Serie C 10000010
2019–20 Serie C00000000
2020–21 Serie C14510—155
Total1551000165
Juventus Next Gen [lower-greek 1] 2020–21 Serie C21—0021
2021–22 Serie C222—3 [lower-alpha 1] [24] 0252
2022–23 Serie C266—6 [lower-alpha 2] [24] 0326
Total5090090599
Südtirol 2023–24 Serie B 00—0000
Career total651410907514
  1. ↑ Two appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C and one appearance in the Serie C promotion play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C

International

Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
TeamYearAppsGoals
Italy U20 [25] 202110
Career total10

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The team's name was changed from Juventus U23 to Juventus Next Gen in August 2022. [2]

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References

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  5. 1 2 "Emanuele Pecorino, chi è l'attaccante del Milan: la scheda". Pianeta Milan (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Redazione (11 March 2019). "PECORINO: Viareggio Cup, il "baby" rossazzurro aggregato al Milan". Tutto Calcio Catania (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Pecorino, dal Torneo di Viareggio contro De Ketelaere al primo gol contro il Palermo". La Casa di C (in Italian). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  8. 1 2 Emanuele Pecorino at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "La Juventus ufficializza Pecorino: firma fino al 2025. In prestito arriva Compagnon: "Benvenuti ragazzi"". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Esordio Pecorino: prima con la Juventus U23 per l'attaccante classe 2001". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). 3 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Calcio Como - Juventus II 3:0 (Serie C Girone A 2020/2021, 22. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Juventus Under 23 Livorno: primo gol in bianconero per Pecorino". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (31 March 2021). "Infortunio Pecorino: l'attaccante corre verso il recupero". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  15. ↑ Baridon, Marco (20 October 2021). "Albinoleffe Juventus U23 2-2: Kaio Jorge e Pecorino per la doppia rimonta". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Juve U23, intervento chirurgico per Pecorino: poi la riabilitazione". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  17. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (13 February 2022). "Pecorino fa sorridere Zauli e la Juventus U23: rientro contro il Mantova". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 14 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  19. ↑ Pranzoni, Carlo (3 September 2022). "Juventus Next Gen Trento 2-0: inizia al meglio l'avventura di Brambilla". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "Chi è Emanuele Pecorino | Attaccante Juventus Next Gen | DAZN News Italia". DAZN (in Italian). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  21. ↑ JuventusNews24, Redazione (7 July 2023). "Juventus Next Gen, Pecorino e Peeters in prestito al Sudtirol: è ufficiale". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ↑ "Dalla Juventus arriva la punta Emanuele Pecorino" (Press release) (in Italian). Südtirol. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  23. ↑ "PECORINO È DEL FROSINONE" [PECORINO IS AT FROSINONE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  24. 1 2 For Coppa Italia Serie C stats not covered by Soccerway, see "Profile Player Emanuele Pecorino". myjuve.it. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  25. ↑ Emanuele Pecorino FIGC Italy U20 profile (in Italian)
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