Roberto Pierno (born 14 February 2001) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Virtus Francavilla, on loan from

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

Club career

He joined youth squad of

in the summer of 2018 and started receiving call-ups to the senior squad in January 2019. On 4 January 2020, he was loaned to

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

club

Bitonto Bitonto (; nap, label= Bitontino, Vetònde) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari (Apulia region), Italy. It lies to the west of Bari. It is nicknamed the "City of Olives", due to the numerous olive groves surrounding the cit ...

. He made his

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

debut for Lecce on 8 November 2020 in a game against Virtus Entella. He substituted

Luca Paganini Luca Paganini (born 8 June 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for club Latina. Club career Paganini is a youth exponent from Frosinone Calcio. He made his first team debut on 18 December 2011 against U.S. Siracusa in ...

in the 89th minute. On 1 February 2021 he joined

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club Catanzaro on loan. On 21 July 2021, he was loaned to Virtus Francavilla, again in

. The loan was renewed for the 2022–23 season.

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* 2001 births Footballers from Bari Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders US Lecce players US Bitonto players US Catanzaro 1929 players Virtus Francavilla Calcio players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players {{Italy-footy-defender-2000s-stub