Giuseppe Pezzella

Giuseppe Pezzella

Pezzella with Udinese in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-11-29) 29 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Empoli
Number	3
Youth career
	Palermo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Palermo	19	(0)
2017–2020	Udinese	20	(0)
2019	→ Genoa (loan)	5	(0)
2019–2020	→ Parma (loan)	23	(0)
2020–2023	Parma	24	(1)
2021–2022	→ Atalanta (loan)	21	(0)
2022–2023	→ Lecce (loan)	16	(0)
2023–	Empoli	19	(0)
International career
2015–2016	Italy U19	7	(0)
2016–2017	Italy U20	8	(0)
2017–2019	Italy U21	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli. ^[2]

Club career

Palermo

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. ^[3]

Udinese

On 30 June 2017, Pezzella joined Udinese on a five-year contract. ^{[4] [5]}

Loan to Genoa

On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined to Genoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019. ^[6]

Parma

On 27 August 2019, Pezzella signed to Parma a five-year contract, ^[7] but he was on loan until the end of 2019–20 season, with an obligation to buy.

Loan to Atalanta

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. ^[8]

Loan to Lecce

On 26 August 2022, Pezzella was loaned by Lecce, with an option to buy. ^[9]

Empoli

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. ^{[10] [11]}

International career

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, ^[12] following Nicola Murru's injury, ^[13] 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. ^{[14] [15]}

Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023 ^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		29	0
Lecce (loan)	2022–23	Serie A	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
Career total			135	1	9	0	7	0	0	0	151	1

1. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Giuseppe Pezzella" (in Italian). palermocalcio.it. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
2. Giuseppe Pezzella at Soccerway
3. "Atalanta vs. Palermo - 6 December 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
4. "Pezzella è un nuovo giocatore dell'Udinese" (Press release) (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
5. "Pezzella ceduto all'Udinese" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Città di Palermo. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
6. "UFFICIALE: Genoa, dall'Udinese ecco Pezzella. Già convocato per il Milan" (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
7. "UFFICIALE: Parma, preso Pezzella dall'Udinese: contratto fino al 2024" . Retrieved 27 August 2019.
8. Bettoni, Lorenzo (27 July 2021). "Official: Pezzella joins Atalanta". Football Italia.
9. "PEZZELLA È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
10. "Giuseppe Pezzella è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" [Giuseppe Pezzella is a new blue footballer]. Empoli FC (in Italian). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
11. "UFFICIALE: Empoli, ecco l'erede di Parisi. Dal Parma arriva Giuseppe Pezzella" [OFFICIAL: Empoli, here is Parisi's heir. Giuseppe Pezzella arrives from Parma]. www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
12. "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
13. "Azzurrini da domani in Polonia. Murru a casa, Di Biagio convoca il palermitano Pezzella" (in Italian). figc.it. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
14. "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
15. James Horncastle (28 June 2017). "Italy fall to familiar foe Spain at U21 Euros but there is hope for the future". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

• Giuseppe Pezzella at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)