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Reno Piscopo
Personal information
Full name Reno Mauro Piscopo[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 10
Youth career
Fawkner Blues
North Coburg United
Melbourne Phoenix
2011–2017 Inter Milan
2017 Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Renate 51 (5)
2019–2022 Wellington Phoenix 59 (8)
2022– Newcastle Jets 24 (1)
International career‡
2013 Italy U15 6 (0)
2013–2014 Italy U16 4 (1)
2014 Italy U17 3 (0)
2016 Australia U20 1 (0)
2019–2021 Australia U23 11 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Australia
AFC U23 Asian Cup
Third place 2020 Thailand Squad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020

Reno Piscopo (born 27 May 1998) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League.[3]

Early life

Piscopo was born in Melbourne, Australia to an Italian father and Maltese mother.[4]

Club career

Youth

Piscopo began his youth career with Melbourne Phoenix, and later the Genova International School of Soccer.[5] He was signed by Inter Milan in 2011, where he played with the youth teams for six years, before signing with Torino in 2017 to join the youth setup.[6]

Renate

In August 2017, Piscopo was transferred to Renate, signing a three-year deal. Piscopo stated his intentions for leaving Torino were attain more first team experience.[7] He made his league debut on 27 August as a substitute in a 3–0 win at home against Padova.[8]

Wellington Phoenix

In August 2019, Piscopo signed a three-year deal with Wellington Phoenix.[9]

Newcastle Jets

After departing Wellington at the conclusion of his contract, Piscopo signed a two-year deal with rival A-League side the Newcastle Jets.[10]

International career

At international youth level, he made his debut with the Italy under-15 against Russia on 20 March 2013.[11] He later represented the Italy under-17, and most recently the Australia under-20.[12]

Piscopo qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the Olyroos Olympic squad. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention.[13] He is also eligible to represent Malta.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 May 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
A.C. Renate 2017–18[15] Serie C 19 0 0 0 1[b] 0 20 0
2018–19[16] Serie C 32 5 1 0 1[b] 0 34 5
Total 51 5 1 0 2 0 54 5
Wellington Phoenix 2019–20 A-League 21 2 0 0 — 21 2
2020–21 A-League 16 2 — — 16 2
2021–22 A-League Men 22 4 2 0 — 24 4
Total 59 8 2 0 0 0 61 8
Newcastle Jets 2022–23 A-League Men 18 1 0 0 — 18 1
Career total 128 14 3 0 2 0 133 14
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Australia Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "AFCS".
  2. ^ "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Wellington Phoenix Sign Skilful Australian Winger from Italian Side". 23 August 2019.
  4. ^ http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
  5. ^ "The Next Generation of Australian Wonderkids". 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ Stamocostas, Con (1 February 2017). "Aussie Youth Makes Serie A Move". FourFourTwo.
  7. ^ "Aussie teenager Piscopo departs Serie A for Renate". FourFourTwo. 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Renate vs. Calcio Padova - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway".
  9. ^ Ormond, Aidan (18 August 2019). "Transfer news: Ex-Inter Milan Aussie signs for A-League club". FTBL.
  10. ^ "Newcastle Jets Sign Exciting Attacker Reno Piscopo". Newcastle Jets FC. 21 June 2022.
  11. ^ http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
  12. ^ http://worldsoccerscouting.net/reno-piscopo/
  13. ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  14. ^ "R. Piscopo". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Renate 1–1 Feralpisalò". tuttoc.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Renate 0–0 Gozzano". tuttoc.com. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  17. ^ Harrington, Anna (20 May 2022). "ALM young guns get shot against Barcelona". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

External links

Australia men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics
Newcastle Jets FC – current squad
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