Guillaume Pianelli
{{Short description|French soccer player (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Guillaume Pianelli
|image =
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|fullname = Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|5|1|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Bastia, France
|height = 1.90 m
|position = Defender
|currentclub =
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = SC Bastia
|collegeyears1 = 2019–
|college1 = UQTR Patriotes
|collegecaps1 = 24
|collegegoals1 = 3
|years1 = 2016–2017 |clubs1 = SC Bastia II |caps1 = 4 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2017 |clubs2 = SC Bastia |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2018–2019 |clubs3 = ÉF Bastia |caps3 = 26 |goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2020–2021 |clubs4 = Celtix du Haut-Richelieu |caps4 = 23 |goals4 = 2
|years5 = 2022 |clubs5 = Forge FC |caps5 = 0 |goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2022 |clubs6 = Celtix du Haut-Richelieu |caps6 = 8 |goals6 = 0
|years7 = 2023 |clubs7 = Valour FC |caps7 = 17 |goals7 = 1
|club-update = 29 September 2023
}}
Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni (born 1 May 1998) is a French soccer player who plays as a defender.
Early life
Pianelli was a product of the SC Bastia system, where he began playing at age 5, remaining there for his entire youth career, eventually training with the first team, only leaving the club when they began to experience financial difficulties.{{Cite web|url=https://neo.uqtr.ca/2020/12/04/guillaume-pianelli-balisoni-le-taureau-corse/|title=Profil d'étudiant-athlète: Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni: le taureau corse|trans-title=Student-Athlete Profile: Guillaume Pianelli-Balisoni: the Corsican bull|language=fr|date=4 December 2020|first=Yaël|last=Blanchet Godbout|work=Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières}}
University career
In 2019, he moved to Canada to attend the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where he played for the men's soccer team, winning the U Sports men's soccer championship in his first year, where he was named to the all-tournament team.{{cite web|url=https://neo.uqtr.ca/2022/01/21/guillaume-pianelli-est-selectionne-en-premiere-ronde-du-repechage-de-la-cpl/|title=Guillaume Pianelli est sélectionné en première ronde du repêchage de la CPL|trans-title=Guillaume Pianelli is selected in the first round of the CPL Draft|date=21 January 2022|first=Cédrick|last=Gervais|language=fr|work=Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières}}{{Cite web|url=https://forgefc.canpl.ca/article/forge-fc-selects-two-players-in-the-2022-cpl-u-sports-draft|title=Forge FC selects two players in the 2022 CPL-U Sports Draft|work=Forge FC|date=20 January 2022}} Ahead of the 2022 season, he was named the team captain.{{cite web|url=https://neo.uqtr.ca/2022/02/07/felix-clapin-girard-tend-le-flambeau-a-guillaume-pianelli/?fbclid=IwAR03hCwfPHhSsbu39sW9_j-exe9tZlbL0eBczqFIwCi2hOnbVobjeDpVRI4|title=Félix Clapin-Girard tend le flambeau à Guillaume Pianelli|trans-title=Félix Clapin-Girard hands the torch to Guillaume Pianelli|date=7 February 2022|first=Cédrick|last=Gervais|language=fr|work=Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières}} Pianelli was named a U Sports First Team All-Canadian in 2022 and an RSEQ All-Star in 2019, 2021 and 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/2022-cpl-u-sports-draft-recap|title=2023 CPL U-Sports Draft Recap|date=December 16, 2022|work=Valour FC|first=Ed|last=Tait}}{{cite web|url=https://fr.canpl.ca/article/guillaume-pianelli-un-talent-qui-se-revele-a-winnipeg|title=Guillaume Pianelli : Un talent qui se révèle à Winnipeg|trans-title=Guillaume Pianelli: A talent that reveals itself in Winnipeg|date=June 28, 2023|work=Canadian Premier League|first=Quentin|last=Parisis|language=fr}}
Club career
In 2016, he debuted with SC Bastia II in the fifth tier Championnat de France Amateur 2.{{cite web|url=https://justesoccer.com/amateur/guillaume-pianelli-je-me-suis-attache-au-celtix-de-st-jean/|title=Guillaume Pianelli : " Je me suis attaché au Celtix de St-Jean "|language=fr|trans-title=Guillaume Pianelli: “I got attached to Celtix de St-Jean”|date=21 October 2021|work=Just eSoccer}} He had been training with the first team at the time as well, when the club went bankrupt. He was contacted by neighbouring club AC Ajaccio, but chose to remain with Bastia, whose first team was demoted to the new fifth tier 2017–18 Championnat National 3, taking the place of the reserve side, in order to retain his status as an amateur. In 2018, he joined EF Bastia in the same division.{{Cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/2022-cpl-u-sports-draft-roundup/|title=2022 CPL-U SPORTS Draft Roundup|date=20 January 2022|work=Northern Tribune|first=John|last=Jacques}}
In 2020, he began playing for Celtix du Haut-Richelieu in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, where he was working as a youth coach.
At the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected seventh overall by Forge FC,{{cite web|url=https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/2022/01/21/patriotes-guillaume-pianelli-repeche-dans-la-canadian-premier-league-97bdfe4be2eb85f3642719d3b0249dc8|title=Patriotes: Guillaume Pianelli repêché dans la Canadian Premier League|trans-title=Patriots: Guillaume Pianelli drafted into the Canadian Premier League|first=Matthew|last=Vachon|language=fr|date=21 January 2022|work=Le Nouvelliste}}{{Cite web|url=https://justesoccer.com/equipe-canada/cpl-plusieurs-joueurs-universitaires-ont-franchi-le-pas-vers-le-professionnalisme/|title=CPL: Guillaume Pianelli, Julien Bruce, Quentin Paumier and Luca Ricci selected!|date=January 20, 2022|work=Just eSoccer|trans-title=CPL: Guillaume Pianelli, Julien Bruce, Quentin Paumier and Luca Ricci selected!|language=fr}} In February, he signed with Forge ahead of their CONCACAF Champions League matches,{{Cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/forge-fc-2022-roster-update/|title=Running Through The Six: A Look At Forge’s New Signings|date=15 February 2022|work=Northern Tribune|first=John|last=Jacques}}{{Cite web|url=https://onesoccer.ca/a/forge-fc-signs-canadians-jensen-kalongo-adds-four-others-to-roster|title=Forge signs Canadians Jensen, Kalongo, adds four others|date=February 15, 2022|work=OneSoccer}} but did not remain with the club afterwards on a CPL contract as their roster was full.{{Cite web|url=https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/my-goal-is-to-prove-i-can-play-minutes-to-help-us-win-games|title=Guillaume Pianelli: "My goal is to prove I can play minutes to help us win games"|date=March 6, 2023|work=Valour FC|first=Ed|last=Tait}}
He spent the 2022 season in the PLSQ with Celtix and in the 2023 pre-season, he played on the PLSQ all-star team in an exhibition match again CF Montréal.{{cite web|url=https://northerntribune.ca/plsq-all-stars-cf-montreal/|title=PLSQ All-Stars Set To Face CF Montreal|date=January 26, 2023|work=Northern Tribune|first=John|last=Jacques}}
At the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, he was selected in the first round (fifth overall) by Valour FC.{{Cite web|url=https://neo.uqtr.ca/2023/01/05/deux-patriotes-selectionnes-au-repechage-de-la-cpl/|title=Deux Patriotes sélectionnés au repêchage de la CPL|trans-title=Two Patriots selected in CPL Draft|language=fr|date=January 5, 2023|first=Léa|last=Lacroix-Fraslin|work=UQTR Patriotes}} In March 2023, he signed a U Sports contract with the club, which allows him to maintain his university eligibility.{{cite web|url=https://valourfc.canpl.ca/article/valour-fc-sign-french-defender-guillaume-pianelli-to-a-u-sports-contract|title=Valour FC sign French defender Guillaume Pianelli to a U-SPORTS contract|date=March 6, 2023|work=Valour FC}}{{cite web|title=Valour Signs Draft Pick Pianelli To U SPORTS Deal|url=https://northerntribune.ca/valour-fc-guillaume-pianelli/|date=March 6, 2023|work=Northern Tribune|first=John|last=Jacques}}
Career statistics
{{updated|29 September 2023}}{{Soccerway|guillaume-pianelli-balisoni/466695}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Playoffs !colspan="2"|Domestic Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| SC Bastia II
|Championnat de France Amateur 2 |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | |||
| SC Bastia
|0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=3|ÉF Bastia
|rowspan=2|Championnat National 3 |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|14 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | ? | ? | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| rowspan=3|Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
|2020{{cite web |title=PTS-Ligue Archive |url=http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/archiveLigue/ |publisher=TSI Sports |language=French}} |rowspan=2|Première ligue de soccer du Québec |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2021
|15 | 2 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 2 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Forge FC
|2022 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
|2022 |Première ligue de soccer du Québec |8 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 8 | 0 | |||
| Valour FC
|2023 |17 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 18 | 1 | ||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!78 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 3 |
References
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External links
- {{soccerway|guillaume-pianelli-balisoni/466695}}
{{2022 CPL–U Sports Draft}}
{{2023 CPL–U Sports Draft}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pianelli, Guillaume}}
Category:Footballers from Bastia
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Ligue1 Québec players
Category:Canadian Premier League players
Category:Valour FC draft picks
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Category:Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:University and college men's soccer players in Canada