 Pezzella with Udinese in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 November 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palermo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Palermo | 19 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Udinese | 20 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Genoa (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Parma (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2020–2023 | Parma | 24 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Atalanta (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Lecce (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2023– | Empoli | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Italy U20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Italy U21 | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023 | |||
Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli.[2]
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 five-year contract.[4][5]
On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined to Genoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019.[6]
On 27 August 2019, Pezzella signed to Parma a five-year contract,[7] but he was on loan until the end of 2019–20 season, with an obligation to buy.
On 27 July 2021, Pezzella moved to Atalanta on a season-long loan with option to buy, which would have become an obligation to buy if certain conditions were met.[8]
On 26 August 2022, Pezzella was loaned by Lecce, with an option to buy.[9]
On 31 July 2023, Serie A side Empoli announced the free signing of Pezzella on a three-year contract, with an option for a further year.[10][11]
With the Italy U-20 side, Pezzella 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 manager Luigi Di Biagio for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,[12] following Nicola Murru's injury,[13] although he did not appear in the tournament. Italy were eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals of the competition on 27 June, following a 3–1 defeat.[14][15]
Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss against Spain.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Palermo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Udinese | 2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Genoa (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Parma | 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 1 | ||||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 135 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 1 | ||