Pietro Pellegri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Genoa | ||
| Number | 64 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Genoa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Genoa | 7 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Italy U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U16 | 11 | (1) |
| 2016– | Italy U17 | 13 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 September 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 May 2017 |
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Pietro Pellegri (born 17 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Genoa and the Italy national under-17 team.
Pellegri is youth product of the Genoa youth academy. On 22 December 2016, he made his debut with the senior team in Serie A in a 1–0 away loss against Torino, coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Tomás Rincón. At the age of 15 years and 280 days, he equalled the record of Amedeo Amadei as the youngest ever Serie A debutant. On 28 May, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–2 away loss against Roma, becoming the first player born in 2001 to ever score in Serie A.
On 17 September 2017 he became the first 16-year old to score twice in a major European league game when Genoa lost 3-2 to Lazio.
With the Italy U17 team he took part at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring 1 goal in the tournament.
In September 2017 Pellegri told Mediaset Premium that his main idol is Zlatan Ibrahimovic and also hailed him as the best striker in the world.
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