Lorenzo Pirola

Lorenzo Pirola
Lorenzo Pirola
Personal information
Full name Lorenzo Pirola[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002
Place of birth Carate Brianza, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 5
Youth career
2008–2009 Casatese
2009–2013 Missaglia
2013–2014 COSOV
2014–2015 Luciano Manara
2015–2020 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Inter Milan 1 (0)
2020–2022 → Monza (loan) 22 (0)
2022–2023 → Salernitana (loan) 26 (2)
2023–2024 Salernitana 27 (1)
2024– Olympiacos 45 (1)
International career‡
2017 Italy U15 9 (1)
2018 Italy U16 5 (0)
2017–2019 Italy U17 21 (2)
2019 Italy U18 7 (1)
2020–2025 Italy U21 26 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025

Lorenzo Pirola (born 20 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Super League Greece club Olympiacos.

Club career

Inter Milan

Pirola joined the youth academy of Inter Milan in 2015.[3] Pirola made his senior debut with Inter in a 4–0 Serie A win over SPAL on 16 July 2020.[4]

Loan to Monza

On 5 October 2020, Pirola moved to newly promoted Serie B side Monza on a one-year loan.[5] He made his debut on 27 October 2020, in a Coppa Italia third round match against Pordenone;[2] Monza won on penalties, with Pirola playing the whole 120 minutes.[6] Pirola played his first Serie B match on 22 December,[2] in a 2–0 win over Ascoli at home.[7]

On 14 July 2021, Pirola re-joined Monza on another one-year loan, with an option to buy for Monza and a counter-option for Inter.[8]

Salernitana

Pirola joined Salernitana in the Serie A on a one-year loan, with an option to buy and a counter-option in favour of Inter.[9] At the end of the season Salernitana triggered the option to buy, making the transfer permanent.[10]

Olympiacos

Pirola joined Olympiacos in the Greek Super League on a three-year contract for a €3 million fee.[11]

International career

Pirola is a youth international for Italy. He represented the Italy U17s at the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where they came in second.[12]

On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with Italy U21, playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against the Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

Career statistics

As of match played 22 December 2025[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 100000—10
2020–21 Serie A ————00
2021–22 Serie A ————00
Total 1000000010
Monza (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 12020—2[b]0160
2021–22 Serie B 10000—4[b]0140
Total 220200060300
Salernitana (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 26210——272
Salernitana 2023–24 Serie A 27120——291
Total 533300000563
Olympiacos 2024–25 Super League Greece 210408[c]0—330
2025–26 Super League Greece 2310010[d]0—331
2026–27 Super League Greece 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
Total 44140200—681
Career total 120490200901554
  1. ↑ Includes Coppa Italia, Greek Football Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Inter Milan

Olympiacos

Italy U17

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[13]

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lorenzo Pirola at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Casatenovo: la brillante carriera calcistica dei gemelli Carlo e Lorenzo Pirola che militano nelle giovanili di Toro e Inter". Casate Online. 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "SPAL vs. Internazionale - 16 July 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ↑ "Dall'Inter arriva Lorenzo Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.monzacalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Pordenone vs. Monza - 27 October 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Monza vs. Ascoli - 22 December 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Welcome back Pirola! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lorenzo Pirola è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana – US Salernitana 1919 | Sito ufficiale della U.S. Salernitana 1919" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ochoa, Pirola e Dia sono giocatori della Salernitana" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ο Ολυμπιακός φέρνει τον Πιρόλα για τον ρόλο του αντί-Κάρμο" (in Greek).
  12. ↑ "Lorenzo Pirola: "I Can Still Improve On A Lot Of Things, The Inter First Team Players Have Been Very Helpful To Me"". 12 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "2019 Under-17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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