Damiano Pecile
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damiano Daniele Pecile | ||
| Date of birth | April 11, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vancouver FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cliff Avenue United | |||
| Burnaby Selects | |||
| 2014–2015 | Mountain United FC | ||
| 2015–2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | ||
| 2021–2022 | → Venezia (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Venezia (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Venezia | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → KTP (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Vis Pesaro (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025 | Covilhã | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | Vancouver FC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Canada U17 | 8 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 28, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 2, 2019 | |||
Damiano Daniele Pecile (born April 11, 2002) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.
Born in Vancouver, he grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia.[1] He began playing youth soccer at age five with Cliff Avenue United.[1] He later played with the Burnaby Selects and Mountain United FC, and was also a part of the British Columbia provincial program.[2] In 2013, he had a training stint with the Italian club Cremonese's youth teams.[3][4] In 2014, he had a two month trial with the AC Milan Academy and was invited to remain with the academy, but his family was not ready to make the move to Italy permanently.[5][6] In August 2015, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy.[7] In May 2021, he was loaned to Italian club Venezia FC's youth teams through June 2022, which included a purchase option.[8] With Venezia's Primavera team, he scored nine goals in 23 appearances across all competitions, including 22 starts.[9]
Club career
In February 2020, at age 17, he signed a homegrown player contract with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.[10][11][12] He made his debut for the club, in a substitute appearance, against Los Angeles FC on November 8, 2020.[13]
While on loan to Italian club Venezia's youth team, he made the bench for the first team for a Serie A match against Inter Milan in January 2022.[14][15] In July 2022, Venezia signed Pecile on a permanent contract, after he had been on loan with the club's youth sides for the previous season.[16] He made his first team debut on August 7, 2022, starting in a Coppa Italia match against Ascoli in a 3–2 victory.[17]
In February 2023, he was sent on loan to Finnish club KTP in the Veikkausliiga through December 2023.[18] On May 17, 2023, he score two goals in a 14–0 victory over fourth tier side MyPa in the 2023 Finnish Cup.[19]
On February 1, 2024, Pecile was loaned to Vis Pesaro in Serie C.[20] He made his first and only appearance for the club on March 17, 2024 in a 2-1 defeat against Arezzo, coming into the match as a late substitute. On August 28, 2024, Pecile's contract with Venezia was terminated by mutual consent.[21]
On February 4, 2025, Pecile signed a contract with S.C. Covilhã in Portugal's Liga 3.[22]
In February 2026, he signed with Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC for the 2026 season, with options for 2027 and 2028.[23]
International career
Pecile is an Italian and Canadian citizen.[24][25][1]
In 2014, he represented Canada at the U12 Danone Cup.[26] In November 2016, he made his debut in the Canadian national program, attending an identification camp for the Canada U15 team.[27] In 2019, he played with the Canada under-17 at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[28]
Style of play
Pecile has been described as a box-to-box midfielder, as he has shown versatility, a high work-rate, notable technical skills and good athleticism. Mainly used in a defensive role, he is also able to operate as a center-back, a holding playmaker or a mezzala, while his offensive abilities allow him to provide team-mates with assists or finish by himself.[29]