Pietro Pellegri
Italian association football player
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Pietro Pellegri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro pelˈleːɡri]; born 17 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Empoli on loan from Torino. He has been capped once by the Italy national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pietro Pellegri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Empoli (on loan from Torino) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Genoa | 9 | (3) |
| 2018 | Monaco B | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Monaco | 22 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Milan (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Torino (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Torino | 42 | (3) |
| 2024– | → Empoli (loan) | 21 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Italy U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U16 | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Italy U17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2017 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Italy U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 2020 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:22, 7 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2023 | |||
In 2016, at the age of 15 years and 280 days, Pellegri joined Amedeo Amadei as the joint-youngest player to appear in Serie A at the time.[3]
Club career
Genoa
Born in Genoa, Pellegri is a 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.[4][5] At the age of 15 years and 280 days, he equalled the record as the youngest ever Serie A debutant, held by Roma's Amedeo Amadei since 1937 (Wisdom Amey would later surpass this record on his debut for Bologna in 2021).[4][5][6] In doing so he also became the first player born in the 21st century to appear in Serie A, and the second player born in the 2000s to make his Italian top-flight debut after Moise Kean.[6] On 28 May, he scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–2 away loss against Roma, becoming the first player born in the 21st century to ever score in Serie A,[7] and the third youngest goalscorer ever in the Italian top flight, after Amadei and Gianni Rivera.[3]
On 17 September 2017, he became the first 16-year-old to score twice in a single major European league game in a 3–2 home loss to Lazio;[8][9] his brace also made him the youngest player ever in Serie A to have managed to do so.[10]
Monaco
On 27 January 2018, Pellegri signed with Monaco for a reported fee of €25 million,[11] the second largest transfer fee for a 16-year-old.[12] He made his Monaco debut on 16 February in a 4–0 home win against Dijon in Ligue 1, coming on for the final four minutes in place of Keita Baldé. At 16 years, 10 months and 30 days, he became the youngest league player in the club's history, breaking Kylian Mbappé's record by eleven days and receiving congratulations from the French forward.[13]
On 26 August, he scored his first goal for Monaco to equalise in a 2–1 loss at Bordeaux.[14] As a result, he became the first player born in the 21st century to score in France's top division.[15]
Loan to AC Milan
On 25 August 2021, AC Milan announced the signing of Pellegri from Monaco on a temporary loan basis, with the option to make the deal permanent, which becomes an obligation if certain conditions are met.[16]
After making only six appearances with the first team, AC Milan terminated the loan deal on 27 January 2022.[17]
Loan to Torino
On 27 January 2022, Torino signed Pellegri on loan from AS Monaco, with an option to buy.[18]
Torino
On 28 June 2022, Torino signed Pellegri on a permanent deal.[19]
Loan to Empoli
On 30 August 2024, Pellegri was loaned out to fellow Serie A club Empoli for the 2024–25 season.[20] On 8 December 2024, Pellegri came off injured during Empoli's game against Verona, and was later found to have ruptured the ACL in his left knee[21]. On 9 July 2025, the loan was renewed for the 2025–26 season, with a conditional option to buy.[22] In January 2026, Pellegri successfully underwent surgery to reconstruct the ACL of his right knee, using the same surgeon from his previous ACL treatment, Ramon Cugat.[23]
International career
With the Italy under-17 team, Pellegri took part at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring once.
He was given his first senior international call-up for Italy in September 2018 by manager Roberto Mancini for Italy's opening UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal later that month.[24] He missed the matches through a minor injury.[12]
Pellegri made his senior debut for Italy on 11 November 2020, aged 19, featuring as a substitute in a friendly match won 4–0 against Estonia in Florence.[25]
Personal life
Pellegri is the son of Genoa assistant manager and team administrator Marco Pellegri. He has stated that his idol and main influence is Zlatan Ibrahimović, whom he hailed as the best striker in the world.[3][12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 December 2025[26]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[nb 1] | League cup[nb 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2016–17 | Serie A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | |||||
| Monaco | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| AC Milan (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Torino (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Torino | 2022–23 | Serie A | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 51 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 6 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2025–26 | Serie B | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 109 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 17 | ||
International
- As of match played 11 November 2020[26]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Notes
- Includes Coppa Italia and Coupe de France
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue
