 Perin in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mattia Perin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Latina, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Pistoiese | ||
| 2008–2010 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2018 | Genoa | 148 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | →Padova (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | →Pescara (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2018– | Juventus | 33 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | →Genoa (loan) | 53 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Italy U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Italy | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2018 | |||
Mattia Perin (Italian pronunciation:[matˈtiːapeˈrin];[3][4] born 10 November 1992) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forSerie A clubJuventus.
Perin began his career with Genoa in 2010, and, aside from two season-long loan spells withPadova in 2011–12, andPescara in 2012–13, he then remained there until the summer of 2018, during which he was sold toJuventus. He won the league title with the club during the 2018–19 season, although he primarily served as a back-up. At international level, he was an unused member of the Italy national team that took part at the2014 FIFA World Cup, and made his senior debut later that year.
Born inLatina and a product of theGenoa youth system, Perin was promoted to first team squad in January 2010, as a third-choice goalkeeper, and received the 88 jersey. He appeared on the bench in the matches againstGrosseto (20 October 2010),Vicenza (24 November),Inter (12 January 2011) andLazio (14 May). He made his professional andSerie A debut on 22 May 2011, playing as a starter in the 3–2 home victory againstCesena.[5]
In July 2011, he was loaned toSerie B clubPadova.[6][7] He made his Serie B debut on 1 October 2011, playing as a starter in the away match won 4–2 againstEmpoli.
In the 2012 summer, he was loaned toPescara, newly promoted inSerie A, obtaining 29 league appearances at the end of the season.
On 8 January 2017, Perin tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a 1–0 home defeat toRoma, ruling him out for the remainder of the2016–17 season.[8]
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On 8 June 2018, Perin signed forJuventus on a four-year contract for a fee of €12 million plus €3 million in bonuses;[9][10] he was initially expected to compete withWojciech Szczęsny for a starting spot, following the departure of Gianluigi Buffon.[11] Perin made his Juventus debut on 26 September 2018, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home win overBologna.[12] On 1 April 2019, he injured his right shoulder.[13] He only made a total of nine competitive appearances for the club throughout the season, all of which came in Serie A, as Juventus finished the season as league champions.[14]
In July, Perin was linked with a move to Portuguese sideBenfica; however, he failed his medical, due to a shoulder injury, and the transfer was not completed.[14][15] Due to the return of Buffon as a back-up to Szczęsny, Perin was relegated to the role of the club's fourth goalkeeper, behindCarlo Pinsoglio; as such, in September, he was subsequently excluded from Juventus's 22–playerChampions League squad by managerMaurizio Sarri.[16][17][18]
On 2 January 2020, he rejoined Genoa on loan until the end of the2019–20 season.[19] He made his first appearance since his return three days later, in a 2–1 home win overSassuolo in Serie A.[20] On 5 September 2020, he rejoined Genoa on loan until the end of the2020–21 season.[21]
In the summer of 2021, Perin returned to Juventus as a back-up to Szczęsny.[22] He made his debut from his return on 26 September, in a 3–2 win againstSampdoria in Serie A.[23] On 8 December, he made hisUEFA Club Competition andUEFA Champions League debut in a 1–0 home win overMalmö in Juventus's final first-round match of thelatter competition, which saw them top their group.[24][25] On 14 April 2022, Juventus announced his contract had been extended until 2025.[26]
On 15 May 2024, Perin started in Juventus's 1–0 victory overAtalanta in the2024 Coppa Italia final, keeping a clean-sheet.[27]
With theItaly U17 he played as the first choice keeper in both the2009 European U17 Championship, and the2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria.
As a member of theItaly U19 team he took part as the backup goalkeeper at the2010 European U19 Championship.
He made his debut for theItaly U21 team on 11 August 2010, aged only 17, in a friendly match againstDenmark.
In 2011–12 season Perin played once forItaly under-21 Serie B representative team and twice forItaly national under-20 football team, both feeder teams of U21.
Perin received his first call up for theItalian senior team by head coachCesare Prandelli, for the friendly match againstEngland held on 15 August 2012 inBern; seven other new faces were in the squad.[28] He was included in Prandelli's provisional 30-man squad ahead of2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil,[29] and then confirmed in the 23-man squad as the third choice goalkeeper behindGianluigi Buffon andSalvatore Sirigu. He became the youngest player of the squad and the only one who had no previous caps.[30]
He made his debut with the national team on 18 November 2014, in a 1–0 friendly win againstAlbania, replacing Sirigu for the last 17 minutes at his club ground of theStadio Luigi Ferraris.[31] On 9 April 2016, he suffered an injury with Genoa in which he tore hisanterior cruciate ligament and damaged his meniscus in his right knee, which would cause his absence as Italy's third goalkeeper at theUEFA Euro 2016.[32]
Perin made his first start on his second cap on 4 June 2018, a 1–1 friendly draw against theNetherlands in Turin.[33]
Considered one of the most promising young Italian players of his generation in his position, Perin is an agile, athletic, and dynamic keeper, who is highly regarded for his excellent reactions, shot-stopping ability, positional sense, bravery, and consistency; possessing good technique, he is gifted with strong all-round fundamental goalkeeping skills, and is also known for his speed to get to ground and ability to come off his line to collect the ball. Standing at 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), although he is not the tallest shot-stopper, he is gifted with an excellent spring, a large frame, and a long reach, which aids him in commanding his area, claiming or punching out crosses, and also enables him to produce spectacular, acrobatic, diving saves. Due to his attributes, movements, and playing style, he has been compared toWalter Zenga. In spite of his talent, however, he has struggled with injuries on occasion.[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Perin had several run-ins with fans ofFrosinone, the local rivals of his hometown of Latina.[46] In May 2016, during anInstagram argument with a fan of the latter team, he wrote "your grandfather speaks Arabic", in reference to theMarocchinate atrocities in the region in 1944.[47] The insult was condemned in theItalian Senate by the city's senator Maria Spilabotte.[48] In September 2018, Juventus managerMassimiliano Allegri benched Perin for the club's game away to Frosinone.[49]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2010–11 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Serie A | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Serie A | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 0 | |||
| Total | 148 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 151 | 0 | ||||
| Padova (loan) | 2011–12 | Serie B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||
| Pescara (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| Juventus | 2018–19 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Genoa (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 288 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 315 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
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