| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Raja CA (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1991 | RFC Montegnee | ||
| 1991–1993 | Liège | ||
| 1993–1998 | Standard Liège | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Standard Liège | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2003 | Liège | 96 | (28) |
| 2003–2004 | Mouscron | 30 | (28) |
| 2004–2007 | Auxerre | 80 | (21) |
| 2007–2008 | Nantes | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Lens (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Valenciennes | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | Gent | 8 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Standard Liège | 19 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Arles-Avignon | 22 | (3) |
| Total | 304 | (92) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2008 | Belgium | 24 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | Standard Liège B (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | RFC Seraing (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | KAA Gent (U16) | ||
| 2021– | Raja CA (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luigi Pieroni (born 8 September 1980) is a Belgian football manager and former player who is assistant manager of Raja CA. A forward, he played in Belgium and France. At international level, he represented the Belgium national team.
Pieroni was born in Liège, Belgium. He finished the 2003–04 Belgian First Division season as topscorer with 28 goals while he was playing for R.E. Mouscron. He previously played with R.F.C. Liégeois, Auxerre and was loaned out to Lens and Anderlecht while he was under contract with the FC Nantes. In 2008, he signed with Valenciennes and in 2010 he returned to Belgium, where he signed with K.A.A. Gent. After a two-year stint with Standard Liège, he signed a contract with French Ligue 2 club AC Arles-Avignon on 19 July 2011. His playing career came to a halt in the end of the 2012–13 season when he retired at the age of 32 due to a long time Phlebitis.
In March 2016 it was announced, that Pieroni had returned to Standard Liège and should be working as a forward coach for the club's academy, scout for the first team and also as assistant manager for the reserve team. [1] [2]
Pieroni left Standard in the summer 2019, to become the assistant manager of his former teammate, Christophe Grégoire, at Royal Football Club Seraing. [3]
After promotion to the Jupiler Pro League in 2021, Luigi Pieroni left Seraing to train the U16 youth of KAA Gent, following head coach Emilio Ferrera who became head of youth at Gent.
On 16 November 2021, it was reported that Pieroni had quit the U16 of Gent to become the assistant of Marc Wilmots at Raja CA. [4]
He has a son, Gianluca born on 4 January 2007.[ citation needed ]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 March 2006 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Luxembourg | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 21 November 2007 | Tofig Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan |  Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 1–0 | Euro 2008 Qualification |
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