Miretti joined Auxilium Saluzzo's youth setup in 2007 and moved on toCuneo's the following year. In 2011, Miretti was bought byJuventus with which he played across itsyouth levels. In February 2021, he made his professional debut with theunder-23 team, aged 17. The following season, he became a Juventus U23 regular, before making his Serie A andUEFA Champions League debuts with the first team and helping the under-19 team reach theUEFA Youth League semi-finals. In the 2022–23 season, Miretti was permanently promoted to the first team.
Miretti has also represented Italy at youth levels since 2018. He has since scored nine goals in 40 appearances across Italy's levels. In 2022, he made his debut for the senior team.
Miretti started playing football at Auxilium Saluzzo's youth sector at the age of four.[2][3] One year later, his talent was recognised by scout Ermanno Demaria, and he was acquired by theCuneo's Youth Team, with which he played their friendlies with children one year older, signing his first contract in 2010.[3] The following year, he joined theJuventus Youth Sector after being reported by sporting observer Santo Borza and after training with Juventus andTorino.[3] He preferred to play for Juventus, as they offered him a shuttle bus to the training ground.[4] By the time he turned 11, he had scored 177 goals for thePulcini side.[5] Miretti scored 16 goals in 17 appearances with the under-17s in the 2019–20 season, subsequently suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[6][7][8]In October 2020, Miretti was included inThe Guardian's list of the 60 best talents in the world born in 2003.[9][10] On 13 February 2021, he made his professional debut withSerie C sideJuventus U23 – thereserve team ofJuventus – in a 3–0 away win againstAlbinoLeffe, at his first call up.[6] He spent the whole 2020–21 season playing for the Primavera (under-19s) side, with the addition of four substitute appearances with the under-23s.[10][11][12]
Miretti began the 2021–22 season by taking part in Juventus' pre-season friendlies.[13] In August, he was given the number 21 jersey for Juventus U23.[14] For the under-23s, he converted his 108th-minutepenalty in a 3–2Coppa Italia Serie C win againstPro Sesto at the opener of the season on 22 August, allowing his team to enter the further round.[15] Six days after, he scored his first Serie C goal, the opener from the edge of the box of Juventus U23's away match againstPergolettese, eventually won 2–1.[16] On 10 September, Miretti received his first call up by the first team, by coachMassimiliano Allegri, alongside his U23 teammatesKoni De Winter andMatías Soulé for theSerie A match againstNapoli of the following day.[12][13] Hecaptained the U23s in a 3–2 Coppa Italia Serie C win againstFeralpisalò on 15 September.[17] His Juventus first-team debut came on 8 December, in a 1–0UEFA Champions League home win againstMalmö FF, coming on as substitute in the 89th minute.[3][11] In the post-match interview, he said: "[It] was an incredible emotion. The dream of every kid who comes to Juve[ntus]' youth sector is to make his debut in front of his own fans and in his own stadium. [It] was an emotion never felt before".[18] Five days later, he scored an 86th-minute decider in Juventus U23's 2–1 comeback toTrento after his team had suffered three defeats in a row.[19] On 31 December, he was awarded Best Youth Player of the first half of the Serie C season.[20]
"[He]'s a boy who knows the football and [he's] ready to stay among the big [ones]."
—Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri on Miretti, 1 May 2022[8]
On 20 January 2022, Miretti renewed his contract with Juventus until 2026.[2] He played his first Serie A match on 20 March, replacingJuan Cuadrado in stoppage time in a home 2–0 win againstSalernitana.[21] Additionally, in this match, many Juventus fans criticised Allegri on social media for preferring to adapt full-backDanilo as a midfielder instead of deploying Miretti as a starter against a newly promoted team.[22] After another late substitute appearance againstSassuolo,[12] his debut as a starter in Serie A and with the first team was on 1 May, in a match againstVenezia at home won 2–1,[12][23] becoming the first Juventus player born after 2002 to start a match.[24] He was decisive in the actions of the two goals scored byLeonardo Bonucci, having taken thefree kick and thecorner kick which led Bonucci to score his goals.[25] His match ended at the 78th minute, when he was replaced byArthur Melo, receiving astanding ovation from the stadium.[26][25]
The 2021–22 season, saw him play 29 matches and score four goals for the under-23s.[27] With the first team, Miretti played six matches (including four as a starter) and he made 16 bench appearances.[12] Throughout the season, he also played someUEFA Youth League matches withJuventus U19.[28] He scored two goals in five appearances for the U19s who were eliminated in the semi-finals, their best-ever placing in the competition.[28][29]
In August 2022, Miretti was given the number 20 jersey for Juventus,[30] and was promoted to the first team permanently.[31] On 31 August, he assistedArkadiusz Milik's 2–0 goal againstSpezia, becoming the first player born after 2002 to provide an assist in Serie A.[32] He made his UEFA Champions League debut as a starter on 6 September in a match againstParis Saint-Germain at 19 years and 34 days old, becoming the second-youngest Juventus player to be a starter in a UEFA competition (behindStefano Pioli at 18 years and 335 days old in September 1984).[33] However, after being yellow carded in the late first half, he was substituted byWeston McKennie during the half-time break.[34] His first season as a first-team player saw him play 40 matches in all competitions.[35] On 20 July 2023, he renewed with Juventus until 2027.[35] He scored the first goal in Serie A on 5 November, the winner of Fiorentina–Juventus.[36]
On 20 November, aged 19, he made his Italysenior debut as a late substitute forNicolò Barella in a friendly match lost againstAustria in Vienna.[54][55]
Starting his career as acentral midfielder, Miretti moved up the pitch with time and became atrequartista through his eye for the goal.[7] During his year at the under-19s, Miretti changed his position in the field, becoming amezz'ala due to the absence of atrequartista in his coaches' modules.[10] The websiteNumero Diez described him as a flexible, technical and dynamic midfielder who features excellent vision, precision, speed of thought and ball control, who can also use his weak foot.[10]Goal.com andTUTTOmercatoWEB added that his qualities were alsodribbling andpassing, shooting, eye for the goal and insertion which allow him to set up his teammates withassists.[11][56] He was also likened to former Juventus midfielderClaudio Marchisio byGoal.com for his qualities as a finisher and for his career across Juventus' youth levels.[11]
Miretti was born inPinerolo on 3 August 2003, but he is originally fromSaluzzo.[2][3][8] He has a girlfriend called India[57] and has a sister called Alessia.[58] He also likes basketball playerJames Harden.[59] His idol is former Juventus' midfielderPavel Nedvěd and his reference point isManchester City'sKevin De Bruyne for his role and characteristics.[60] He has been a Juventus supporter since his childhood.[61] He attended Juventus in-houseLiceo Scientifico con indrizzo sportivo (Scientific high school with sports focus).[62] On 12 July 2022, Juventus announced that Miretti had passed his school-leaving examination.[63]
