Lorenzo Pirola
{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lorenzo Pirola
| image = Lorenzo Pirola, Milan - Salernitana 13-03-2023 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Lorenzo Pirola
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|2|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Carate Brianza, Italy
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Olympiacos
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = 2008–2009
| youthclubs1 = Casatese
| youthyears2 = 2009–2013
| youthclubs2 = Missaglia
| youthyears3 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs3 = COSOV
| youthyears4 = 2014–2015
| youthclubs4 = Luciano Manara
| youthyears5 = 2015–2020
| youthclubs5 = Inter Milan
| years1 = 2020–2023
| clubs1 = Inter Milan
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–2022
| clubs2 = → Monza (loan)
| caps2 = 22
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022–2023
| clubs3 = → Salernitana (loan)
| caps3 = 26
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2023–2024
| clubs4 = Salernitana
| caps4 = 27
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Olympiacos
| caps5 = 21
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017
| nationalteam1 = Italy U15
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2018
| nationalteam2 = Italy U16
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2019
| nationalteam3 = Italy U17
| nationalcaps3 = 21
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2019
| nationalteam4 = Italy U18
| nationalcaps4 = 7
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| nationalyears5 = 2020–2025
| nationalteam5 = Italy U21
| nationalcaps5 = 26
| nationalgoals5 = 3
| pcupdate = 11 May 2025
| ntupdate = 22 June 2025
| image_size = 150
}}
Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos.
Club career
=Inter Milan=
Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.casateonline.it/articolo.php?idd=111423&origine=1|title=Casatenovo: la brillante carriera calcistica dei gemelli Carlo e Lorenzo Pirola che militano nelle giovanili di Toro e Inter|date=3 September 2018|website=Casate Online}} Pirola made his senior debut with Inter in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/07/16/italy/serie-a/spal-1907/fc-internazionale-milano/3112025/|title=SPAL vs. Internazionale - 16 July 2020 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}
==Loan to Monza==
On 5 October 2020, Pirola moved to newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan.{{Cite web|title=Dall'Inter arriva Lorenzo Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A.|url=https://www.monzacalcio.com/it/news/2040/|access-date=2020-10-05|website=www.monzacalcio.com|language=it}} He made his debut on 27 October 2020, in a Coppa Italia third round match against Pordenone; Monza won on penalties, with Pirola playing the whole 120 minutes.{{Cite web|title=Pordenone vs. Monza - 27 October 2020 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/27/italy/coppa-italia/pordenone-calcio-ssd/ac-monza-brianza-1912/3395555/|access-date=2020-10-28|website=int.soccerway.com}} Pirola played his first Serie B match on 22 December, in a 2–0 win over Ascoli at home.{{Cite web|title=Monza vs. Ascoli - 22 December 2020 - Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/12/22/italy/serie-b/ac-monza-brianza-1912/ascoli-calcio/3372707/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=int.soccerway.com}}
On 14 July 2021, Pirola re-joined Monza on another one-year loan, with an option to buy for Monza and a counter-option for Inter.{{Cite web|title=Welcome back Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A.|url=https://www.acmonza.com/en/news/2718/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.acmonza.com|language=it}}
=Salernitana=
Pirola joined Salernitana in the Serie A on a one-year loan, with an option to buy and counter option in favour of Inter.{{Cite web |title=Lorenzo Pirola è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana – US Salernitana 1919 {{!}} Sito ufficiale della U.S. Salernitana 1919 |url=https://www.ussalernitana1919.it/lorenzo-pirola-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-della-salernitana/ |access-date=2022-07-30 |language=it-IT}} At the end of the season Salernitana triggered the option to buy, making the transfer permanent.{{cite press release|url=https://salernitana.it/news/ochoa-pirola-e-dia-sono-giocatori-della-salernitana/|title=Ochoa, Pirola e Dia sono giocatori della Salernitana|date=1 July 2023|access-date=4 July 2023|language=it|publisher=U.S. Salernitana 1919}}
=Olympiakos=
Pirola joined Olympiakos in the Greek Super League on a three-year contract for a €3 million fee.{{Cite web |title=Ο Ολυμπιακός φέρνει τον Πιρόλα για τον ρόλο του αντί-Κάρμο |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/o-olympiakos-fernei-ton-pirola-gia-ton-rolo-toy-anti-karmo.10352848.html |language=el}}
International career
Pirola is a youth international for Italy. He represented the Italy U17s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where they came in second.{{Cite web|url=https://sempreinter.com/2020/02/12/lorenzo-pirola-i-can-still-improve-on-a-lot-of-things-the-inter-first-team-players-have-been-very-helpful-to-me/|title=Lorenzo Pirola: "I Can Still Improve On A Lot Of Things, The Inter First Team Players Have Been Very Helpful To Me"|date=12 February 2020}}
On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21, playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against the Republic of Ireland in Pisa.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 30 January 2025}}{{Soccerway|571683|access-date=29 May 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Coppa Italia !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Inter Milan
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Serie A |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22
|Serie A |colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Monza (loan)
|12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{Efn|Appearances in play-offs|name=PO}} | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|Serie B |10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4{{Efn|name=PO}} | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Salernitana (loan)
|Serie A |26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="2"|Salernitana
|Serie A |27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3 | |
| Olympiacos
|21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!97 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 120 | 3 |
{{notelist}}
Honours
Inter Milan
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2019–20
Olympiacos
Italy U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2019
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019{{cite web |date=20 May 2019 |title=2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0252-0cda375cc6b6-cef30f861471-1000--2019-under-17-euro-team-of-the-tournament/ |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=UEFA |language=}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200717143139/https://www.inter.it/en/squadra/G1035/lorenzo-pirola Lorenzo Pirola] at Inter Milan
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190915221617/http://www.legaseriea.it/en/players/lorenzo-pirola/PRLRNZ Lorenzo Pirola] at Serie A
- {{FIGC Italy U15 player|46371}}
- {{FIGC Italy U16 player|46371}}
- {{FIGC Italy U17 player|46371}}
- {{FIGC Italy U18 player|46371}}
- {{FIGC Italy U21 player|46371}}
{{Olympiacos F.C. squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Carate Brianza
Category:Footballers from the Province of Monza e Brianza
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:US Salernitana 1919 players
Category:Olympiacos F.C. players
Category:Italy men's youth international footballers
Category:Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Italian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece