 Pezzella withUdinese in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cremonese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Empoli | 54 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Cremonese | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Italy U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Italy U21 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:13, 29 May 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Giuseppe Pezzella (born 29 November 1997) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back forSerie A clubCremonese.[2]
Pezzella is a youth product fromPalermo. He made hisSerie A debut with the senior side on 6 December 2015 againstAtalanta, replacingMato Jajalo after 65 minutes of a 3–0 away defeat.[3]
On 30 June 2017, Pezzella joinedUdinese on a five-year contract.[4][5]
On 21 January 2019, Pezzella joined toGenoa on loan with an option to buy until 30 June 2019.[6]
On 27 August 2019, Pezzella signed toParma 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 toAtalanta 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 byLecce, 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]
On 25 July 2025, Pezzella joined newly Serie A promoted clubCremonese, permanently for an estimated €2 million fee.[12]
With theItaly U-20 side, Pezzella took part at the2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, winning the bronze medal.[13] The same year, he was also called up by theItaly U-21 managerLuigi Di Biagio for the2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,[14] followingNicola Murru's injury,[15] although he did not appear in the tournament. Italy were eliminated bySpain in the semi-finals of the competition on 27 June, following a 3–1 defeat.[16][17]
Pezzella made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a 3–0 friendly loss againstSpain.
| 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 | ||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 189 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 1 | ||
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