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Lorenzo Piqué (born 17 September 1990) is a Dutch professional
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who plays as a
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for club
Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in the , the fourth tier, and second highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. K ...
.


Club career

In his youth, Piqué played for
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...
, 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 is located at Sportcomplex Varkenoord, and has received official inte ...
. 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 ...
, where he signed a contract until the summer of 2010. Because of the injury of his cousin, Mitchell Piqué, he played many friendly games in the pre-season as left-back. He made his debut in the 3–0 loss to
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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
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position from the likes of Ramon Leeuwin and
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. 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 the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in the 2024 ...
, where he signed a one-year deal. In September 2012, he initially moved to fifth-tier
Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...
club
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, but the
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(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 abbreviati ...
, 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
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side
Kozakken Boys Kozakken Boys () is a Dutch football club based in Werkendam. It competes in the , the fourth tier, and second highest amateur league of Dutch football. Formed as Steeds Voorwaarts Werkendam (SVW) in 1932, it adopted its current name in 1935. K ...
.


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 21st-century Dutch sportsmen