Pietro Iemmello (born 6 March 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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for

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club Catanzaro.

Club career

Born in Catanzaro,

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, Iemmello was signed by

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at young age. He finished as the runner-up of the 2011 Torneo di Viareggio with the club, winning 2011

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. He also finished as the losing semi-finalists of the playoffs round of the youth league. He played in the finals and semi-finals as one of the starting forward in the 4–3–3 formation, except missed the second leg of the cup. In July 2011 he was invited to pre-season camp of the first team, along with 11 other youth players. On 13 August he was loaned to Italian third division club

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along with ''Primavera'' (literally "Spring", the under-20 team) team-mate Marcos Miranda. On 29 June was renovate a loan for another season to Pro Vercelli. In Summer 2013 Pro Vercelli buy all player from Fiorentina. Late in the 2013 summer transfer window, Pro Vercelli sold Iemmello to Spezia, who promptly loaned him to

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. In 2014 he moved to

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and scored 16 goals in 35 matches in the

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Gruppo C season. On 19 March 2016, Iemmello scored four goals in a single match for Foggia, including a 90th-minute winner in his team's 4–2 win over Ischia Isolaverde. He was one of the main men in the

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Gruppo C season, scoring an impressive 24 goals in 32 matches and being the league top scorer. In August 2016 he was signed by

side Spezia. He played just one Serie B match against Salernitana before moving to

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side

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. He scored 5 goals in 17 appearances in the

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season. On 31 August 2017, Iemmello joined

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on a season-long loan deal with obligation to buy. He scored 2 goals in 14 appearances for the ''giallorossi'', including a goal at

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against A.C. Milan which secured Benevento's first ever away win in Serie A, but the team could not avoid relegation. In August 2018, Iemmello was loaned to

side

, making his return to the ''rossoneri'' side after two years. On 16 July 2019, he joined

club

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on loan. Perugia held an obligation to purchase his rights in case of promotion to

for the 2020–21 season. Perugia was relegated to

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, however. On 4 October 2020, Iemmello moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a one-year loan deal at Spanish

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side

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. Iemmello scored his first goal in Spanish football in the first round of the

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against fourth-tier

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on 17 December 2020. On 31 January 2021 he signed with

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on a permanent basis. On 20 January 2022, he moved to Catanzaro on loan. On 8 July 2022, Iemmello returned to Catanzaro on a permanent basis.

International career

Iemmello was a member of the Italy under-17 team at

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and took part in the

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campaign with U-19 team. He started his youth international career in a training camp for players born between 1992 and 1993. He was not a regular of the U-17 team and did not play in the whole

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. During the 2009–10 season he received call-up from the Italy U-18 team to prepare for the "World Junior Cup" and as a bridging team for U-19. He scored once in two friendlies against

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. Iemmello travelled with the ''Azzurrini'' to Nigeria in October 2009, wearing no.18 shirt. Iemmello played all 5 matches in the U-17 World Cup for the ''de facto'' U-18 team as a starting forward, except the first one. He scored 2 goals, finishing as Italy's joint-topscorer along with

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. He made his debut in the 74th minute of the first match, substituting Giacomo Beretta, who also started 4 matches, and partnered with Iemmello for 3 matches. After losing to

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in the fifth match, the ''Azzurrini'' finished the tournament as the losing finalists. Iemmello also played for the ''Azzurrini'' U-18 team in the 2010 Slovakia youth cup, winning the tournament for the defending 2009 champions. In the 2011 U-19 Euro qualifying campaign, he only played twice (out of 3 games) and only featured in the first game as a starting forward. In the elite round, he played all 3 matches but all as sub.

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and Giacomo Beretta were the starting forwards in the qualifying and elite rounds respectively. Iemmello did not score any goals in competitive games for the Italy U-19 team, however he scored two braces in the team's friendlies, with an average of 1 goal per friendly game.

Honours

;Fiorentina youth *

: 2011

Footnotes

References

External links

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FIGC
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