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Nicholas Pierini

Nicholas Pierini (born 6 August 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Sassuolo.

Nicholas Pierini
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 77
Youth career
0000–2011 Córdoba
2011–2015 Parma
2015 Empoli
2015–2017 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Sassuolo 3 (0)
2018–2019 → Spezia (loan) 25 (5)
2019–2020 → Cosenza (loan) 20 (3)
2020–2021 → Ascoli (loan) 12 (0)
2021 → Modena (loan) 10 (3)
2021–2022 Cesena 35 (12)
2022–2024 Venezia 75 (9)
2024– Sassuolo 0 (0)
International career
2016 Italy U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2024

Club career

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Sassuolo

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On 29 October 2017, Pierini made his professional debut in Serie A for Sassuolo as a substitute replacing Luca Mazzitelli in the 71st minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Napoli.[1] On 20 December he played his first match as a starter in Coppa Italia, a 2–1 away defeat against Atalanta in the round of 16, he was replaced by Diego Falcinelli in the 54th minute.[2]

Loan to Spezia

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On 10 July 2018, Pierini was signed by Serie B side Spezia on a season-long loan deal.[3] On 4 August he made his debut for Spezia and he scored his first professional goal in the 66th minute of a 2–1 home win over Sambenedettese in the second round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Luca Vignali after 85 minutes.[4] Three weeks later, on 25 August, he made his Serie B debut for Spezia as a substitute replacing Emmanuel Gyasi in the 64th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Venezia.[5] One week later, on 1 September, Pierini scored twice in a 3–2 home win over Brescia.[6] On 27 October he played his first entire match for the team, a 0–0 away draw against Padova.[7] Pierini ended his season-long loan with 27 appearances and 6 goals.[8]

Loan to Cosenza

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On 9 August 2019, Pierini was loaned to Serie B side Cosenza on season-long loan deal.[9] On 11 August he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 away defeat against Monopoli in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[10] On 24 August he made his league debut for Cosenza in a 0–0 away draw against Crotone, he was replaced Riccardo Moreo after 74 minutes.[11] One week later he played his first entire match for Cosenza, a 1–0 home defeat against Salernitana.[12] On 24 September, Pierini scored his first goal for Cosenza, as a substitute, in the 94th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Livorno.[13] On 10 November he scored twice in a 2–2 away draw against Trapani.[14] Pierini ended his loan to Cosenza with 21 appearances, 3 goals and 1 assist.[8]

Loan to Ascoli and Modena

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On 5 October 2020, Pierini joined Serie B club Ascoli on loan for the 2020-21 season.[15] On 17 October he made his debut for the club, as a starter in a 1–0 away defeat against Frosinone, he played the entire match.[16] However in January 2021 his loan was interrupted and he returned to Sassuolo leaving Ascoli with 12 appearances, only 5 of them as a starter and one assist.[8]

On 1 February 2021, he moved on a new loan to Serie C club Modena.[17] On the next day, Pierini made his debut for his new club as a substitute replacing Sodinha in the 78th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Triestina.[18] On 21 March he played his first match as a starter for Modena in a 1–0 home win over Cesena, he was replaced by Enrico Bearzotti in the 82nd minute.[19] On 18 April he scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute of a 3–0 home win over Padova.[20] One week later, on 25 April, he scored his second goal in the 75th minute of a 3–0 home win over Legnago.[21] Pierini ended his 6-months loan to Modena 12 appearances, 3 goals and 3 assists, he also helped the club to reach the play-offs, but Modena was elimininated 2–1 on aggregate against AlbinoLeffe in the round of 16.[22][8]

Cesena

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On 31 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Cesena.[23]

Venezia

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On 13 July 2022, Pierini moved to Venezia on a four-year contract.[24] He contributed to their promotion back to Serie A and played his first top-level games in six years early in the 2024–25 season.

Return to Sassuolo

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On 30 August 2024, Pierini signed with Sassuolo in Serie B.[25]

Personal life

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He is a son of former Italy international footballer and current coach Alessandro Pierini.[26]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 10 November 2023
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sassuolo 2017–18 Serie A 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Spezia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 25 5 2 1 — — 27 6
Cosenza (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 20 3 1 0 — — 21 3
Ascoli (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Modena (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 10 3 — — 2[a] 0 12 3
Cesena 2021–22 Serie C 35 12 1 1 — 2[a] 1 38 14
Venezia 2022–23 Serie B 35 4 0 0 — 1[b] 1 36 5
2023–24 Serie B 13 4 1 0 — — 14 4
Total 48 8 1 0 — 1 1 50 9
Career total 153 31 6 2 — 5 2 164 35
  1. ^ a b All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs

References

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  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Atalanta vs. Sassuolo - 20 December 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, ceduti cinque giocatori: Pierini ed Erlic allo Spezia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com".
  4. ^ "Spezia vs. Sambenedettese - 4 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Venezia vs. Spezia - 25 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Spezia vs. Brescia - 1 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Calcio Padova vs. Spezia - 27 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d "Italy - N. Pierini - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  9. ^ "UFFICIALE: Cosenza, dal Sassuolo arriva in prestito Pierini - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Monopoli vs. Cosenza - 11 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Crotone vs. Cosenza - 24 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Cosenza vs. Salernitana - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Cosenza vs. Livorno - 24 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Trapani vs. Cosenza - 10 November 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Calciomercato: ufficiale Pierini dal Sassuolo" (in Italian). Ascoli. 5 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Frosinone vs. Ascoli - 17 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Arriva in prestito Nicholas Pierini" (in Italian). Modena. 1 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Modena vs. Triestina - 2 February 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Modena vs. Cesena - 21 March 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Modena vs. Calcio Padova - 18 April 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Modena vs. Legnago Salus - 25 April 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Modena vs. AlbinoLeffe - 26 May 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  23. ^ "NICHOLAS PIERINI È DEL CESENA" (in Italian). Cesena. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  24. ^ "NICHOLAS PIERINI JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Nicholas Pierini: Bentornato in neroverde!" [Nicholas Pierini: Welcome back to black and green!] (in Italian). Sassuolo. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Sassuolo: Nicholas Pierini, goals and quality at the service of the team" (in Italian). FootballScouting. 2 January 2017.
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