Luigi Pieroni

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Luigi Pieroni
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-09-08) 8 September 1980 (age 43)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2007–2008Lens (loan) 11 (2)
2008Anderlecht (loan) 12 (3)
2008–2010 Valenciennes 12 (2)
2010 Gent 8 (2)
2010–2011 Standard Liège 19 (2)
2011–2013 Arles-Avignon 22 (3)
Total304(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.

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Playing career

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.

Coaching career

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]

Personal life

He has a son, Gianluca born on 4 January 2007.[ citation needed ]

International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pieroni goal.
List of international goals scored by Luigi Pieroni
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 March 2006 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2–02–0 Friendly
221 November 2007 Tofig Bahramov Stadium, Baku, AzerbaijanFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1–01–0 Euro 2008 Qualification

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