Nicholas Pierini

Nicholas Pierini (born 6 August 1998) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Cosenza on loan from Sassuolo.

Nicholas Pierini
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Pierini
Date of birth (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cosenza (on loan from Sassuolo)
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2015 Parma
2015 Empoli
2015–2017 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Sassuolo 3 (0)
2018–2019 → Spezia (loan) 25 (5)
2019– → Cosenza 14 (3)
National team‡
2016 Italy U-18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U-19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2017

Club career

Sassuolo

On 29 October 2017, Pierini made his professional debut in Serie A for Sassuolo as a substitute replacing Luca Mazzitelli in the 71st minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Napoli.[1] On 20 December he played his first match as a starter in Coppa Italia, a 2–1 away defeat against Atalanta in the round of 16, he was replaced by Diego Falcinelli in the 54th minute.[2]

Loan to Spezia

On 10 July 2018, Pierini was signed by Serie B side Spezia on a season-long loan deal.[3] On 4 August he made his debut for Spezia and he scored his first professional goal in the 66th minute of a 2–1 home win over Sambenedettese in the second round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Luca Vignali after 85 minutes.[4] Three weeks later, on 25 August, he made his Serie B debut for Spezia as a substitute replacing Emmanuel Gyasi in the 64th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Venezia.[5] One week later, on 1 September, Pierini scored twice in a 3–2 home win over Brescia.[6] On 27 October he played his first entire match for the team, a 0–0 away draw against Padova.[7] Pierini ended his season-long loan with 27 appearances and 6 goals.[8]

Loan to Cosenza

On 9 August 2019, Pierini was loaned to Serie B side Cosenza on season-long loan deal.[9] On 11 August he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 away defeat against Monopoli in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[10] On 24 August he made his league debut for Cosenza in a 0–0 away draw against Crotone, he was replaced Riccardo Moreo after 74 minutes.[11] One week later he played his first entire match for Cosenza, a 1–0 home defeat against Salernitana.[12] On 24 September, Pierini scored his first goal for Cosenza, as a substitute, in the 94th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Livorno.[13] On 10 November he scored twice in a 2–2 away draw against Trapani.[14]

Personal life

He is a son of former Italy international footballer and current coach Alessandro Pierini.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 November 2019
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sassuolo 2017–18 Serie A 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Spezia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 25 5 2 1 — — 27 6
Cosenza (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 9 3 1 0 — — 10 3
Career total 37 8 4 1 — — 41 9

Honours

Club

Sassuolo Primavera

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 October 2017.
  2. "Atalanta vs. Sassuolo - 20 December 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  3. "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduti cinque giocatori: Pierini ed Erlic allo Spezia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  4. "Spezia vs. Sambenedettese - 4 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  5. "Venezia vs. Spezia - 25 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  6. "Spezia vs. Brescia - 1 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  7. "Calcio Padova vs. Spezia - 27 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  8. "Italy - N. Pierini - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  9. "UFFICIALE: Cosenza, dal Sassuolo arriva in prestito Pierini - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  10. "Monopoli vs. Cosenza - 11 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  11. "Crotone vs. Cosenza - 24 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  12. "Cosenza vs. Salernitana - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  13. "Cosenza vs. Livorno - 24 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  14. "Trapani vs. Cosenza - 10 November 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  15. "Sassuolo: Nicholas Pierini, goals and quality at the service of the team" (in Italian). FootballScouting. 2 January 2017.


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