Lorenzo Piqué (born 17 September 1990) is a Dutch

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for club

Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in Tweede Divisie, the highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. Kozakken Boys ...

Club career

In his youth, Piqué played for

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

, but never made his debut. He played most of his games for the reserve team,

Jong Feyenoord Feyenoord Academy, often referred to as Varkenoord, is the youth academy of the professional football club Feyenoord located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Feyenoord Academy received the official international youth academy status from the KNV ...

. In 2009, Piqué was transferred to

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...

, where he signed a contract until the summer of 2010. Because of the injury of his cousin,

Mitchell Piqué Mitchell Piqué (born 20 November 1979 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch- Surinamese former footballer who played as a left back. Career His former clubs are Excelsior Rotterdam, Ajax Amsterdam, FC Twente, Cambuur Leeuwarden, Excelsior, ADO Den Haag and ...

, he played many friendly games in the pre-season as left-back. He made his debut in the 3–0 loss to Ajax on 27 September due to an injury of Ahmed Ammi. In the 2010–11 season, Piqué mainly played in the reserve team of ADO, partly due to depth and competition at the centre back position from the likes of Ramon Leeuwin and

Christian Supusepa Christian Supusepa (born 2 April 1989 in Wormerveer) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a left back for SV Spakenburg in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Career On 7 July 2010 Supusepa signed a contract until 2012 with ADO Den Haag. He made ...

. On 1 August 2011, Piqué moved to

FC Volendam Football Club Volendam () is a professional Association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion ...

, where he signed a one-year deal. In September 2012, he initially moved to fifth-tier

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league is divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunday. This is a result of ...

club ASWH, but the

Royal Dutch Football Association The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues (Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women ...

(KNVB) declared him ineligible to play, which meant that Piqué could only practice until receiving a playing license in the winter break. Therefore, he decided to trial with

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviatio ...

, where he eventually signed a contract on 17 October 2012, until the end of the 2012–13 season. Piqué left Oss in June 2018, but returned in January 2019 after not finding a new club during the summer transfer window. The club had at that point changed its name to TOP Oss. After the 2019–20 Eerste Divisie season, Piqué had made 221 league appearances for the club, in which he scored four goals. On 7 October 2022, Piqué, alongside teammate Rick Stuy van den Herik, reached 300 appearances for TOP Oss. On 17 February 2023, he surpassed 's record to reach a club record of 315 appearances. In May 2023, the club decided not to extend his expiring contract, ending his tenure with TOP Oss. Piqué at his departure held the lone record for TOP Oss with his 327 club appearances. On 12 July 2023, Piqué signed a two-year contract with a third-tier

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

side

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Piqué is of Surinamese descent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pique, Lorenzo 1990 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent ADO Den Haag players FC Volendam players ASWH players TOP Oss players Kozakken Boys players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders