Franco Pizzichillo
Uruguayan footballer (born 1996)
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Franco Nicolás Pizzichillo Fernández (born 3 January 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back or midfielder for Montevideo City Torque.[1]
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| Full name | Franco Nicolás Pizzichillo Fernández | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Montevideo City Torque | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Defensor Sporting | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Villa Teresa (loan) | 17 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Cerrito (loan) | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Montevideo City Torque | 159 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Santos Laguna (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Uruguay U17 | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Uruguay U20 | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Uruguay A' | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Pizzichillo is a youth academy product of Defensor Sporting. He joined Villa Teresa on loan during 2017 Segunda División season and made his senior debut on 2 September 2017 in a 5–1 win against Central Español.[2] He scored his first goal on 10 September 2017 in a 3–2 loss against Tacuarembó.[3]
International career
As a youth international, Pizzichillo was part of Uruguay's squads at the 2013 South American U-17 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2015 South American U-20 Championship.[4]
On 5 March 2021, Pizzichillo was named in Uruguay senior team's 35-man preliminary squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Argentina and Bolivia.[5] However, CONMEBOL suspended those matches next day amid concern over the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
In May 2024, Pizzichillo was named in the first ever Uruguay A' national team squad.[7] He made his Uruguay A' debut on 31 May 2024 in a goalless draw against Costa Rica.[8]
Honours
Individual
- Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2020[9]