Giuseppe Pezzella

Giuseppe Pezzella
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Pezzella
Date of birth (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
Udinese
Number 7
Youth career
Palermo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Palermo 19 (0)
2017– Udinese 15 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Italy U19 7 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U20 8 (0)
2017– Italy U21 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2018

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

On 30 June 2017 Pezzella joined Udinese on a 5-year contract.[4][5]

International career

With the Italy U-20 he 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 for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

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

Career statistics

Club

Updated as of 21 August 2018

Club League Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Palermo Serie A 2015–16 9010100
2016–17 10010110
Total 19020210
Udinese Serie A 2017–18 15030180
2018–19 001010
Total 15040190
Career total 34060400

References

  1. http://palermocalcio.it/it/1617/squadra/giuseppe-pezzella-10451
  2. "Italy - G. Pezzela - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  3. "Atalanta vs. Palermo - 6 December 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  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.
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