Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni di loˈrɛntso]; born 4 August 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Napoli | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | Lucchese | ||
| 2009–2010 | Reggina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Reggina | 58 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Cuneo (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Matera | 58 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Empoli | 73 | (6) |
| 2019– | Napoli | 51 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2013 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Italy | 5 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:29, 31 January 2021 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Club career
Napoli
On 7 June 2019, Di Lorenzo joined S.S.C. Napoli for €8 million.[1]
International career
Di Lorenzo has represented at U20 and U21 youth levels.[2]
On 14 August 2013, Di Lorenzo made his debut with the Italy U21 national team under the guidance of coach and former Italian International footballer Luigi Di Biagio in a friendly match against Slovakia which Italy went on to win 4–1.
He made his senior international debut on 15 October 2019, playing as a starter in a 5–0 away win against Liechtenstein, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.[3]
Personal life
Di Lorenzo was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana to parents from Campania, South Italy, and he started his career as a striker and was nicknamed by his friends "Batigol" in honor of Argentine forward Gabriel Omar Batistuta for his goal-scoring ability but later switched to playing in more defensive roles.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 31 January 2021[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reggina | 2010–11 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Cuneo (loan) | 2012–13 | Lega Pro | 27 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Reggina | 2013–14 | Serie B | 20 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
| Matera | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 3 | 10 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | 70 | 4 | |||
| Empoli | 2017–18 | Serie B | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 5 | |||
| Total | 73 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 74 | 6 | ||||
| Napoli | 2019–20 | Serie A | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 46 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Total | 51 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 267 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 306 | 14 | ||
Honours
References
- "Empoli, Di Lorenzo: "Per tutti ero Bati. Sogno l'azzurro, ma prima la salvezza"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 6 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Inter go for Di Lorenzo?" (in Italian). Football Italia staff. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- "Historic manita in Liechtenstein". Football Italia. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- "Giovanni Di Lorenzo". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- "Di Lorenzo, Giovanni" (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
External links
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo at ESPN FC
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo at Soccerway
- Career summary by AIC.football.it
- Giovanni Di Lorenzo at FootballDatabase.eu
- Lega Serie A Profile(in Italian)
- Calciatore Profile Calciatore Profile(in Italian)