Luca Pellegrini (born 7 March 1999) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Lazio, on loan from

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Club career

Roma

On 17 April 2018, Pellegrini signed his first professional contract with A.S. Roma keeping him at the club until 2021. Pellegrini joined the first team in the 2018–19 season, aged 19. He made his professional and Serie A debut in a 4–0 win over Frosinone on 26 September 2018, making the assist for

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's goal. He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 2 October 2018, in the group stage match won 5–0 against FC Viktoria Plzeň.

Loan to Cagliari

On 31 January 2019, Pellegrini joined

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on loan until 30 June 2019.

Juventus

On 30 June 2019, Luca Pellegrini joined Serie A champions

for €22 million, with

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moving in the opposite direction for €29.5 million. On 19 August 2019, he rejoined Cagliari on loan for the 2019–20 season. On 26 September 2020, Pellegrini moved to Genoa on a one-year loan. He moved to

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in the Bundesliga on a one-year loan on 12 August 2022. On 31 January 2023, Pellegrini was recalled from the Eintracht loan and loaned to Lazio instead, with an option to buy. On 17 August 2023, Pellegrini rejoined Lazio on a two-year loan with the option to make the deal permanent, which becomes an obligation if certain conditions are met.

International career

Pellegrini made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium. With the Italy U20 side he took part in the

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, in which Italy achieved a fourth–place finish. He received his first call up to the Italy senior squad for the team's

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matches against Armenia and Finland in September 2019. He made his senior debut with Italy on 11 November 2020, featuring as a substitute in a 4–0 friendly win over Estonia in Florence. Despite appearing in earlier qualifiers, he was not selected for Italy's

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squad. He was unavailable for selection as he was suffering from a persistent

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injury beginning in February 2021.

Style of play

Although he usually plays as a left-back, Pellegrini has also been used as an offensive-minded central midfielder, known as the "

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" role, in Italian. A physically powerful and technically gifted defender, he is also known for his quality, stamina, consistency, and work-rate. Regarded in the media as a promising young player, in July 2019 he was included in UEFA.com's "50 for the future" list of "ones to watch in 2019–20."

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Juventus * Coppa Italia runner-up: 2021–22 *

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runner-up:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pellegrini, Luca 1999 births Living people Footballers from Rome Italian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks AS Roma players Cagliari Calcio players Juventus FC players Genoa CFC players Eintracht Frankfurt players SS Lazio players Serie A players Bundesliga players Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany