Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1999)

For other people named Luca Pellegrini, see Luca Pellegrini (disambiguation).

Luca Pellegrini

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
2011–2018	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Roma	4	(0)
2019	→ Cagliari (loan)	12	(0)
2019–	Juventus	18	(0)
2019–2020	→ Cagliari (loan)	24	(0)
2020–2021	→ Genoa (loan)	11	(0)
2022–2023	→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)	9	(0)
2023–	→ Lazio (loan)	23	(1)
International career‡
2014–2015	Italy U16	9	(0)
2014–2015	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 23:04, 16 March 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, and the Italy national team.

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 16 March 2024 ^[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Roma	2018–19	Serie A	4	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		6	0
Cagliari (loan)	2018–19	Serie A	12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
	2019–20	Serie A	24	0	0	0	—		—		24	0
	Total		36	0	0	0	0	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 [lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	21	0
Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)	2022–23	Bundesliga	9	0	1	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	—		14	0
Lazio (loan)	2022–23	Serie A	7	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	—		8	0
	2023–24	Serie A	16	1	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 2]	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	23	1
	Total		23	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	31	1
Career total			101	1	6	0	13	0	1	0	121	1

1. Includes Coppa Italia, DFB-Pokal
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

As of match played 11 November 2020 ^[22]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Italy	2020	1	0
Total		1	0

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
2. "Luca Pellegrini: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. "Luca Pellegrini" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
4. "Luca Pellegrini signs long-term contract with Roma". www.asroma.com.
5. "Roma vs. Frosinone - 26 September 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
6. Pietrella, Francesco (27 September 2018). "Luca Pellegrini, chi è il nuovo talento della Roma: dal no al Liverpool all'esordio in A" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
7. "UFFICIALE: Cagliari, rinforzo a sinistra. Preso il giovane Luca Pellegrini" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
8. "Benvenuto in bianconero a Luca Pellegrini!". Juventus.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
9. "Juventus starlet Pellegrini returns to Cagliari on loan". 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
10. "Luca Pellegrini in prestito al Genoa - Juventus" (in Italian). Juventus F.C. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
11. "Luca Pellegrini in prestito all'Eintracht". Juventus F.C. (in Italian). 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
12. "Luca Pellegrini in biancoceleste a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
13. "Luca Pellegrini è un nuovo calciatore biancoceleste". S.S. Lazio. 17 August 2023.
14. "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
15. "Italia, in 26 per Armenia e Finlandia: prima chiamata per Luca Pellegrini – Archived copy". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
16. "A Grifo brace and goals from Bernardeschi and Orsolini secure a comfortable win against Estonia". www.figc.it. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
17. "Republic of Ireland U21 v Italy U21 2021 Euro qualifier summary". UEFA. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
18. "Infortunio Pellegrini, si ferma di nuovo il calciatore del Genoa" [Pellegrini injury, the Genoa player stops again] (in Italian). GonfiaLaRete. 20 February 2021.
19. "Luca Pellegrini: 'Carichi per i quarti. Mezzala anche in futuro? Dipende...'" (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
20. "Luca Pellegrini is Bianconero!". Juventus F.C. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
21. "50 for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch in 2019/20". UEFA.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
22. "Luca Pellegrini". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

External links

• Luca Pellegrini at Soccerway
• Luca Pellegrini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• "Luca Pellegrini". FIGC profile (in Italian).