Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1999)

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Luca Pellegrini
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Pellegrini with Roma in 2016
Personal information
Full name Luca Pellegrini [1]
Date of birth (1999-03-07) 7 March 1999 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [3]
Position(s) Left-back, left wing-back
Team information
Current team
Lazio
(on loan from Juventus)
Number 3
Youth career
Cinecittà Bettini
–2011 Nuova Tor Tre Teste
2011–2018 Roma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Roma 4 (0)
2019Cagliari (loan) 12 (0)
2019– Juventus 18 (0)
2019–2020Cagliari (loan) 24 (0)
2020–2021Genoa (loan) 11 (0)
2022–2023Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 9 (0)
2023–Lazio (loan) 36 (1)
International career
2014–2015 Italy U16 16 (0)
2015–2016 Italy U17 12 (0)
2016 Italy U18 3 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U19 3 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 7 (0)
2018–2020 Italy U21 5 (0)
2020 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:01, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 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 Serie A club Lazio, on loan from Juventus.

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Club career

Roma

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.[ citation needed ]

Loan to Cagliari

On 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2019. [7]

Juventus

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]

International career

Pellegrini made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium.[ citation needed ]

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]

Style of play

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 December 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Roma 2018–19 Serie A 40002 [b] 060
Cagliari (loan) 2018–19 Serie A120120
2019–20 Serie A24000240
Total36000360
Genoa (loan) 2020–21 Serie A11010120
Juventus 2021–22 Serie A180201 [b] 000210
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) 2022–23 Bundesliga 90104 [b] 0140
Lazio (loan) 2022–23 Serie A70001 [c] 080
2023–24 Serie A191204 [b] 01 [d] 0261
2024–25 Serie A100006 [e] 0160
Total3612011010501
Career total114160190101401

International

As of match played 11 November 2020 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202010
Total10

Honours

Juventus

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